Residents are being urged to have have their say on a new planning and development strategy for Great Yarmouth.

The borough council is due to produce a new Local Plan which will provide a framework and vision for development for the next 20 years and which will set out the volume and location of projects and how they should be delivered.

To seek public input, the council has now launched a consultation which aims to get residents’ views on some of the key issues the new Local Plan will need to address.

The consultation runs for six weeks and consists of a series of questions to help the council prepare the document. 

The questions can be responded to using an online interactive document or by asking for a copy of the consultation document to be sent to you. 

The consultation follows a so-called Call for Sites last year, which saw individuals, landowners, developers, parish councils and other interested parties let the council know what sites might be suitable for inclusion in the new Local Plan.

The Call for Sites asked for locations for potential housing, Gypsy and Traveller accommodation, commercial buildings, renewable energy and other types of development. 

The council also wrote to owners of vacant and agricultural land within, and adjacent to, settlements in the borough. 

The new consultation provides an opportunity for people to comment on the locations put forward from the Call for Sites and seeks residents’ views on:

- The amount of development the council should be planning for 

- How development could be distributed across the borough 

- What infrastructure and community facilities are required to support development

- What can the council do to regenerate and improve Great Yarmouth

- How the council should plan to meet the housing needs of the whole population including Gypsies and Travellers

- How GYBC should plan for future economic development and how it should plan for climate change

- How the council should plan to ensure protection and enhancement of the natural and historic environment

A drop-in event will be held at the Town Hall in Great Yarmouth on January 26 between 4pm and 8pm where members of the public can come in and chat to planning officers about the consultation.