Great Yarmouth Borough Council is reminding people they have until the end of this month to have their say on a new planning and development strategy for the area.

The council is due to produce a new Local Plan which will provide a framework and vision for development for the next 20 years.

It will set out the volume and location of projects and how they should be delivered.

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

It is asking people's 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 the council should plan for future economic development and how it should plan for climate change; and how the council should plan to ensure the protection and enhancement of the natural and historic environment.

The consultation runs until February 27.

It follows a so-called Call for Sites last summer which was an opportunity for people, landowners, developers, parish councils and other interested parties to let the council know what sites might be suitable for inclusion in the new Local Plan.

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

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

Additionally, it asked stakeholders and the public to submit sites for consideration as Local Green Spaces.

The plan will not cover the part of the borough which falls within the remit of the Broads Authority.

Visit www.great-yarmouth.gov.uk/planning-consultations