Examination Library
Please note this webpage is currently a work-in-progress
A - Core submission documents
- A1 - Second Regulation 19 Local Plan (November 2025)
- A2 - Second Regulation 19 HRA (May 2025)
- A3 - Second Regulation 19 Sustainability Appraisal (November 2025)
- A4 - Interactive Map – Regulation 19 version
- A5 - Local Development Scheme – December 2025
- A6a - Overview Maps (PDF)
- A6b - Settlement Maps (PDF)
- A6c - Non-settlement Maps (PDF)
- A7 - Responses received to first and second Regulation 19 consultations in policy order (PDF)
- A8 - Responses received to first and second Regulation 19 consultations in respondent order (PDF)
- Appendix A - Local Plan Representations - Somerleyton Estate (PDF)
- Appendix B - Local Plan Representations - National Gas Transmission (PDF)
- Appendix C - Local Plan Representations - Marine Management Organisation (MMO) (PDF)
- Appendix D - Local Plan Representations - National Highways (PDF)
- Appendix E - Local Plan Representations - Suffolk Constabulary (PDF)
- Appendix F - Environment Agency Flood Risk Assessment tick sheet (PDF)
- Appendix G - Chet Valley Settlement Fringe Topic Paper (PDF)
- Appendix H - Local Plan Representations - Norfolk Wildlife Trust BNG comments (PDF)
- Appendix I - Local Plan Representations - Somerleyton Estate (to second Regulation 19 consultation) (PDF)
- A9 - Consultation Statement (PDF)
- A10 - Pre-examination checklist (PDF)
- A11 - Broads Authority pre-examination checklist response (PDF)
- A12 - Submission notice statement of fact (PDF)
- A13 - Schedule of proposed changes (PDF)
- A14 - Reg 19 versus emerging NPPF (PDF)
- A15 - Original Representations
List of Original Representations
- A15.1 Original representations downloaded from Survey Monkey - First Regulation 19 consultation - Responses from those who filled online form out (PDF)
- A15.2 Original representations downloaded from MS Forms - Second Regulation 19 consultation - Responses from those who submitted online form (PDF)
- A15.3 Acle Parish Council (PDF)
- A15.4 Active Travel England (PDF)
- Anglian Water Services - see A15.1
- A15.5 Avison Young/National Gas (PDF)
- A15.6 Broads Reed and Sedge Cutter Association (PDF)
- A15.7 Broads Society #1 (PDF)
- A15.8 Broads Society #2 (PDF)
- Chris Balls - see A15.2
- East Suffolk Council - see A15.1
- A15.9 Environment Agency #1 (PDF)
- A15.10 Environment Agency #2 (PDF)
- A15.11 Evolution Planning/Somerleyton Marina #1 (PDF) - see A15.1
- A15.12 Evolution Planning/Somerleyton Marina #2 (PDF) - see A15.2
- A15.13 Fiona Husband (PDF)
- A15.14 Forestry Commission #1 (PDF)
- Forestry Commission #2 - see A15.2
- Great Yarmouth Borough Council #1 - see A15.1
- Great Yarmouth Borough Council #2 - see A15.2
- Historic England #1 - see A15.1
- A15.15 Historic England #2 (PDF)
- Home Builders' Federation - see A15.1
- A15.16 Jonathan Greenway (PDF)
- Julie Reynolds - see A15.1
- A15.17 Karen Walklin Smith (PDF)
- Lynda Cressy - see A15.1
- Madeleine Sillitoe - see A15.1
- A15.18 Marine Management Organisation (PDF)
- A15.19 Ministry of Defence (PDF)
- A15.20 National Highways #1 (PDF)
- A15.21 National Highways #2 (PDF)
- A15.22 Natural England (PDF)
- A15.23 Norfolk and Suffolk Boating Association (PDF)
- Norfolk Coast Partnership - see A15.1
- Norfolk County Council - see A15.1
- Norfolk County Council – LLFA #1 - see A15.1
- A15.24 Norfolk County Council – LLFA #2 (PDF)
- Norfolk County Council – Minerals and Waste - see A15.1
- A15.25 Norfolk Police (PDF)
- Norfolk Wildlife Trust- see A15.1
- North Norfolk District Council- see A15.1
- A15.26 Pacific Cruisers (PDF)
- A15.27 Rapleys/British Sugar (PDF)
- Rosemary Spooner - see A15.1
- A15.28 RSPB (PDF)
- Savills/Essex and Suffolk Water
- A15.29a Savills/Essex and Suffolk Water (PDF)
- A15.29b Savills/Essex and Suffolk Water (PDF)
- A15.29c Savills/Essex and Suffolk Water (PDF)
- A15.29d Savills/Essex and Suffolk Water (PDF)
- A15.29e Savills/Essex and Suffolk Water (PDF)
- A15.29f Savills/Essex and Suffolk Water (PDF)
- A15.29g Savills/Essex and Suffolk Water (PDF)
- A15.29h Savills/Essex and Suffolk Water (PDF)
- Somerton Parish Council - see A15.1
- Sport England #1 - see A15.1
- A15.30 Sport England #2 (PDF)
- Steven Gray - see A15.1
- A15.31 Strumpshaw Parish Council (PDF)
- A15.32 Suffolk County Council (PDF)
- A15.33 Suffolk Police (PDF)
- Suffolk Wildlife Trust - see A15.2
- Swifts Planning - see A15.1
- A15.34 The Planning Bureau/McCarthy and Stone (PDF)
- A15.35 Tracey Smyth (PDF)
- A15.36 Water Management Alliance (PDF)
B - Evidence base
- B1 - The Index of Multiple Deprivation Topic Paper (September 2021)
- B2 - Settlement Study (February 2022)
- B3 - Development Boundaries Topic Paper (Updated August 2024)
- B4 - Norfolk Study Older Person Housing (March 2022)
- B5 - Gypsy and Traveller and Residential Caravans Need Assessment (Great Yarmouth Borough only) (June 2022)
- B6a - Housing needs assessment (June 2022)
- B6b - Local Housing Needs Assessment Addendum (March 2025)
- B7a - Residential Mooring needs assessment (August 2022)
- B7b - Clarification letter (May 2025)
- B8 - East Suffolk Cycling and Walking Strategy (November 2022)
- B9 - Local Green Space Assessment (June 2023)
- B10a - Housing and Economic Land Availability Assessment (HELAA) (September 2023)
- B10b - HELAA part 2 (February 2025)
- B11a - From HELAA to Local Plan (September 2023)
- B11b - From HELAA to Local Plan part 2 (February 2025)
- B12 - Replacement Quay Heading Topic Paper (2023)
- B13 - Dark Skies Topic Paper (2023)
- B14 - Employment and Economy Topic Paper (January 2024)
- B15 - Local Infrastructure Study (Updated July 2025)
- B16 - Renewable Energy Topic Paper (February 2024)
- B17 - Technical Health and Wellbeing Paper (January 2024)
- B18 - An investigation into the technical issues related to ‘do float’ and ‘can float’ homes (May 2024)
- B19 - Energy Performance in Local Plans, Written Ministerial Statement and the Local Plan for the Broads (July 2024)
- B20 - Local Plan Sequential Test (July 2024)
- B21 - 'More than 10% Biodiversity Net Gain for the Local Plan for the Broads' Topic Paper (Updated February 2025)
- B22 - Great Yarmouth Gypsy and Traveller Accommodation Assessment (GTAA) Update (September 2024)
- B22a - GTAA Addendum (May 2025)
- B23 - Broads Authority Local Plan Viability Assessment Final Report (October 2024)
- B24 - Broads Authority Local Plan Viability Assessment Technical Appendices (October 2024)
- B25 - PM2.5 Topic Paper (November 2024)
- B26 - Development Boundary Topic Paper (December 2024)
- B27 - Broads Authority GTAA Review (December 2024)
- B28 - Peat topic paper (February 2025)
- B29 - Affordable Housing Topic Paper (March 2025)
- B30 - Final Broads Local Plan Duty to Cooperate Statement (December 2025)
- B30a - Statement of Common Ground (Duty to Cooperate) with East Suffolk Council
- B31 - Equalities Impact Assessment (August 2025)
- B32 - Dark Skies – CPRE and Broads Dark Skies Survey Assessment (2016)
- B33 - Broads Authority Dark Skies Study (2016)
- B34 - Norfolk Housing and Economic Land Availability Assessment (HELAA) Methodology (2016)
- B35 - Landscape Character Assessment (webpage)
- B36 - Landscape Sensitivity Study (webpage)
- B37 - Water usage Topic Paper (January 2026)
- B38 - Housing Need Topic Paper (January 2026)
C - Previous stages of plan preparation
First Regulation 19 Consultation (ended 26 September 2025)
- C1 - Local Plan (PDF) - First Regulation 19 version
- C2 - Sustainability Appraisal (PDF) - First Regulation 19 version
- C3 - Habitats Regulation Assessment (PDF) - First Regulation 19 version
Preferred Options Consultation (ended 17 May 2024)
- C4 - PDF version of the Preferred Options Local Plan (PDF)
- C5 - Preferred options sustainability appraisal (PDF)
- C6 - Preferred options Habitats Regulations Assessment (PDF)
- C4 - Call for sites form (ArcGIS link now not live)
- C5 - Interactive policies map
- C6 - Summary of the policies (PDF)
- C7 - Comments received (PDF)
Issues and Options consultation (ended 9 December 2022)
- C8 - PDF version of the Issues and Options Local Plan (PDF version)
- C9 - Sustainability Appraisal (SA) (PDF)
- C10 - SA Literature Review (PDF)
- C11 - SA Baseline (PDF)
- C12 - Habitats Regulation Assessment (PDF)
- C13 - Responses to the Issues and Options consultation (PDF)
Sustainability Appraisal (SA) Scoping Report (consultation ended 27 August 2021)
- C14 - Sustainability Appraisal (SA) Scoping Report
- C15 - SA Scoping Report Appendix 2 - Literature Review
- C16 - SA Scoping Report Appendix 3a - Baseline Data
- C17 - SA Scoping Report Appendix 3b - Maps
- C18 - SA Scoping Report Appendix 3c - Norfolk Geodiversity Audit database for the Broads
- C19 - Read the comments received as part of the technical consultation on the SA Scoping Report
D - Existing Local Plan policies, documents and corporate strategies
- D1 - Local Plan for the Broads - Amended 29/5/19 in light of errors listed in the erratum
- D2 - Policies Maps (2019)
- D3 - Final Sustainability Appraisal (PDF) (2019)
- D4 - Habitats Regulation Assessment (Modifications version) (PDF) (2019)
- D5 - Habitats Regulation Assessment addendum (PDF) (2019)
- D6 - PDF copy of the Broads Plan (2022)
- D7 - Broads Authority Design Guide and Code SPD (PDF) (2025)
- D8 - Health Protocol (PDF) (2024)
- D9 - The guide on marketing and viability assessment requirements (PDF) (2021)
- D10 - Residential moorings guide (PDF) (2020)
- D11 - Peat development guide (PDF) (2020)
- D12 - The mooring design guide (2015)
- D13 - Waterside Bungalows and Chalets guide (PDF) (2016)
- D14 - Biodiversity Enhancements guide (PDF) (2016)
- D15 - The river bank stabilisation guide (PDF) (2015)
- D16 - Landscaping strategy guide (PDF) (2017)
- D17 - Integrated Access Strategy (PDF) (2023)
- D18 - Broads Nature Recovery Strategy (PDF) (2024-29)
- D19 – Broads Flood Risk Supplementary Planning Document (PDF) (2020)
- D20 – Coastal Adaptation Supplementary Planning Document (PDF) (September 2023)
- D21 – Open Space Supplementary Planning Document – Great Yarmouth Borough Council (2023)
- D22 – Healthy Environments Supplementary Planning Document - Adoption version - East Suffolk Council (PDF) (2024)
- D23 – Affordable Housing Supplementary Planning Document - East Suffolk Council (PDF) (2022)
- D24 - Statement of Community Involvement (PDF) (2024)
- D25 - Annual Monitoring Report 2024/25 (2025)
E - Statements of Common Ground - Regulation 19 consultation
Statements of Common Ground (SoCG)
- E1 - SoCG with Anglian Water Services (PDF)
- E2 - SoCG with British Sugar (PDF)
- E3 - SoCG with Broads Society (PDF)
- E4 - SoCG with East Suffolk Council (PDF)
- E5 - SoCG with Environment Agency (PDF)
- E6 - SoCG with Essex and Suffolk Water (PDF)
- E7 - SoCG with Historic England (PDF)
- E8 - SoCG with Home Builders Federation (PDF)
- E9 - SoCG with Natural England (PDF)
- E10 - SoCG with Norfolk and Suffolk Boating Association (PDF)
- E11 - SoCG with Norfolk Coast Partnership (PDF)
- E12 - SoCG with Norfolk County Council (PDF)
- E13 - SoCG with Norfolk Wildlife Trust (PDF)
- E14 - SoCG with North Norfolk District Council (PDF)
- E15 - SoCG with RSPB (PDF)
- E16 - SoCG with Strumpshaw Parish Council (PDF)
- E17 - SoCG with Suffolk County Council (PDF)
- E18 - SoCG with Water Management Alliance (PDF)
F - Examining Inspectors' correspondence
- F1 - Appointment of Inspectors (PDF)
- F2 - Request for additional information - Housing Land Supply (PDF)
G – Authority’s correspondence
H - Post-submission documents
I - Examination hearing documents
J - Modifications consultation documents
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