Christmas and New Year closure information
Our council offices and phone lines will close at 4pm on Wednesday 24 December and reopen at 9am on Monday 5 January 2026.
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SPDs, guidance notes and supporting documents
Extra guidance and advice on how we apply certain planning policies.
Supplementary planning documents (SPDs)
SPDs explain how the policies in the Local Plan should be used in practice. They don’t introduce new policies but give more detail to support and explain existing ones.
Adopted SPDs
We currently have SPDs about affordable housing, heritage interpretation, landscape and trees, main town centre uses and retail frontages and open space and play.
SPDs in progress
We are currently writing new SPDs which give more detail on GNLP policy 2 (Sustainable Communities), policy 3 (Environmental Protection and Enhancement) and policy 5 (Homes).
Other planning guidance and advice notes
These documents offer helpful tips and information.
Other guidance and advice notes
Supporting documents
To support the Local Plan for Norwich, we produce documents which provide information about forthcoming plans and projects
