Privacy and Cookies Statement

Privacy Notice

Who we are and the purpose of the processing

Broadland District Council, Norwich City Council and South Norfolk Council are working together with Norfolk County Council to bring forward the delivery of infrastructure to support the growth as planned in the Greater Norwich Local Plan (GNLP).

This document explains how we, Norfolk County Council, use information in the course of providing the Greater Norwich Growth Board Website. By 'use' we mean what we do with your information, and how we store and share it.

Further Details about Us and Your Rights:

We provide the following details in our general privacy notice on our website:

Who we are (and contact details)
Your rights under the UK GDPR (including complaints).

How we get your information

We only collect personal information from you, by using our website, or when you raise a query with us.

What we do with your information

We will use your information to:

Allow us to respond to a query, (name, contact details, information you include in your query), and
Provide this website (IP address).

We also use your information to review the quality of our services and improve how we work.

We also use your information in other ways compatible with the above.

How we share your information

We do not sell your information to other organisations. We do not use your information for automated decision making.

All information is shared on a need-to-know basis. We do not share more than we need to.

We share your information with companies that help us do our job. They also have to keep your information safe and only use it to help us. For example, this includes IT providers such as Microsoft.

Our lawful basis for using your information

We have legal reasons under the UK GDPR to use your information because it is necessary to perform an official function, providing the Greater Norwich Growth Board Website. This has a basis in law per section 216 of the Planning Act 2008 (subject to our CIL policies and regulations).

Retention ('how long we keep your information for')

When the information is no longer needed for the above reasons, it will be securely deleted, or shredded.

Cookie Policy

Necessary Cookies

cookieyes-consent. This cookie expires 1 year after being set. CookieYes sets this cookie to remember users' consent preferences so that their preferences are respected on subsequent visits to this site. It does not collect or store any personal information about the site visitors.

ARRAffinitySameSite. This cookie expires at the end of your session. This cookie is set by Windows Azure cloud, and is used for load balancing to make sure the visitor page requests are routed to the same server in any browsing session.

ARRAffinity. This cookie expires at the end of your session. ARRAffinity cookie is set by Azure app service, and allows the service to choose the right instance established by a user to deliver subsequent requests made by that user.

Functional Cookies

__Secure-ROLLOUT_TOKEN. This cookie expires 6 months after being set.

WFESessionId. This cookie expires at the end of your session.

yt-remote-device-id. This cookie does not expire. YouTube sets this cookie to store the user's video preferences using embedded YouTube videos.

ytidb::LAST_RESULT_ENTRY_KEY. This cookie does not expire. This cookie is used by YouTube to store the last search result entry that was clicked by the user. This information is used to improve the user experience by providing more relevant search results in the future.

yt-remote-connected-devices. This cookie does not expire. YouTube sets this cookie to store the user's video preferences using embedded YouTube videos.

yt-remote-session-app. This cookie expires at the end of your session. This cookie is used by YouTube to store user preferences and information about the interface of the embedded YouTube video player.

yt-remote-cast-installed. This cookie expires at the end of your session. This cookie is used to store the user's video player preferences using embedded YouTube video.

yt-remote-session-name. This cookie expires at the end of your session. This cookie is used by YouTube to store the user's video player preferences using embedded YouTube video.

yt-remote-fast-check-period. This cookie expires at the end of your session. This cookie is used by YouTube to store the user's video player preferences for embedded YouTube videos.

Analytics Cookies

_ga. This cookie expires 1 year 1 month 4 days after being set. Google Analytics sets this cookie to calculate visitor, session and campaign data and track site usage for the site's analytics report. The cookie stores information anonymously and assigns a randomly generated number to recognise unique visitors.

_ga_*. This cookie expires 1 year 1 month 4 days after being set. Google Analytics sets this cookie to store and count page views.

ai_session. This cookie expires 1 hour after being set. This is a unique anonymous session identifier cookie set by Microsoft Application Insights software to gather statistical usage and telemetry data for apps built on the Azure cloud platform.

Advertisement Cookies

YSC. This cookie expires at the end of your session. YouTube sets this cookie to track the views of embedded videos on YouTube pages.

VISITOR_INFO1_LIVE. This cookie expires 6 months after being set. YouTube sets this cookie to measure bandwidth, determining whether the user gets the new or old player interface.

VISITOR_PRIVACY_METADATA. This cookie expires 6 months after being set. YouTube sets this cookie to store the user's cookie consent state for the current domain.

yt.innertube::requests. This cookie does not expire. YouTube sets this cookie to register a unique ID to store data on what videos from YouTube the user has seen.

yt.innertube::nextId. This cookie does not expire. YouTube sets this cookie to register a unique ID to store data on what videos from YouTube the user has seen.

NID. This cookie expires 6 months after being set. Google sets the cookie for advertising purposes; to limit the number of times the user sees an ad, to unwanted mute ads, and to measure the effectiveness of ads.

ai_user. This cookie expires 1 year after being set. Microsoft Azure sets this cookie as a unique user identifier cookie, enabling counting of the number of users accessing the application over time.

You can reject non-essential cookies by using the Cookie Control tool on this website (the green circle button on the bottom left of the screen). You may also be able to disable cookies within your internet browser settings. Please note, if you block all cookies (including essential cookies) the website may not work as intended.

Useful Information

A number of websites provide detailed information on cookies, including AboutCookies.org and AllAboutCookies.org.
The European Interactive Digital Advertising Alliance website Your Online Choices allows you to install opt-out cookies across different advertising networks.
Google has developed a browser add-on to allow users to opt-out of Google Analytics across all websites which use it. This is also available in the Chrome web store.
Some browsers include a feature known as 'Do Not Track' or DNT. This allows you to indicate a preference that websites should not track you. However, whilst DNT is available in many browsers, websites are not required to recognise its request, so it may not always work. You can get help on how to use DNT in Microsoft Edge, Firefox, Chrome, Safari and Opera.
For more information on how private browsing works as well as its limitations, visit the support pages for your browser: Microsoft Edge, Firefox, Chrome, Safari (mobile and desktop) and Opera.

Changes to this notice

We update this document from time to time, so please review it often. The date below is updated every time this privacy notice is updated.

This document was updated in April 2025.