Object

New, Revised and Small Sites

Representation ID: 17413

Received: 26/11/2018

Respondent: Mr Hugh Ivins

Representation Summary:

Unsuitable location with significant landscape impact and more suitable 'deliverable' housing sites already identified and assessed earlier this year under the GNDP and under the Broadland Local Plan 2016

Full text:

This site has been previously assessed and rejected by Broadland under their Local Plan 2016, it was initially submitted back in 2013 and not included in subsequent consultations leading to the Site Allocations DPD of 2016. The reasomns for not including this site in the GNDP process remain the same, it will have a significant visual impact on the landscape, will impact on the road network and is some distance from the town services and facilities. Also the GNDP has designated Reepham as a 'Key' Service Centre, where around 100 homes could be allocated (As part of the 10 Main Towns and Larger Villages allocation of 1000 houses) and this 'unspecified' site would accommodate well in excess of that nuof mber. There are better and more suitable sites already identified under thye earlier Reg 18 Consultation of Jan- March 2018 such as GNLP0183 which was supported by Broadland in their penultimate Site Allocation "Preferred Options' Submission, prior to the Broomhill Lane site coming forward at such a late stage and getting adopted, for 100-120 houses despite the significant number local objections. Indeed the Broomhill Lane Site is so far behind its sceduled development phase that it can be classed as 'undeliverable'. This brings into focus two of the sites that have been put forward under the GNDP 'Settlement Summary' for Reepham GNLP0183 and GNLP0180 for a combined allocation of around 100 houses that would satisfy the housing requirements of the GNDP proposals for Reepham, particularly as the Six Options for the remaining 3,300 houses provide for no additional houses in Reepham.