Comment
Draft Greater Norwich Local Plan – Part 1 The Strategy
Representation ID: 19825
Received: 03/02/2020
Respondent: Mrs Suzanne Jones
There are only two mentions of air quality in the policy, one of which says that air quality should be protected. If that is to be achieved, then we must ensure that future development does not impact it negatively. One way to do this would be to adopt the principle, explicitly set out in the GNLP, that all new developments need to demonstrate that they will not reduce air quality in the long term. Air quality in Norwich is bad enough as it is, and the consequences to our health are becoming clearer on a daily basis.
There are only two mentions of air quality in the policy, one of which says that air quality should be protected. If that is to be achieved, then we must ensure that future development does not impact it negatively. One way to do this would be to adopt the principle, explicitly set out in the GNLP, that all new developments need to demonstrate that they will not reduce air quality in the long term. Air quality in Norwich is bad enough as it is, and the consequences to our health are becoming clearer on a daily basis.