Comment
Draft Greater Norwich Local Plan – Part 1 The Strategy
Representation ID: 20244
Received: 03/03/2020
Respondent: Dickleburgh and Rushall Parish Council
Carbon offsetting and community harmony.
The GNLP should make a strategic assessment of the impact of the whole GNLP process using a carbon offset calculator. This should include all activity that led up to the creating of the GNLP and then the delivery of the GNLP.
With this figure the officers can monitor the progress of the GNLP and ensure the CO2 offset measures put in place and funded through the GNLP at least equal to the CO2 generated by the process. Strategies to include either all communities, those affected directly or a GNLP wide strategic approach
There is no mention of the carbon offsetting procedure to mitigate the building of 40,000 + homes and the infrastructure needed to sustain them, across the region covered by the GNLP. There appears to be little regarding the quality of build and future proofing the housing stock and the infrastructure. So far the GNLP appears heavily weighted toward developers and community expansion. With less regard to community harmony and the environmental impact I suggest the following.
Offsetting at the point of build. All new building projects will be expected to have undergone a carbon assessment (tCo2e) and to publish the result at the time the application is made (prior to any decision by the planning authorities).
All new builds should clearly identify the carbon-offset strategy they intend to utilize to meet the carbon offset requirements prior to consent being given.
Strategic Offsetting. The GNLP should make the assessment (tCo2e) of the cost of implementing the GNLP in full. The GNLP should then mitigate the cost by creating a South Norfolk GNLP woodland. This could be a series of smaller woodlands linked that run across the South of the county across a large number of parishes.
Strategic Offsetting. The GNLP should make the assessment (tCo2e) of the cost of implementing the GNLP in full. The GNLP should then mitigate the cost by creating a South Norfolk GNLP woodland. This could be located as a single large public woodland handed over to and managed by an organisation such as the Woodland Trust
4 Strategic Offsetting. The GNLP should make the assessment (tCo2e) of the cost of implementing the GNLP in full. The GNLP should then mitigate the cost by creating a South Norfolk GNLP woodland. This could be woodlands planted in all the parishes that have housing through the GNLP process. These public woodlands would be managed by the Parish councils.
The GNLP could provide a list of environmental measures to be adopted by developers in consultation with the local community to ensure the communities see a positive environmental impact of any new development Rather than a perceived reduction.