Comment

Representation ID: 20360

Received: 27/02/2020

Respondent: Sworders

Number of people: 2

Table 6 sets out the details of Establishing the Plan’s total housing figure. It notes that 7,840 new
homes will be provided on sites proposed to be allocated through the GNLP (6,640) and sites for 1,200
new homes will be identified in the South Norfolk Village Clusters Housing Sites Allocation Plan.
DATE: 14th February 2020
Our ref: RUT2458 219245
gnlp@norfolk.gov.uk
By email:
martin.ranner@sworders.com
11 Holkham Studios
Longlands, Holkham Estate
Wells-next-the-Sea
Norfolk NR23 1SH
T: 01328 854 400
Dear Sir/Madam,
RE: GREATER NORWICH LOCAL PLAN CONSULTATION – LAND OPPOSITE POST OFFICE LANE, WESTON
LONGVILLE, NORWICH, NORFOLK.
Draft reps to GNLP consultation Jan-Feb 2020 Page 2 of 7
Paragraph 162 of the Plan identifies that a contingency site in Costessey could deliver around 1,000
homes and that further sites could be allocated in Wymondham should this prove to be required due
to low delivery of allocated housing sites. We suggest that this approach does not comply with the
guidance in the NPPF which states in paragraph 23 that:
‘Strategic policies should provide a clear strategy for bringing sufficient land forward…. This should
include planning for and allocating sufficient sites to deliver the strategic priorities of the area.’
If there is concern that the Plan’s focus on large sites could result in delays to delivery of housing, this
should be addressed at the Plan making stage by the allocation of further, smaller sites in the villages;
these smaller sites are likely to be more deliverable and such a strategy would provide a greater
degree of certainty of delivery.