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Draft Greater Norwich Local Plan – Part 1 The Strategy

Representation ID: 20623

Received: 11/03/2020

Respondent: Mrs Janet Skidmore

Agent: Carter Jonas LLP

Representation Summary:

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Full text:

The affordable housing requirements in Policy 5: Homes are noted, including that the affordable housing requirement is lower for development in Norwich compared with Broadland and South Norfolk. However, it is normal for strategic extensions and new settlements/garden villages to not provide policy compliant levels of affordable housing during the initial phases of development because of the costs of providing primary infrastructure e.g. roads, drainage, strategic landscaping, and community uses in advance of housing development. It is very unlikely, and potentially undesirable, for affordable housing requirements to be increased for later phases of development at strategic extensions and new settlements to address under-delivery in initial phases. Therefore, it is considered that the strategic extensions and garden villages identified as reasonable alternatives for housing allocations at Wymondham would not meet the policy requirements for affordable housing. In these circumstances, other sites that can deliver policy compliant levels of affordable housing should be identified in emerging GNLP. As set out in the representations to the Site Allocations document, land south of Gonville Hall Farm in Wymondham (Ref. GNLP0320) should be allocated for development or identified as a reasonable alternative. It should be noted that the development currently under construction to the north of Gonville Hall Farm is delivering policy compliant levels of affordable housing.