Lanpro is generally supportive of the overall vision. We support paragraph 108 which states:

“our aim is that it will support growth of a diverse low carbon economy which will compete globally through its world class knowledge-intensive jobs in the Cambridge Norwich Tech Corridor”.

We support the ambition set out in paragraph 119 that:

“Most new homes will have been built in and around Norwich and in the Cambridge-Norwich Tech Corridor.”

However, we are not convinced the plan will deliver on either of these aims for reasons set out in our answers to questions 13 and 14 in particular.

Paragraph 113 should also refer to employment growth being provided on strategic sites in the Cambridge-Norwich Tech Corridor as well as in and around Norwich. Otherwise the aim set out in paragraph 108 cannot be met.

We are concerned that the vision for new schools, health facilities to be expanded to serve growing communities (paragraph 127) is not compatible with the dispersal of such significant numbers to small villages in the rural parts of South Norfolk.

Lanpro offer their support to the concept of village clusters, agreeing that there is a need to allocate new housing in accessible, rural locations to help support sustainable patterns of growth. However, we do not consider that dispersal of such large numbers (1200) homes to small villages throughout South Norfolk is compatible with the stated environment objectives, which include reduction of emissions, as it will inevitably increase car and other journeys. Small villages, particularly those falling outside of the old Norwich Policy Area are not generally sustainable locations for growth and directing 9% of allocations to such settlements is too high a figure. A smaller proportion of homes directed to accessible cluster villages with a primary school would be more appropriate.