The climate change statement is supported. However, Lanpro consider that if the Growth Strategy includes 9% dispersal to small village clusters which could potentially be in the rural parts of South Norfolk and some within the rural parts of Broadland (outside of the old NPA) this is incompatible with the specified climate change ambitions, particularly insofar as they relate to reducing car and other journeys.

Although the majority of growth allocated in the plan may well be located to help reduce the need to travel by locating it in accessible larger settlements with good employment opportunities within them, or well connected by public transport, locating significant housing growth in small rural cluster villages may not support the specified Climate Change Measure to reduce the need to travel, particularly by the private car. We would, therefore, question whether the plan is doing enough to meet this important climate change objective and suggest that it could do more by amending its overall approach to the location of development and reducing the amount of dispersal to small rural villages (outside the old NPA). See our response to question 13 for further information on this.