Object
Draft Greater Norwich Local Plan – Part 1 The Strategy
Representation ID: 21462
Received: 16/03/2020
Respondent: Mrs Georgina Brotherton
See Lawson Planning Partnership Statement
The site owners do not support the Plan’s approach to the economy with regards to existing small and medium size employment sites.
Section 3 sets out the reasons why Policy 6 ‘The Economy’ requires amending. It is therefore, requested that Policy 6 is amended to allow for the expansion of small and medium sized employment sites.
With the above national policy context in mind, we consider draft Policy 6 is not flexible enough to meet the changing requirements of businesses and request that paragraph 2 is amended to allow for the expansion of small and medium sized sites, such as Abbey Farm Commercial Park.
We therefore request that Policy 6, Paragraph 2 is amended as follows:
2.The needs of small, medium and start-up businesses are addressed through:
• the allocation and retention of smaller scale employment sites across the area and the
potential expansion of, a range of existing small and medium sized sites (LPP suggested text);
• encouraging the provision of small-scale business opportunities in all significant residential
and commercial developments and through the appropriate use of rural buildings;
• Encouraging flexible building design and innovative approaches in new and existing residential
developments to encourage local working and business opportunities.