Comment
Draft Greater Norwich Local Plan – Part 1 The Strategy
Representation ID: 21464
Received: 16/03/2020
Respondent: Bergh Apton Parish Council
In our opinion, the building of 1200 (minimum!) new houses plus 400 windfall dwellings in South Norfolk is excessive because it means that the GNLP Climate Change Statement cannot be met. Because rural South Norfolk is so widespread, private transport is necessary and it is not environmentally friendly. Already roads such as the A146 and A140 are very busy.
Also, as the plan projects forward to 2038, it is likely that climate change will be having a greater effect by then and we should be:
‘encouraging sustainable travel on all new developments within the county’ Norfolk County Council Environmental Policy
In our opinion, the building of 1200 (minimum!) new houses plus 400 windfall dwellings in South Norfolk is excessive because it means that the GNLP Climate Change Statement cannot be met. Because rural South Norfolk is so widespread, private transport is necessary and it is not environmentally friendly. Already roads such as the A146 and A140 are very busy.
Also, as the plan projects forward to 2038, it is likely that climate change will be having a greater effect by then and we should be:
‘encouraging sustainable travel on all new developments within the county’ Norfolk County Council Environmental Policy