Comment
Draft Greater Norwich Local Plan – Part 1 The Strategy
Representation ID: 21892
Received: 12/03/2020
Respondent: Barton Willmore
(Representations made on behalf of KCS Developments)
We do not object to the vision and objectives however the broad vision for Greater Norwich should also reference the need to accelerate the delivery of homes in accessible locations to support the target level of jobs growth in order to maintain and grow a robust, vibrant and diverse economy.
We support the approach within the vision of building most new homes in and around Norwich and in the Cambridge Norwich Tech Corridor, with the recognition that suburbs, towns and villages will be vibrant places to live with good access to services and facilities, supported by new housing and jobs. We suggest that there does however need to be more emphasis on delivering new housing within towns and villages to support this part of the vision. This needs to be followed through into the proposed hierarchy and distribution of new housing growth within the GNLP.
Please find attached representations.
These representations are made on behalf of KCS Developments in respect of the Greater Norwich Local Plan to 2036.
Our Client is promoting five sites within Spooner Row which can deliver between 173 and 246 dwellings along with community facilities. Spooner Row is proposed to fall within the lowest tier of the settlement hierarchy within the GNLP – the “village clusters” – despite previously being identified as a service village within the Core Strategy. These representations demonstrate that this approach is flawed and underplays the significance of settlements such as Spooner Row.