Object
Draft Local Plan-Part 2 Site Allocations
Representation ID: 21968
Received: 13/03/2020
Respondent: Welbeck Strategic Land III LLP
Agent: Bidwells
Comment opposes site being reaosnable
3.10 GNLP0515, land at south Wymondham. This is 132.22ha in size and could accommodate in the
region of 1,500 dwellings. It is therefore 50% larger than required for the contingency and is also
part of the proposal for the Silfield garden village. The draft GNLP states that this site, along with
adjacent sites, could be considered as a new settlement in a future review of the Plan. In addition,
the site is relatively remote from the town centre and other services and less accessible being cut
off by the railway line and adding pressure on the main road connection pinch point under the
railway bridge. The draft GNLP highlights that there would be highway concerns (see also for
GNLP0032) and states that there is already pressure on Silfield Road with the current South
Wymondham housing allocation being built. The site also includes land to the south of the A11
which is truncated from the town and remote from Wymondham, separated from services and
facilities by the A11 and subject to possible noise from its close proximity to the A11. Other sites
in this location have been rejected at an earlier stage for this reason; GNLP0200, GNLP0402. It
also represents further encroachment to the west of the town which would have a greater
landscape impact in this more sensitive area. This site therefore does not meet the contingency
need and is not considered to represent a suitable location.
On behalf of Welbeck Strategic Land III LLP, we are instructed to submit representations to the draft Greater Norwich Local Plan Regulation 18 (c) consultation. The representations are split into two, reflecting the two parts of the Greater Norwich Local Plan; the Strategy Document and the Sites Plan.