Object

Representation ID: 22016

Received: 15/03/2020

Respondent: Mulbarton Parish Council

The plan is a wish list, but lacks real targets which add to the uncertainty of life in Mulbarton which following 20 years of housing development has had a large scale impact on services and facilities in the village. Developments in surrounding smaller villages (which have no facilities) have also had a large impact on the residents of Mulbarton in regards to traffic and use of facilities including medical and educational as well as commercial. The social wellbeing and quality of life has already changed in Mulbarton with additional families and new residents moving into the area, more housing has not lead to an increase in facilities and services including transport which has diminished. This does not amount to the provision of ‘good access to services and facilities’ and therefore this level of new housing in “village clusters” should not be permitted within the GNLP.

With the recent large residential developments in Mulbarton, there has been an increased need for journeys from and to work for many of those living in any the new housing, in addition to additional journeys by delivery vehicles to this new housing especially bearing in mind the socio economic profile and lifestyle of the residents who have moved into the new estates.

To minimise the loss of green-field land Mulbarton Parish Council strongly suggests that the best way to achieve this is not to allocate additional sites for housing in “village clusters”. Indeed, there are already sufficient allocated sites for housing in the JCS being proposed to be carried forward to the GNLP in the Norwich fringe parishes, main towns and key service centres.

There are conflicts with policies within the current Local Plan, which withstood the rigorous inspection process and Mulbarton Neighbourhood Plan which has given stability and reassurance to its residents. MPC also note that the provision is 9% over the needed allocation and that there is no phasing or statement as to the progress of development on sites which may have already been identified of which there are several around Mulbarton which has been unsettling and caused some anxiety to residents.