I wish to object in the strongest terms to the inclusion of this site for the development of student accommodation. The site is part of the Yare Valley, which is supposed to be protected already under the Norwich Development Management Policy, and under the GNLP policies exist to extend and enhance green infrastructure and underline its importance. This proposal is directly contrary to such policies.

Any such development would be a major and damaging intrusion into the Yare Valley and would reduce and put further pressure onto an already limited area ahich currently serves to provide leisure space, biodiversity, andd climate benefits in an increasingly urban area.

Please do not approve this proposal.

some thoughts about the impact of the development:
• The Yare Valley Character Area is more than the sum of its parts. Any reduction in the Valley green infrastructure corridor impacts on its ability to function effectively in its roles of maintaining biodiversity, mitigating climate change, and supporting informal leisure.
• The Yare Valley Character Area is already under pressure from existing leisure activity overuse (e.g. over-worn paths). In the future it will have to meet the well-being needs of an additional population from new nearby residential development currently under construction. Now is the time to increase the Yare Valley green space, not to reduce it.
• The intrusion of building development into the Yare Valley Character Area would be contrary to existing (and continuing) Norwich Development Management Policy which seeks to safeguard the Yare Valley Character Area from building development of this kind.
• Several of the Policies of “The Strategy” of the draft GNLP emphasize the importance of green infrastructure, and the intention to extend and enhance it. The inclusion of the site in the draft GNLP contradicts stated intentions and would signal that Greater Norwich is not serious about implementing its own declared green infrastructure policies.