Object

Representation ID: 22164

Received: 16/03/2020

Respondent: Norwich Liberal Democrats

Number of people: 3

We support the continuation of the settlement hierarchy as defined in the JCS with the primary focus of planned development in the Norwich urban area.
However the plan supports a level of growth in rural areas ‘village clusters in South Norfolk’ – 9% of total housing growth over the plan period - which is very hard to reconcile with Section 4 – The delivery of growth and addressing climate change and Policy 7.1 -Strategy for the areas of growth, and will have impacts for infrastructure provision.’ This approach is inconsistent with the emphasis expressed in the document on addressing climate change and significantly reducing carbon emissions in the Vision and Objectives and Climate Change statement, undermining the ability of the plan to deliver sustainable growth.
In addition there is concern about achieving this 9% growth (1,200 homes) in a more difficult village setting where new housing may be resisted.
The inclusion in the plan to site the additional housing in the most rural parts of South Norfolk in ‘village clusters’ in the GNLP but at the same time excluding details of those village sites or evidence as to the justification of such a policy may leave the GNLP vulnerable to challenge on soundness grounds at the public examination stage.
For the reasons stated above we do not support Policy 7.4 Village Clusters in South Norfolk.