Comment

Representation ID: 22167

Received: 16/03/2020

Respondent: Norwich Liberal Democrats

Number of people: 3

We believe that all new housing should be built to the highest environmental standards but the draft Plan does not have any detailed policy on the design of new housing, other than a brief mention in the ‘Design of development’ in the Climate Change statement.
However to ensure that new development is sustainable it needs to be sited in locations which are truly sustainable retaining the current Settlement Hierarchy. (see above comments)
With reference to the CPRE Norfolk Position Statement on the draft GNLP which we have had sight of, we are in agreement ‘that new sites allocated in the GNLP are phased and only built out when the vast majority of existing Joint Core Strategy allocations have been developed’. Since 68 Parish and Town Councils share this CPRE view, we would like to support their concerns. Particularly seeing the Parish of Cringleford’s growth to date which has a knock on effect on Eaton, the ward we represent.
Referencing again the CPRE’s submission ‘The evidence put forward to support this view shows that the increased housing targets are unnecessary, and increasing them further by allocating a 9% buffer seems absurd. What is more, windfalls, which are a proven, reliable source of new housing are not going to be counted towards the new targets: this is irrational.’
We also agree with CPRE that ‘phasing is a sensible method whereby the problem of land-banking can be tackled.