Comment
Draft Greater Norwich Local Plan – Part 1 The Strategy
Representation ID: 22487
Received: 16/03/2020
Respondent: Highways England
The consideration of main towns and service centers within the hierarchy is reasonable. Levels of growth at these locations and associated land use policy should be focused on developing these sites locations as self-sustaining communities and not dormitory estates acting as satellites to the main conurbations. Failure to achieve this will put unnecessary strain on the existing highway infrastructure
Highways England supports the position that robust steps must be taken to prioritise healthy and sustainable travel
It is noted that three new potential future settlement sites have been proposed at Honingham Thorpe, Hethel and Silfield. It should be made clear that the next review of this plan will not be necessarily limited to those sites and consideration will be focused on sustainability and good connectivity.
Thank you for inviting Highways England to comment on the Regulation 18 Draft Review of the Greater Norwich Local Plan (GNLP), which is prepared jointly by three local authorities - Broadland District Council, Norwich City Council and South Norfolk Council through the Greater Norwich Development Partnership (GNDP). This document expresses our views on the Draft Strategy and Site Allocations for future development as mentioned in this GNLP.
Highways England is responsible for the operation, maintenance and improvement of the Strategic Road Network (SRN) in England on behalf of the Secretary of the State. In the area within and surrounding Norfolk, this relates to the A11 and A47 trunk roads.
Consequently, our comments on the draft Local Plan which are set out below are limited to those aspects/strategies which may have impacts related to these two trunk roads.
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