Comment
Draft Greater Norwich Local Plan – Part 1 The Strategy
Representation ID: 22505
Received: 16/03/2020
Respondent: Broadland Green Party
There is no evidence that the population will grow in the way suggested by the graph as there is a national declining birth rate. The graph is simplistic and lacking evidence. The pie charts show an identical percentage of young people (28% 0-24) in 2018 and 2038 yet there is an astonishing observation that the trend for higher than average young populations is set to continue. This is unsubstantiated and inaccurate information.
Para 35 states there is a declining birth rate which is supported by the Office of National Statistics (ONS) latest report on births in England & Wales (1 August 2019): “The birth rate was the lowest ever recorded, when births are measured as a proportion of the total population. The total fertility rate stood at 1.70 children per woman, lower than all years except 1977 and 1999 to 2002.” It went on: “In 2018, the crude birth rate (CBR) was the lowest since records began, at 11.1 live births per 1,000 population of all ages. ”
I attach the feedback from Broadland Green Party members on the GNLP Consultation.
Each section is identified but not all questions have been answered. However, all questions are included to maintain the numbering.
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