Comment
Draft Greater Norwich Local Plan – Part 1 The Strategy
Representation ID: 22506
Received: 16/03/2020
Respondent: Broadland Green Party
How to achieve happiness and wellbeing of the community now and in the future? Continued growth is not the solution. Norfolk Association of Local Councils (NALC) has a “Wellbeing strategy” which shows the way forward for a healthy and happy Norfolk. NALC represents nearly 500 councils and parish meetings across Norfolk with perhaps three or four thousand councillors, clerks, other staff and volunteers – all of whom are working for the well-being of their residents. Themes addressed in the NALC strategy include many issues that are pertinent to the GNLP and could be ideally referenced in the plan including:
• Low carbon economy and towards net zero
• Trees, hedges and wild flowers
• Biodiversity and wild life
• Neighbourliness, inclusive communities & inter-generational issues
• Water, flooding and irrigation
• The built environment, Housing & Planning
• Cars, car parking. park and ride, lift-sharing and public transport
• Services e.g. doctors, dentists, etc.
• Loneliness
• Shopping
• Coming to terms with the new technologies and AI
• Employment, self-employment, small businesses
CPRE expressed strong support for the NALC Well-being initiative and have agreed to work with NALC to achieve the mutually compatible aims.
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.
See attached