Object
Draft Greater Norwich Local Plan – Part 1 The Strategy
Representation ID: 22512
Received: 16/03/2020
Respondent: Broadland Green Party
Object: Government and local authorities have agreed that we are facing a Climate Emergency. This has been brought on by unsustainable economic growth. We cannot continue with “business as usual”. The assumption that the population of Norfolk must accept continued economic growth “for the good of the county” is flawed. We have indicated elsewhere that population growth is not inevitable and that in fact the growth rate is declining. We do not need economic growth to lead happy and fulfilling lives. We do need an economy however, that serves the population. It needs to be a circular, zero-growth, economy underpinned by a transition to renewable energy sources, based on designing out waste and pollution; keeping products and materials in use; and the maintenance and regeneration of natural systems.
We cannot address climate change without addressing the issue of continued, unsustainable economic growth which is where the GNLP is fundamentally flawed.
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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