Comment
Draft Greater Norwich Local Plan – Part 1 The Strategy
Representation ID: 22516
Received: 16/03/2020
Respondent: Broadland Green Party
Comment: We have already questioned the projected rise in the population. No satisfactory evidence has been provided for this increase.
There appears to be a circular argument on house numbers and jobs to be created. What comes first? Is it the jobs or is it the people who need the jobs?
We have already seen that with declining birth rates the only way in which the population is going to rise in the lifetime of the plan is through new people arriving. Given that any further developments are going to increase our carbon footprint and degrade our pleasant environment why would we want to encourage an increase in an unsustainable population? The argument in the plan is to increase economic growth but if this growth is at the expense of healthy living and increased carbon emissions then it is neither a welcome nor sustainable way to plan our future.
The housing that is required should be built to provide affordable housing for those who need it and housing for the elderly as indicated by the population mix in Section 2, para 34.
A significant proportion of such housing will need to be social housing for those who cannot afford to buy.
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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