Comment

Representation ID: 22525

Received: 16/03/2020

Respondent: Broadland Green Party

There is a stated objective to protect our environment and habitats and create new green spaces. Where in the plan is there an initiative which achieves this? The insistence on “full dualling” of the A47 is in direct opposition to such an objective. As far as can be deduced from map 4 in section 2 most of the remaining “major habitat sites in Norfolk” will soon be flooded so where will these species be relocated to?

Growth and sustainability are different goals. We should be very wary of growth because at present a very large amount of the increased demand for housing comes from an influx of population from areas such as Kent and the Midlands. People are moving to Norfolk because the “developed” environments they have been living in now have high crime, very poor air quality, terrible traffic congestion, bleak town centres with failing businesses, a plague of loneliness and mental health issues and degraded countryside. Intelligent planning is required to enshrine the lovely quality of life we are able to enjoy in our relatively low population density county and not to enslave ourselves to “growth” with all the disadvantages it can bring.