Support

Draft Greater Norwich Local Plan – Part 1 The Strategy

Representation ID: 22632

Received: 13/03/2020

Respondent: M Scott Properties Ltd

Number of people: 2

Agent: Bidwells

Representation Summary:

Support, with comments
The need to support sustainable growth through the provision of infrastructure improvements, such as schools and health centres, is, in principle, supported. However, the policy should recognise that infrastructure provision must be proportionate to each development, based on a local need and not undermine delivery.
When considering infrastructure, consideration should be given to whether it is viable for some of the larger strategic sites, which have high infrastructure costs associated with their delivery i.e. the requirement to provide schools and health centres on land which otherwise would be land developable for alternative uses, to pay the Community Infrastructure Levy, in addition to the policy requirements of the Local Plan.
The potential for infrastructure costs which are specific to larger strategic sites to be secured by appropriate and negotiable Section 106 planning obligations, in order to ensure that such sites are deliverable and,
Greater Norwich Local Plan, Regulation 18 (c ), GNLP033
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importantly, that there is certainty regarding the timely delivery of the infrastructure on site, should be fully explored. This approach, which has been adopted by Mid Suffolk District Council, is entirely consistent with the Community Infrastructure Regulations (2019).

Full text:

On behalf of M Scott Properties Ltd we are instructed to submit representations to the Greater Norwich Local Plan Regulation 18 (c) consultation. The representations are split into two, reflecting the two parts of the Greater Norwich Local Plan; the Strategy Document and the Sites Plan, in respect of GNLP0337.

The attached document provides a complete record of the representations made on behalf of M Scott Properties Ltd.

The various technical studies referred to in the Representation and the Delivery Statement can be accessed in the attachments also.

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