Support
Draft Greater Norwich Local Plan – Part 1 The Strategy
Representation ID: 22640
Received: 13/03/2020
Respondent: M Scott Properties Ltd
Number of people: 2
Agent: Bidwells
Strongly support.
As detailed in comments provided in respect of Question 13, the proposed Settlement Hierarchy and the identification of Norwich and the Norwich Fringe as the location to accommodate 69% of the housing growth during the period to 2038 is strongly supported.
Norwich and the Norwich Fringe is the catalyst for economic growth in the area and provides a range of amenities, services and infrastructure to support sustainable housing.
The fringe parishes will play a significant role in providing sustainable growth, given their proximity to employment opportunities, services and strategic infrastructure, such as Broadland Northway. In addition, by virtue of its location, the fringe parishes are in close proximity of the countryside providing ease of access to the leisure and recreation opportunities it provides.
The fringe parishes provide opportunities for strategic growth i.e. over 1,000 units. Developments of this scale are capable of providing a wide range of infrastructure improvements, such as schools, employment, health centres and green infrastructure, which will provide benefits to both existing and future residents.
This approach is entirely consistent with paragraph 72 of the NPPF, which advises that “The supply of large numbers of new homes can often be best achieved through planning for larger scale development, such as new settlements or significant extensions to existing villages and towns, provided that are well located and designed and supported by the necessary infrastructure and facilities.”
The identification of Taverham as a location to accommodate a minimum of 1,400 dwellings by way of a strategic urban extension is fully supported.
Taverham provides an excellent location to provide a strategic urban extension of a minimum of 1,400 units. It represents a highly sustainable location with good access to Norwich, that has been significantly enhanced by the recent delivery of the Broadland Northway. The buffer created by the Broadland Northway presents an opportunity for a logical strategic urban extension to the settlement of Taverham at a size and scale that can, whilst being proportionate to the scale of the settlement, accommodate a significant quantum of the infrastructure and housing required in the Greater Norwich Area over the next two decades.
Taverham already benefits from a variety of amenities including a pub, a supermarket, takeaways, petrol filling station and a garden centre. In addition, the area is within close proximity of the amenities provided within Thorpe Marriott and Drayton. Nightingale and Ghost Hill Infant schools are located in close proximity of the site, as are Taverham Junior and High Schools. A private school (Langley Preparatory School at Taverham Hall) is located nearby. These will be sustained and enhanced by the increased population proposed.
The proposals to enhance the green infrastructure with the fringe parishes network through, amongst other things, improved links to Marriott’s Way is supported.
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.