Comment

Representation ID: 22725

Received: 16/03/2020

Respondent: Pegasus Group

Policy 1 – The Sustainable Growth Strategy provides a settlement hierarchy which reflects materially different levels of service between different types of places. The hierarchy splits Greater Norwich into four tiers comprising the Norwich urban area, main towns, key service centres and village clusters. It goes on to detail the levels of housing each tier is expected to provide over the period 2018-2038 with the concentration of growth higher up the hierarchy.
Our client broadly agrees with the proposed settlement hierarchy and the need to focus larger development in accessible locations with good access to jobs, services and existing and planned infrastructure. They also support the use of minimum housing commitments which provide the opportunity to boost housing supply in line with the Government’s objective and in light of the districts consistent under delivery. Halsbury Homes Ltd does, however, question the reliance on allocations through the South Norfolk Village Clusters Housing Sites Allocation Plan and this mechanisms ability to deliver the required housing stock in the plan period.
Our client is promoting a site in Loddon as identified on Map 7 – the Housing Growth Locations of the draft GNLP. The village of Loddon is classified as a ‘Key Service Centre’ with an expected delivery of 400 minimum new homes between 2018 – 2038.
Land off Norton Road, Loddon falls outside of the current settlement boundary but adjoins it to the north west and within the proposed allocation of Policy GNLP0312 (Land to the east of Beccles Road).

The site is easily accessible to Loddon’s High Street (less than 10 minutes walk from the site), which has an excellent range of shops, services, employment opportunities and a frequent bus line to Norwich city centre (one bus every 30 minutes). Furthermore, there are employment opportunities available at Loddon Industrial Estate (less than 10 minutes walk from the site). By affording sustainable levels of growth to areas such as this it will assist in safeguarding existing services, public transport links and infrastructure which local people currently rely upon and support vibrant rural communities.