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Representation ID: 22728

Received: 16/03/2020

Respondent: Pegasus Group

Policy 2 – Sustainable Communities is a broad strategic policy covering a range of economic, environmental, and social imperatives for development with the ultimate objective of reducing emissions. The policy, therefore, details the importance of high quality development, contributing to inclusive growth in mixed, resilient and sustainable communities and mitigating and adapting to climate change.
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Our client supports the Council’s approach to sustainable communities and the requirement for housing developments of 100 dwellings or more to submit a Delivery Statement such that the key objectives of Policy 2 are implemented which reflect the overarching aims of the NPPF. They also believe that their site at Land off Norton Road, Loddon would align with these objectives in the delivery of a sustainable community.
Land off Norton Road is considered to be located in a sustainable location as it 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 bus stops with a frequent bus service 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.
Our client is actively developing sites across Greater Norwich, which have delivered well-designed and high quality developments which are long lasting and make the best use of the land available through appropriate housing densities. The proposed development at Land off Norton Road would similarly align with this with indicative minimum densities of 25 dwellings per hectare across the plan area. It would be designed in such a way that actively encourages walking and cycling.