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Representation ID: 22979

Received: 16/03/2020

Respondent: Barratt David Wilson Homes

Agent: Pegasus Planning Group

Our client is concerned that 1,200 homes are proposed to be delivered on as yet unidentified sites that are to be allocated through a separate South Norfolk Village Clusters Housing Site Allocations document. This is a document that has yet to have an agreed timescale for production and does not feature in the current LDS. The reliance on another plan process to deliver these homes has adds uncertainty and delay to the delivery of these new homes.

The strategy for delivery these 1,200 new homes across the villages is yet to be identified and therefore it is unclear whether they will be delivered in sustainable locations or in the form of development that could fund sufficient infrastructure or deliver appropriate levels of affordable housing. Furthermore, if some or all of these new homes were proposed to form part of the Councils’ five-year supply of housing then the uncertainties around their delivery would leave the Greater Norwich area at risk of not being able to demonstrate a five year supply of housing if they do not come forward.

This reliance on a further plan process departs from the single plan strategy that the GNLP seeks to deliver with inherent adverse consequences for sustainable development. This is not an appropriate strategy for the plan and therefore the alternative strategy of including this requirement as part of the single plan process is more appropriate. This would allow for this provision to be considered as part of increasing the development yield of sites that are coming forward as part of the GNLP process.