Support
Draft Greater Norwich Local Plan – Part 1 The Strategy
Representation ID: 23072
Received: 16/03/2020
Respondent: Orbit Homes
Agent: David Lock Associates
The climate change statement is welcomed and supported. However, integral to achieving the
measures set out is providing the right type of development in the right places. The scale of new
settlements offer the potential to plan comprehensively to meet all components of sustainability
which is simply not achievable through small to medium scale sites. We contend that the
allocation of SGV would contribute significantly to achieving the measures in the climate change
statement given its potential for a substantial modal shift to public transport and its commitment
to creating a NetZero development from the outset. Most notably, attributing 15% of the housing
requirements (1,200 homes) to villages just within the South Norfolk area will not lend itself to
sustainable modes of travel or will help facilitate any significant investment in the delivery of
renewable or low carbon energy generation. We assert that in order to better align with the
Council’s climate change statement and provide certainty for future growth across South Norfolk,
as a minimum, this unallocated housing requirement should be met within SGV as part of a wider GV allocation, and the Plan should be much more proactive in seeking out opportunities for
development that will tackle the climate change challenge head on.
For full representation, please refer to the attached documents.