COL 2 /GNLP0140-C
Support
Draft Local Plan-Part 2 Site Allocations
Representation ID: 21930
Received: 13/03/2020
Respondent: UEA Estates & Buildings
Agent: Bidwells
we strongly support the preferred allocation of GNLP0140-C, Land rear/east of Institute of Food Research. The site is entirely deliverable, and capable of making a signficant contribution towards facilitating the UEA’s forecasted student growth and expansion, as part of the wider Norwich Research Park, up to 2038.
The NRP is a highly sustainable location for growth. Development on the site will help support the long-term growth of both the NRP and UEA, helping to support, sustain, and enhance the UEA’s role as a world class research university. Furthermore, development on the site will help to sustain and enhance the important role of the NRP and UEA to Norwich’s and the wider UK’s economy, alongside supporting the Norwich to Cambridge tech corridor.
As has been demonstrated, the site is suitable, available, achievable and viable, and is deliverable within the plan period. As previously recognised, there are no constraints which would affect the suitability of the site for B1(b) Science Park development, hospital expansion and other proposals ancillary and complementary to these uses. Accordingly, the foregoing text demonstrates that this specific site is a suitable location for development, and the UEA support the GNLP’s proposals to allocate the site under GNLP0140-C for B1(b) Science Park development, hospital expansion and other proposals ancillary and complementary to these uses.
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Comment
Draft Local Plan-Part 2 Site Allocations
Representation ID: 22209
Received: 16/03/2020
Respondent: Environment Agency (Eastern Region)
It appears that the site boundary has been drawn to exclude the current and future flood zones just to the east of the site, and therefore the sequential approach has been correctly applied.
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Object
Draft Local Plan-Part 2 Site Allocations
Representation ID: 22595
Received: 16/03/2020
Respondent: Historic England
Whilst there are no designated heritage assets within the site boundary, the Earlham Conservation Area including associated listed buildings (the grade II* listed Earlham Hall and the grade II dovecote and garden wall) le to the east of the site. Any development has the potential to impact upon the setting of these designated heritage assets. There is currently no mention of these assets within the policy (or Policy COL1 to which COL 2 refers back to) or the need to conserve and where appropriate enhance the significance of these nearby heritage assets.
Suggested Change:
We suggest that the policy be amended to include reference to the heritage assets and the need to conserve and where appropriate enhance them Suggested wording: Development should conserve or where appropriate enhance the significance of nearby heritage assets including Earlham Conservation Area and associated listed buildings (noting that significance may be harmed by development within the setting of an asset) through appropriate landscaping, density and design.
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