GNLP0515
Object
Draft Local Plan-Part 2 Site Allocations
Representation ID: 20542
Received: 09/03/2020
Respondent: Mrs Elizabeth Glazier
Loss of prime agricultural land for food production.
Destruction of the natural environment surrounding the medieval town of Wymondham and therefore its unique character as a tourist destination.
Loss of prime agricultural land for food production.
Destruction of the natural environment surrounding the medieval town of Wymondham and therefore its unique character as a tourist destination.
Object
Draft Local Plan-Part 2 Site Allocations
Representation ID: 20628
Received: 11/03/2020
Respondent: Mrs Janet Skidmore
Agent: Carter Jonas LLP
No summary provided.
This site is identified for a strategic extension to the south of Wymondham for 1,500 dwellings; it is also included as part of the Silfield Garden Village. It is identified as a reasonable alternative housing allocation and as a contingency site for Wymondham to offset non-delivery. The lead-in times for these types of developments are typically more than 5 years, largely because they are complex and require significant levels of primary infrastructure to be provided e.g. roads and drainage in advance of housing. Therefore, it is very unlikely that this strategic extension would be delivered quickly enough to address non-delivery of housing at existing commitments and allocations. As such, this site does not meet the requirements for a contingency site, and should not be identified as a reasonable alternative in emerging GNLP. It is not clear at this stage whether this strategic extension would provide policy compliant levels of affordable housing; it should be noted that the approved strategic development at South Wymondham currently under construction was required to provide between 15% and 20% affordable housing because of the infrastructure improvements required to connect the site to the town centre. It is requested that the site promoter confirms whether the proposed development could provide policy compliant levels of affordable housing, taking into account the costs of providing primary infrastructure in advance of development. The site assessment identified landscape/townscape and highway access as constraints to development at the site.
It is requested that this site is deleted as a reasonable alternative housing allocation.
Object
Draft Local Plan-Part 2 Site Allocations
Representation ID: 20716
Received: 11/03/2020
Respondent: Mrs Janis Raynsford
There is enough/has been far too much development in this area. There are "landscape/townscape issues and highway concerns whch need to be addressed". There is a County Wildlife Site adjacdent to the site (ancient Deer Park). The traffic constraints at Silfield Railway Bridge have not yet been resolved.
There is enough/has been far too much development in this area. There are "landscape/townscape issues and highway concerns whch need to be addressed". There is a County Wildlife Site adjacdent to the site (ancient Deer Park). The traffic constraints at Silfield Railway Bridge have not yet been resolved.
Object
Draft Local Plan-Part 2 Site Allocations
Representation ID: 21968
Received: 13/03/2020
Respondent: Welbeck Strategic Land III LLP
Agent: Bidwells
Comment opposes site being reaosnable
3.10 GNLP0515, land at south Wymondham. This is 132.22ha in size and could accommodate in the
region of 1,500 dwellings. It is therefore 50% larger than required for the contingency and is also
part of the proposal for the Silfield garden village. The draft GNLP states that this site, along with
adjacent sites, could be considered as a new settlement in a future review of the Plan. In addition,
the site is relatively remote from the town centre and other services and less accessible being cut
off by the railway line and adding pressure on the main road connection pinch point under the
railway bridge. The draft GNLP highlights that there would be highway concerns (see also for
GNLP0032) and states that there is already pressure on Silfield Road with the current South
Wymondham housing allocation being built. The site also includes land to the south of the A11
which is truncated from the town and remote from Wymondham, separated from services and
facilities by the A11 and subject to possible noise from its close proximity to the A11. Other sites
in this location have been rejected at an earlier stage for this reason; GNLP0200, GNLP0402. It
also represents further encroachment to the west of the town which would have a greater
landscape impact in this more sensitive area. This site therefore does not meet the contingency
need and is not considered to represent a suitable location.
On behalf of Welbeck Strategic Land III LLP, we are instructed to submit representations to the draft Greater Norwich Local Plan Regulation 18 (c) consultation. The representations are split into two, reflecting the two parts of the Greater Norwich Local Plan; the Strategy Document and the Sites Plan.
Comment
Draft Local Plan-Part 2 Site Allocations
Representation ID: 22193
Received: 16/03/2020
Respondent: Environment Agency (Eastern Region)
Wymondham area site allocations
Site allocations around Wymondham (GNLP2168, GNLP0525R, GNLP3013, GNLP0006, GNLP0515, GNLP1055) are all in the headwaters of the River Tiffey and its tributaries, the land allocations are adjacent to the streams. The Tiffey is a chalk stream NERC s41 habitat of conservation importance. We are currently working on several projects to improve the River Tiffey to good WFD status e.g. fish passage and habitat restoration. The developments must not compromise this. There must be a buffer between developed land (including gardens) and the river of 20 metres. A WFD compliance assessment must be undertaken to assess the impacts on the water environment, including but not limited to water quality of run off. We would welcome partnership working opportunities from any development to improve riparian habitats via Broadland Catchment Partnership (NPPF 174).
GNLP0515
It appears that the site boundary has been drawn to exclude the current and future flood zones just to the west of the site, and therefore the sequential approach has been correctly applied. There may be a small section of flood zones within the south western edge of the site boundary. Built development should be excluded from these flood zones to maintain flood storage capacity, and the sequential approach applied to locate all development within flood zone 1.
Please see attached for full submission
Comment
Draft Local Plan-Part 2 Site Allocations
Representation ID: 23122
Received: 16/03/2020
Respondent: Orbit Homes
Agent: David Lock Associates
Due to the formatting of the representation it is not possible to replicate it in this format, so please refer to the attached document "Sites Document of the GNLP Regulation 18(c) - January 2020) Orbit Homes and Bowbridge Strategic Land representations, prepared by David Lock Associates)
In the absence of this re-assessment of the new settlement proposals consistently with one another as well as the other ‘reasonable alternatives’, we have serious reservations as to the soundness of the GNLP Sites Document and its likely success at Examination.
For full representation, please refer to the attached documents.