GNLP0321

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Support

Draft Local Plan-Part 2 Site Allocations

Representation ID: 20010

Received: 20/02/2020

Respondent: Miss Sarah Mann

Representation Summary:

I agree this is an unsuitable site, this area has had far beyond its fair share of development already with no growth or support for the infrastructure, it can not take anymore, the schools are beyond full, the doctors are beyond full, the roads are beyond full. This site would hugely disrupt the disguised edge that the village has on this approach which fully disguises the high school (which can not take anymore students in years 7 & 8 already and will likely have to turn away pupils from its designated feeder schools in the near future).

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I agree this is an unsuitable site, this area has had far beyond its fair share of development already with no growth or support for the infrastructure, it can not take anymore, the schools are beyond full, the doctors are beyond full, the roads are beyond full. This site would hugely disrupt the disguised edge that the village has on this approach which fully disguises the high school (which can not take anymore students in years 7 & 8 already and will likely have to turn away pupils from its designated feeder schools in the near future).

Support

Draft Local Plan-Part 2 Site Allocations

Representation ID: 20164

Received: 28/02/2020

Respondent: Poringland Parish Council

Representation Summary:

Poringland Parish Council supports site GNLP0321 as being an unreasonable site, due to the reasons detailed in the document.

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Poringland Parish Council supports site GNLP0321 as being an unreasonable site, due to the reasons detailed in the document.

Object

Draft Local Plan-Part 2 Site Allocations

Representation ID: 22897

Received: 16/03/2020

Respondent: Crown Point Estate

Agent: Miss Kate Wood

Representation Summary:

The two sites were promoted as mixed use development, but have been dismissed on the basis of extending linear development to the north of Poringland. However, we assert that the site represents the rounding-off of built form, given the extensive development on the opposite side of the road. The woodland to the north already sets a natural boundary to further extension of the village in a northwards direction.

The sites are sustainable in terms of location and accessibility by means of transport other than the car. As noted by the GNLP there is already a footway along the road, and the high school is a matter of a few minutes’ walk. There are also bus stops immediately adjacent to the site. The opportunity for small-scale employment would also contribute the sustainability of the settlement, as per the 4.3ha of land intended to be allocated for employment use. The sites were assessed as suitable for further consideration in the HELAA assessment.

The Part 2 assessment states that northern site (GNLP1032), suffers from surface water flood risk, and the southern site may affect the setting of Octagon Barn.

It is intended to provide a framework masterplan in due course to support the allocation of the joint site for mixed use development. This will show how development could be laid out, with particular emphasis on enhancing the setting of Octagon Barn and enhancing the site’s role as a local visitor destination through the appropriate design and siting of the commercial buildings. A supporting heritage statement would provide reassurance as to the ability to develop the site without undue harm to the significance of heritage assets.

Highway access is noted as a constraint. Please see the Transport Technical Note submitted with this representation, which includes visibility splays and swept path analysis and shows how accessibility is assured and safe.

The site is within Flood Zone 1, low risk, for planning purposes and passes the sequential test. However, as it is greater than 1 ha, surface water is to be considered through a Flood Risk Assessment (FRA) as part of any future planning application. The FRA will demonstrate that the proposed development would be safe for the lifetime of the development without increasing flood risk elsewhere, including improving the existing flood risk scenario associated with Octagon Barn.

The site should therefore be allocated mixed use development.

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