Draft Greater Norwich Local Plan – Part 1 The Strategy

Support

Representation ID: 22907

Received: 13/03/2020

Respondent: Bidwells

Number of people: 2

Support, with comments.
The UEA are supportive of the strategy to ensure that development proposals conserve and enhance the built, historic and natural environment.

As outlined within the Representations for GNLP0133-B, GNLP0133-C, GNLP0133-D, and GNLP0133-E, Historic England consulted on the potential designation of the landscape surrounding the UEA as Historic Parkland (Case: 1466188). Notwithstanding this, regardless of whether the landscape is designated as Historic Parkland, development on each site will be designed in a manner to respect the visual setting of the UEA, whilst facilitating the growth
and expansion of the UEA.

Support

Representation ID: 22908

Received: 13/03/2020

Respondent: Bidwells

Number of people: 2

Support, with comments.
The UEA are supportive of the strategy to ensure that development proposals conserve and enhance the built, historic and natural environment.

As outlined within the Representations for GNLP0133-B, GNLP0133-C, GNLP0133-D, and GNLP0133-E, Historic England consulted on the potential designation of the landscape surrounding the UEA as Historic Parkland (Case: 1466188). Notwithstanding this, regardless of whether the landscape is designated as Historic Parkland, development on each site will be designed in a manner to respect the visual setting of the UEA, whilst facilitating the growth
and expansion of the UEA.

Support

Representation ID: 22909

Received: 13/03/2020

Respondent: Bidwells

Number of people: 2

Support, with comments.
The UEA are supportive of improvements to transport infrastructure to develop the role of Norwich, and support the Cambridge Norwich Tech Corridor. More specifically, the UEA are supportive and dedicated to the provision of a cross valley transport link between the UEA and the wider Norwich Research Park, alongside signficant improvements to the bus, cycling and walking networks around this area.

Support

Representation ID: 22910

Received: 13/03/2020

Respondent: Bidwells

Number of people: 2

Support, with comments.

The need to support sustainable growth through the provision of infrastructure improvements is, in principle, supported. However, the policy should recognise that infrastructure provision must be proportionate to each development (with reference to the type of development proposed), based on a local need, and must not undermine delivery.

Comment

Representation ID: 22911

Received: 13/03/2020

Respondent: Bidwells

Number of people: 2

Comments.
Policy 5 of the draft GNLP highlights that outside of the UEA Campus, provision should be made to deliver a quantum of affordable housing that would be
expected if the site was developed for general housing needs. Accordingly, given that GNLP0133-C and GNLP0133-E are proposed for purpose built student accommodation on the UEA Campus, neither site should
be required to provide affordable housing. This has been reflected in each individual Representation for both sites, with proposed amendments to each preferred allocation policy wording.

Comment

Representation ID: 22912

Received: 13/03/2020

Respondent: Bidwells

Number of people: 2

Comments.
The Nationally Described Space Standards are only applicable to individual residential dwellings, and are not applicable to purpose built student accommodation. Accordingly, accordance with the space standards should not be sought for GNLP0133-C and GNLP0133-E.

Support

Representation ID: 22913

Received: 13/03/2020

Respondent: Bidwells

Number of people: 2

Support, with comments.
The UEA are supportive of the recognition in Policy 5 that development proposals for purpose-built student accommodation will be supported in accordance with the UEA DFS. Therefore, the principle of purpose built student
accommodation on GNLP0133-C and GNLP0133-E is supported. As outlined in Question 27, Policy 5 confirms that only purpose-built student accommodation constructed outside of the UEA Campus should provide affordable housing provision. It is supported that purpose-built student
accommodation within the UEA Campus should not provide affordable housing. Accordingly, within each Representation for GNLP0133-C and GNLP0133-E, proposed amendments to both preferred allocation’s are made, omitting reference to affordable housing provision.

Comment

Representation ID: 22914

Received: 13/03/2020

Respondent: Bidwells

Number of people: 2

The Greater Norwich Local Plan, Interim Viability Study, prepared by NPS Group (November 2019), only covers mainstream residential development, and not UEA related academic development or purpose-built student accommodation.

Notwithstanding this, the UEA are confident that the delivery of GNLP0133-B, GNLP0133-C, GNLP0133-D, GNLP0133-ER and GNLP0140-C are viable having regards to the policy requirements of the draft GNLP, alongside no factors that UEA are aware of, at this moment in time, which could prevent delivery of these sites. However, given the duration of the plan period, it is
important that there is sufficient flexibility within the plan to re-visit the viability of development projects/sites as they come forward and to reflect any changes in circumstances which could question the viability of fulfilling all policy requirements set out within the plan.

Support

Representation ID: 22930

Received: 13/03/2020

Respondent: Bidwells

Number of people: 2

Support, with comments.
The UEA are fully supportive of the Vision for Greater Norwich, which seeks to support a diverse low carbon economy which will compete globally though its world class knowledge-intensive jobs in the Cambridge Norwich Tech Corridor. Moreover, the UEA are supportive of the plan’s economic objectives of supporting the expansion of internally important knowledge-based industries in the Cambridge Norwich Tech Corridor, as part of an entrepreneurial, enterprising, creative economy.

Support

Representation ID: 22931

Received: 13/03/2020

Respondent: Bidwells

Number of people: 2

Support, with comments.
The requirement that sites should only be allocated for housing where, having regard to policy requirements, there is a reasonable prospect that housing can be delivered, fully accords with paragraph 67 of the NPPF.

As has been outlined within the Representations for the preferred allocations of GNLP0133-C and GNLP0133-E, both sites are suitable, available, achievable and viable, and are deliverable for student accommodation.
The submission of Delivery Plans as part of a planning applications is supported. The documents do, however, need to recognise that there may be unforeseen material changes in circumstances, which could impact upon the delivery of an allocation.

The Council’s approach to providing choice and flexibility in terms of housing growth by accommodating 9% more homes than are needed, along with contingency sites, is supported. This buffer will help maintain the supply and delivery of housing, which includes purpose built student accommodation, in accordance with the NPPF