Draft Greater Norwich Local Plan – Part 1 The Strategy
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Draft Greater Norwich Local Plan – Part 1 The Strategy
Question 48. Do you support or object or wish to comment any other aspect of the draft plan not covered in other questions? This includes the appendices below. Please identify particular issues.
Representation ID: 22237
Received: 15/03/2020
Respondent: Liberal Democrat City Council Group
SUBMISSION FROM NORFOLK COUNTY COUNCIL LIBERAL DEMOCRAT GROUP
Our 10-point plan detailed below has been put together following discussions and meetings with Lib Dem councillors on Norwich City Council, Broadland District Council and South Norfolk District Council. Each district Lib Dem group reserves the right to make its own separate submission under the consultation, but we reached a consensus around all of the comments listed below.
1. Invest in a 'CrossRail for Norfolk' to link our county to the fast-growing knowledge economy in the Cambridge/Oxford corridor. Start by building a new rail station at Thickthorn on the southern edge of the city. Expanding Wymondham station is an inadequate half measure that will not reduce car-dependency far enough and will increase pressure for infill housing development along the A11.
2. Establish bus hubs in the rural hinterland where arterial routes into Norwich are timetabled with smaller buses which cover rural villages and connect with the main operators.
3. Put sustainability at the heart of development plans with the inclusion of 'green corridors', adequate cycle and bus infrastructure and ambitious requirements for the use of low carbon building materials and installation of renewable energy generation.
4. Strongly discourage the building of new houses on flood plains because of the increased risk posed by climate change. If such development is necessary, then ensure that living accommodation is on the first floor or above.
5. Oppose the creation of ‘village clusters’. Placing 9% of growth in small villages is not sustainable, and if this goes ahead it could face a challenge of contradicting the climate change measures contained in the Plan.
6. Norfolk County Council should shift the focus of its own house building plans from projects that aim to turn a quick profit to the provision of homes that are designed with the needs of older people at their heart.
7. Strict requirements on developers to provide adequate numbers of affordable homes.
8. Ensure that good health is built into plans with easy access to community facilities, design that encourages walking and cycling and health care facilities to meet the needs of the coming century such as GP services and health clinics.
9. Fix the schools funding gap. There is a £70 million gap in the budget for building the new schools that will be needed to support the house building plans. We cannot accept a 'something will turn up' attitude to solving this problem.
10. Create a roads and transport strategy for the rest of the county that will cope with the increased population and the pressures this will create as more people spend time visiting our fantastic coast and countryside.
SUBMISSION FROM NORFOLK COUNTY COUNCIL LIBERAL DEMOCRAT GROUP
Our 10-point plan detailed below has been put together following discussions and meetings with Lib Dem councillors on Norwich City Council, Broadland District Council and South Norfolk District Council. Each district Lib Dem group reserves the right to make its own separate submission under the consultation, but we reached a consensus around all of the comments listed below.
1. Invest in a 'CrossRail for Norfolk' to link our county to the fast-growing knowledge economy in the Cambridge/Oxford corridor. Start by building a new rail station at Thickthorn on the southern edge of the city. Expanding Wymondham station is an inadequate half measure that will not reduce car-dependency far enough and will increase pressure for infill housing development along the A11.
2. Establish bus hubs in the rural hinterland where arterial routes into Norwich are timetabled with smaller buses which cover rural villages and connect with the main operators.
3. Put sustainability at the heart of development plans with the inclusion of 'green corridors', adequate cycle and bus infrastructure and ambitious requirements for the use of low carbon building materials and installation of renewable energy generation.
4. Strongly discourage the building of new houses on flood plains because of the increased risk posed by climate change. If such development is necessary, then ensure that living accommodation is on the first floor or above.
5. Oppose the creation of ‘village clusters’. Placing 9% of growth in small villages is not sustainable, and if this goes ahead it could face a challenge of contradicting the climate change measures contained in the Plan.
6. Norfolk County Council should shift the focus of its own house building plans from projects that aim to turn a quick profit to the provision of homes that are designed with the needs of older people at their heart.
7. Strict requirements on developers to provide adequate numbers of affordable homes.
8. Ensure that good health is built into plans with easy access to community facilities, design that encourages walking and cycling and health care facilities to meet the needs of the coming century such as GP services and health clinics.
9. Fix the schools funding gap. There is a £70 million gap in the budget for building the new schools that will be needed to support the house building plans. We cannot accept a 'something will turn up' attitude to solving this problem.
10. Create a roads and transport strategy for the rest of the county that will cope with the increased population and the pressures this will create as more people spend time visiting our fantastic coast and countryside.
