Object
South Norfolk Village Clusters Housing Allocations Plan (Reg. 19 Pre-submission Draft)
Representation ID: 2301
Received: 07/02/2023
Respondent: Resident
Legally compliant? Yes
Sound? No
Duty to co-operate? Yes
It seems totally crazy that the previous Cluster plan approved in 2015 ( with 22 properties having been built and only just finished) hasn't been taken into account when allocating extra housing in Gillingham. does this now mean that in a few years time another Cluster pan will be put forward with more housing.
Surely a plan is exactly that, planning for the future and not in this case just a few years. The needs of the housing community hasn't changed that much in just 7 years.
The plan does say what is required in the way of forward planning for housing in South Norfolk but it doesn't then say no more after that.
It needs to include a date at which further planning approval can be applied for in the future so at least residents know where they stand.
Forward planning doesn't mean short term planning which in this case it is short term, it upsets everyone.
The residents of Daisy Way Gillingham were informed when they purchased their home that there would be NO more properties built on their small estate, now there will be 35 more and years of disruption, the houses in Daisy Way being built on the 2015 approval the next 35 on this application, just a few years later. I'm sure they might not have purchased (some at £600.00) had they known.