Object
South Norfolk Village Clusters Housing Allocations Plan (Reg. 19 Pre-submission Draft)
Representation ID: 2308
Received: 10/02/2023
Respondent: Woodton Parish Council
Legally compliant? No
Sound? No
Duty to co-operate? No
Under the terms of soundness we do not believe the evidence supplied by the promoter is proportionate regarding the scale and provision of adequate benefits, not meeting objective 3. The amended plan is not justified as there were 2 reasonable alternatives which have been disregarded. The ‘new evidence’ supplied by the promoter is no longer relevant and additional community space was not requested or required, not meeting objective 2. The legal process was not followed correctly, with WPC not being fully consulted of the amendments. In conclusion the plan is not in accordance with SC1 in relation to site VCW001.
WPC would like the plan to be changed to revert back to the Reg 18 plan, which stated that the preferred sites of SN0278, SN02062 and SN0268 had been accepted and adopted (VCH Plan of mid-2021). We believe that site SN0268SL was turned down as was not in an appropriate position for development due to its separation from the main area of development. WPC would therefore request plan reverts back to the two agreed sites SN0278 and SN02062 as per Reg 18. With regards to facilities the village has lost its shop in 2022 and the nursery will close in July 2023. Therefore, it is a shop that this village desperately needs above anything else.