Object
South Norfolk Village Clusters Housing Allocations Plan (Reg. 19 Pre-submission Draft)
Representation ID: 2444
Received: 24/02/2023
Respondent: Ms Tamsin Watt
Legally compliant? No
Sound? No
Duty to co-operate? No
The linear layout of the village along The Street means that all traffic has to negotiate the blind bend along The Street. This access can not cope with the additional level of vehicles the new houses would bring. It is noted that the Highways Agency confirmed this within its response to a recent planning application (2022/1993).
Development of this site would harm views out of the two main parts of the village into open countryside to the south and south west, which is still rural in nature and this would impact the rural character of the village and its surrounds.
The allocation of VC GIL1 as a preferred site for development is not appropriate and represents over-development of a Service Village, particularly when taken alongside the previous development 2022/1897 at Fieldgate Reach which was completed only in summer 2022, the impacts of which are not yet fully understood, nor assessed within the Village Clusters Plan documentation. It is not clear from the documentation provided how this site has been allocated as preferred when considered alongside other sites within the area. The allocation of VC GIL1 is not in line with the NPPF or the objectives of the Village Clusters Plan and should be reviewed.