Object
South Norfolk Village Clusters Housing Allocations Plan (Reg. 19 Pre-submission Draft)
Representation ID: 2453
Received: 24/02/2023
Respondent: Ms Tamsin Watt
Legally compliant? No
Sound? No
Duty to co-operate? No
This site is inappropriate for development and should not be allocated. Reasons include:
- Lack of services within Gillingham (dental, doctors, social care) and lack of capacity in Beccles
- Large scale development in Beccles (c.450 homes) not considered in this plan
- Clear issues of flood risk, safe access and egress (see EA's holding objection to (2022/1993)
- Clear issues with safe access along The Street and the acute blind bend (see NCC highways response to 2022/1993)
- Local significant adverse impacts on rural character and on nationally designated sites including Broadlands SPA and Broads SAC
VC Site GIL 1 is not appropriate for development and should not be allocated for the reasons given above. In addition, recent development has taken place in the village with the addition of 22 new houses at Fieldgate Reach which was only completed in 2022. The impacts of this site on the environment and community are not yet understood and the proposed allocation of VC GIL 1 is not considered cumulatively with the recent Fieldgate Reach development. This is a clear short fall of the plan and the cumulative effects of these developments should be considered. Development at this location would also have a number of significant impacts which are not in line with national policy or with the core objectives of the Village Clusters Plan itself. For these reasons the plan should be reviewed and this site should not be allocated for development.