Object
South Norfolk Village Clusters Housing Allocations Plan (Reg. 19 Pre-submission Draft)
Representation ID: 2874
Received: 07/03/2023
Respondent: Kirby Cane Parish Council
Legally compliant? Yes
Sound? No
Duty to co-operate? No
KCEPC believes the plan is unsound because it does not fulfil the objective “to protect village communities and support rural services and facilities” because there was no indication that wider services would be improved, and specifically that the village’s arterial highway was already considered by residents not to be fit for purpose, especially around the junction with Mill Road. The 2023 site assessment document gives an NCC Highways score of Red, but for some reason the site score for this section is given as Amber.
Significant improvements need to be be made to the whole of the road system (not just close to the site(s)) through the village in the interests of the safety of all road users, but particularly children and families on their way to the nearly local village school.