Object
South Norfolk Village Clusters Housing Allocations Plan (Reg. 19 Pre-submission Draft)
Representation ID: 2933
Received: 07/03/2023
Respondent: Mr Keith Godley
Legally compliant? No
Sound? No
Duty to co-operate? No
The Council's Heritage Impact Assessment for this site is lacking in basic detail and evaluation, fails to use Historic England's recommended methodology, and it cannot be trusted to make sound evaluation of the VCROC1 site. Developing here will cause harm to a historic listed farmhouse and farmstead, and ignores its statutory duty to follow the National Planning Policy Framework (NPPF). Causing harm to historical buildings, failing to consider mitigations and enhancements, and going against the NPPF's positive conservation strategy, has been tested in court. We will have no hesitation to do this if the draft Regulation 19 proceeds.
Review of and adoption of the external Heritage Impact Assessment we have commissioned or at the very least re-perform the HIA using Historic England's suggested methodology.
Highways Agency has not assessed the impact of the proposed footpath at the West site and how it meets The Street. If this is unsafe either due to its proximity to a Historic Listed building which exclusively looks out onto it and cannot proceed, there is no other practicable, safe pedestrian access to the site.