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Representation ID: 3140

Received: 03/03/2023

Respondent: Norfolk County Council - Strategic Planning Team

Legally compliant? Not specified

Sound? No

Duty to co-operate? Not specified

The current South Norfolk Local Plan includes this site as allocation allocation SPO 2. Requirement 2 of that policy states "Pedestrian refuge should be provided on the western side of School Lane to improve pedestrian access to the school.

The Highway Authority would acknowledge that the site is an existing allocation and consent for 7 dwellings was granted as per 2016/0627.

The current proposed policy VC SPO 3 includes a requirement to ensure "Off-site highway works to include improvements to the provision for pedestrian safety in the immediate area of the development site, details of which to be agreed with the Highways Authority and the LPA." The less specific policy requirement is noted.

The ability of the development to provide suitable measures to make it acceptable to the Highway Authority has not been demonstrated.

Notwithstanding the earlier allocation, in the absence of evidence to the contrary, it is considered that School Lane is substandard in nature, without scope for development to provide appropriate highway improvements. Should the existing permission expire, the Highway Authority would not wish to support re-allocation of site.