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South Norfolk Village Clusters Housing Allocations Plan (Reg. 19 Pre-submission Draft)
Representation ID: 3227
Received: 08/03/2023
Respondent: Anglian Water Services
There has been recent experience through the Greater Norwich Local Plan (GNLP) examination where the Inspector has questioned the need for a policy requirement that requires wastewater infrastructure capacity confirmation prior to development taking place. Investment at our WRCs is linked to development coming forward with planning permission, so anything with a pre-commencement condition to evidence capacity of the receiving WRC could be problematic, particularly given the small-scale developments in the VCHAP. We suggest that appropriate policy wording is used to encourage developers to contact Anglian Water – similar to that in the GNLP submission version Policy 2 Sustainable Communities.
Modify policy text to read:
Early engagement with Anglian Water to ensure that there is adequate capacity, or capacity can be made available, in the wastewater network.