Policy VC DIT1: Land at Thwaite's and Tunneys Lane
Object
South Norfolk Village Clusters Housing Allocations Plan (Reg. 19 Pre-submission Draft)
Representation ID: 3073
Received: 03/03/2023
Respondent: Norfolk County Council - Strategic Planning Team
Legally compliant? Not specified
Sound? No
Duty to co-operate? Not specified
The Highway Authority previously expressed support for access to the site via Hamilton Way to the south. The access from Hamilton Way through the consented development (2019/1925) does not extend to the allocation boundary, potential resulting in an undeliverable allocation.
The boundary of VCDIT1 requires modification to ensure it can be accessed from the estate road of application 2019/1925.
Object
South Norfolk Village Clusters Housing Allocations Plan (Reg. 19 Pre-submission Draft)
Representation ID: 3085
Received: 03/03/2023
Respondent: Norfolk County Council - Strategic Planning Team
Legally compliant? Yes
Sound? No
Duty to co-operate? Yes
Norfolk County Council in its capacity as the Mineral Planning Authority considers that Policy VC DIT1 is currently unsound; as it is inconsistent with national policy, and the adopted Development Plan in Norfolk, in relation to mineral resource safeguarding. The Mineral Planning Authority recognise that underlain mineral resource has been included in the supporting text; however, we request inclusion of the text in the policy itself. The policy can be made sound by including the wording below, which was contained in the response by the Mineral Planning Authority, to the Regulation 18 consultation.
Amend policy VC DIT1 to add the following wording as a policy requirement:
‘The site is underlain by a defined Mineral Safeguarding Area for sand and gravel. Any future development on this site will need to address the requirements of Norfolk Minerals and Waste Core Strategy Policy CS16 - ‘safeguarding’ (or any successor policy) in relation to mineral resources, to the satisfaction of the Mineral Planning Authority.’
Support
South Norfolk Village Clusters Housing Allocations Plan (Reg. 19 Pre-submission Draft)
Representation ID: 3231
Received: 08/03/2023
Respondent: Anglian Water Services
We can confirm that we have network assets crossing the site. The policy should remove the word 'possible' to provide certainty. Our draft DWMP states that the medium-term strategy to 2035 for Ditchingham WRC is transfer between catchments and using SuDS as part of a mixed strategy to address surface water flows into our networks. Given the scale of development we do not consider that there needs to be a policy requirement for phasing in relation to upgrades to the receiving WRC.
Modify policy text to read:
Early engagement with Anglian Water (AW) to identify infrastructure crossing the site.