Policy VC WOR2: land at the junction of High Road and Low Road

Object

Representation ID: 3182

Received: 01/03/2023

Respondent: Historic England

Legally compliant? Not specified

Sound? No

Duty to co-operate? Not specified

Whilst there are no designated heritage assets within this site, the grade II listed Bell Inn lies opposite this site. Another grade II listed property, known as Premises of Mr Brown, lies to the north of the site. Therefore, any development of this site has the potential to impact upon the significance of these heritage assets.
This is an important rural gap site in the village and consideration should be given to that role in combination with the setting of the heritage assets.
We welcome the preparation of the HIA. The HIA includes a number of helpful recommendations. Bullet point 3 of the policy reflects the recommendation in relation to historic grain.
The policy should also include a criterion reflecting the HIA recommendation in relation to landscaping to read,
‘Enhance landscaping along the west boundary, particularly behind the village green’
Bullet point 2 states that the HER should be consulted to determine the need for any archaeological surveys prior to development. In our view, some assessment is needed to inform any planning application.
We therefore advise that bullet point 2 should be amended to read, ‘Planning applications should be supported by archaeological assessment including the results of field evaluation where appropriate.’

Support

Representation ID: 3262

Received: 03/03/2023

Respondent: Norfolk Wildlife Trust

We welcome the policy wording for hedgerows/trees in Policy VC ROC. We recommend that similar policy wording is applied to the policies listed below to ensure this approach is applied consistently across the Local Plan. Where removal of a tree or any part of a hedgerow is unavoidable, we recommend that policy wording includes reference to mitigation measures, reflecting the updated biodiversity duty required in the 2021 Environment Act to have regard to the enhancement of biodiversity.
VC BB1, VC BRE1, VC HAL2, VC SWA2, VC NEE1, VC WOR2, VC NEW2, VC SPO3, VC TAS1, VC BUR1, VC WIN1.