QUESTION 52: Do you support

Support

Representation ID: 1595

Received: 02/08/2021

Respondent: Durrants

We support the preferred site SN0218 and agree that this site should be considered suitable for allocation. The site is well related to Earsham village, facilities and services. Suitable access could be obtained to the south east as the site benefits from a long site frontage. It is expected that any landscape and townscape issues could be mitigated and the site is achievable and developable in the timescales of the plan.

Comment

Representation ID: 1718

Received: 02/08/2021

Respondent: Earsham Parish Council

Local facilities e.g. doctors and primary school, are already well used and at full capacity.
Substantial traffic increase in recent years, possibly due to schools being out of village with greater distances needing to be covered.
Earsham floods already on many of its streets. Further building may increase this. Located on edge of flood plain, mostly to east of the village - further investigations needed to improve drains and soakaways before further development takes place.

The Parish Council agrees with NCC Highways on their comments for access to this site - speeding is an issue in the village and safety and welfare of residents is key, so improvement to footways and extension of the speed limit would be required.

Additional requests from residents present at PC meeting:
• roundabout off A143 to slow traffic, with petrol station (and electric charger points).
• convenience store on junction to serve local community
• doctor’s satellite surgery and NHS dentist to serve locality with car parking and access to preferred site.

Comment

Representation ID: 1941

Received: 02/08/2021

Respondent: Water Management Alliance

See attachment for full response.
SN0218 – Land north of The Street
Outside the IDD boundary, within the Waveney, Lower Yare and Lothingland watershed IDB catchment.
Major development - If surface water discharges within the watershed catchment of the Board's IDD, we request that this discharge is facilitated in line with the Non-statutory technical standards for sustainable drainage systems (SuDS).

Comment

Representation ID: 2070

Received: 14/07/2021

Respondent: Norfolk County Council - LLFA

Please see attachments for full response.
Few or no constraints.
Standard information required at a planning stage.
1.] At risk of surface water flooding?: Yes
* 3.33% AEP Event [Extent]: No flooding present
* 3.33% AEP Event [Depth]: No flooding present.
* 1.0% AEP Event [Extent]: No flooding present
* 1.0% AEP Event [Depth]: No flooding present.
* 0.1% AEP Event [Extent]: Minor flooding
* 0.1% AEP Event [Depth]: 0.00- 0.30cm.
2.] Internal & external flooding?:
* On-site: No
* Within proximity to site (~500.00m): No
3.] Watercourses [Online ordinary watercourses or mains rivers]?:
* On-site: No
* Within proximity to site (~100.00m): No
4.] Surface water sewer systems?:
* On-site: No
* Within proximity to site (~100.00m): No
5.] Source Protection Zone?: No
6.] Internal Drainage Board?: No IDB referenced
7.] The site predominantly has superficial deposits of SAND AND GRAVEL. Comments on infiltration potential are dependent on a complete geotechnical investigation, including BRE365 Soakaway Testing. Where possible, surface water infiltration should be utilised."
Assessment: Green

Comment

Representation ID: 2169

Received: 14/07/2021

Respondent: Norfolk County Council - Minerals and Waste Team

Currently, the reasoned justification for the sites does not include reference to mineral resource safeguarding. We would like to reiterate from our previous comments that the need for mineral resource safeguarding to be addressed needs to be included within the requirements of the respective site’s allocation policy.

SN0218-Land West of Earsham: our previous response highlighted that this site was within 250m of both an active mineral extraction site, and a proposed mineral extraction allocation in the Minerals and Waste Local Plan Review. These areas were also the subject of a planning application for mineral extraction. On 9 November 2020, application FUL/2019/0062 was approved for mineral extraction on three areas off Hall Road & Pheasants Walk, to the north of the A146. It is expected that the permission will be implemented in Autumn 2021. The site assessment and reasoned justification should be amended to include reference to the permitted mineral extraction areas to the north.

For this site which we have identified as being within the Consultation Area of the permitted mineral extraction facilities, the final assessment of whether the proposed housing allocations would have any impact on the mineral extraction operations is dependent on details which would be contained within any future planning application.

The location of the potential Earsham housing allocation is separated from the permitted mineral extraction sites by the A143, and landscaping and screening measures on the mineral site. Therefore, in principle, it is unlikely that there would be unacceptable amenity impacts compared with the background situation. However, in order to confirm this, consultation with the Mineral Planning Authority should take place as part of the planning application process, once the details of layout are known, as detailed in Mineral and Waste Core Strategy Policy CS16. This need for consultation should be contained in the site allocation policy.

Comment

Representation ID: 2248

Received: 28/09/2021

Respondent: Norfolk County Council - Senior Ecologist

Rating: Green no major ecological constraints identified from desk-top search. Surveys, and biodiversity enhancement in accordance with policy required.
Agricultural field bounded by hedges (priority habitats). No other priority habitats identified (see MAGIC). Site within strategic Green Infrastructure corridor, amber/green habitat zones for great crested newts, and SSSI IRZ but residential development does not trigger consultation with Natural England. Applications for planning consent should be accompanied by a Preliminary Ecological Appraisal/Ecological Impact Assessment (EcIA) which, together with the mitigation hierarchy should inform the design. Consideration should be given to delivering Biodiversity Net Gain.