QUESTION 112: Do you agree
Comment
South Norfolk Village Clusters Housing Allocations Plan (Reg. 18 Draft)
Representation ID: 1723
Received: 02/08/2021
Respondent: Hopkins Homes
Formal Representations to Question 112 (Scole) and Site SN4023 of the current Regulation 18 Consultation. We are aware that the proposed site allocations for Scole are suggested to be deferred to the emerging Diss & District Neighbourhood Plan, and whilst we are in dialogue with both Scole Parish Council and the Neighbourhood Plan Steering Group regarding potential development options, we consider that the Plan’s current strategy is unsound, on the basis that it does not contribute towards the achievement of sustainable development, nor is it positively prepared in a way which is aspirational but deliverable.
In respect of Scole, whilst we are clearly supportive of further growth, we object to the very limited level currently being proposed, hence are unclear as to why only 25 dwellings are being proposed for allocation ? Scole has been previously classified as a ‘Service Village’ but it more readily functions as a ‘Key Service Centre’ village, whereby day to day services and facilities are close at hand. Development here would be in tune with the Core Planning Principles of the NPPF.
In conclusion, Hopkins Homes Ltd therefore requests that the site is proposed as a residential allocation within the emerging South Norfolk Village Clusters Housing Allocations Document, with the settlement limit for the village extended to encompass the totality of this site.
Comment
South Norfolk Village Clusters Housing Allocations Plan (Reg. 18 Draft)
Representation ID: 1970
Received: 02/08/2021
Respondent: Water Management Alliance
IDB comments were made via the Diss & District Neighbourhood Plan consultation.