South Norfolk Village Clusters Housing Allocations Plan (Reg. 18 Draft)

Object

Representation ID: 483

Received: 19/07/2021

Respondent: Stoke Holy Cross Parish Council

The PC considers that the village has had more than its fair share of development over the last few years, which has greatly exceeded that proposed for it in the adopted Greater Norwich Development Plan Core Strategy. It feels let down however that insufficient provision was made in relation to these developments for greatly needed social infrastructure improvements, which were meant to accompany such developments. This is particularly the case regarding a replacement for the existing village pavilion that also houses the village pre-school, and is totally inadequate for the size of village that Stoke Holy Cross now is.

The PC would therefore support a limited amount of additional residential development in Stoke Holy Cross if it facilitated the provision of a fit for purpose community hall that included up-to-date accommodation for the pre-school. On this basis, site SN0202 would appear to be the logical choice, being accessible by foot to the main village facilities, having potentially good highway and services connections, and which would represent a ‘squaring off’ of the settlement boundary presently defined by the edge of the Broomefield Road development on the opposite side of Long Lane