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

Comment

Representation ID: 773

Received: 28/07/2021

Respondent: Marlingford and Colton Parish Council

Marlingford and Colton Parish Council welcome rejection of sites 424SL, 474 and 475. The lack of facilities/transport makes the parish unsuitable for significant development. This would likely apply if further sites were proposed.

Please note that the PC previously supported 425 subject to strict conditions, but to accept the problems associated with access.

Comment

Representation ID: 1627

Received: 28/07/2021

Respondent: Marlingford and Colton Parish Council

See full comments.
There are already sufficient allocated sites for housing proposed in the JCS to be carried forward to the GNLP in the Norwich fringe parishes, main towns, and key service centres to keep pace with the predicted rates of development. The exceptions should be brownfield sites, particularly those within Norwich, which should be prioritised in a 'brownfield first' policy.
Any additional sites should be in and close to Norwich.
The existing settlement hierarchy should be maintained.
This 'new GNLP' seems to have moved the focus for a lot of the new housing away from the NDR and its corridor.
There is no demonstrable need for the scale and category of housing which development of the sites proposed in the GNLP would result in.
considerable disconnect between the developers' objectives and community needs.