South Norfolk Village Clusters Housing Allocations Plan (Reg. 19 Pre-submission Draft)

Object

Representation ID: 2874

Received: 07/03/2023

Respondent: Kirby Cane Parish Council

Legally compliant? Yes

Sound? No

Duty to co-operate? No

KCEPC believes the plan is unsound because it does not fulfil the objective “to protect village communities and support rural services and facilities” because there was no indication that wider services would be improved, and specifically that the village’s arterial highway was already considered by residents not to be fit for purpose, especially around the junction with Mill Road. The 2023 site assessment document gives an NCC Highways score of Red, but for some reason the site score for this section is given as Amber.

Object

Representation ID: 2876

Received: 07/03/2023

Respondent: Kirby Cane Parish Council

Legally compliant? Yes

Sound? No

Duty to co-operate? No

At its meeting on 20th February, Kirby Cane & Ellingham Parish Council took the view that the plan was unsound because it does not fulfil the objective “to protect village communities and support rural services and facilities” because there was no indication that wider services such as health and education, already under significant strain, would be improved, and also fails to comply with the duty to co-operate as it does not take account of the concerns of the community about this.
Also, residents voiced concerns about whether the sewage system could deal with existing demand, let alone 25 more properties.

Object

Representation ID: 2877

Received: 07/03/2023

Respondent: Kirby Cane Parish Council

Legally compliant? Yes

Sound? No

Duty to co-operate? No

At its meeting on 20th February, Kirby Cane & Ellingham Parish Council took the view that the plan was unsound because the site as presented in the Regulation 19 consultation completely enclosed one property as well as impacting others in the vicinity.

Object

Representation ID: 2881

Received: 07/03/2023

Respondent: Kirby Cane Parish Council

Legally compliant? Yes

Sound? No

Duty to co-operate? No

The provisions for access to the highway do not address the wider safety issues of a potentially large number of additional vehicles using the existing highways, which residents consider are "not fit for purpose".

Object

Representation ID: 2884

Received: 07/03/2023

Respondent: Kirby Cane Parish Council

Legally compliant? Yes

Sound? No

Duty to co-operate? No

Because of the separation of the VCHAP from the GNLP and the subsequent varying of the consultation timetables, both are unsound. This also raises questions about the number of houses allocated by the VCHAP and whether they are in fact needed at all.