South Norfolk Village Clusters Housing Allocations Plan (Reg. 19 Pre-submission Draft)
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South Norfolk Village Clusters Housing Allocations Plan (Reg. 19 Pre-submission Draft)
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Representation ID: 2539
Received: 28/02/2023
Respondent: Silfield Ltd
Legally compliant? No
Sound? No
Duty to co-operate? Yes
Whilst i can support the landscape improvement value to Barford of removing the garage site, the change of use to housing is compromised by the access next to the B1108 junction which is now unsuitable for residential use given the volume of traffic. The development also removes premises for two active businesses and employment, without allocation of an alternative in the village. The development ignores the significant amenity space, improved access for Back Lane and landscaping available from other proposed sites. 20 houses will be on a busy B road with poor access and limited amenity space.
Sites should be allocated where they provide green amenity space for the benefit of the development and the wider village, not just on where they can be fitted in as it appears in this plan. Access improvements must be taken advantage of where offered for wider benefit alongside landscape features to protect historic and natural features. The Barford allocated site only offers landscape improvement based on an opinion after commercial premises have been taken away and not replaced. Wider landscaping and highways improvement around Back Lane would make the whole plan work better in isolation and for the wider community. My proposal would be to leave the businesses in place and allocate the vacant land to the north and south of Back Lane. Back lane's access onto the B1108 can then be moved north to a safe vision splay helping the development and through traffic. Landscaping and access to amenity land for the development and wider community will benefit all. Ideas of what can be achieved are attached with the exact layout to be agreed.
Adopting the allocation in the current VCHP only provides the houses, it removes business premises and offers no environmental value to anyone. There are better schemes available.
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South Norfolk Village Clusters Housing Allocations Plan (Reg. 19 Pre-submission Draft)
Policy VC BAR1 – Land at Cock Street and Watton Road
Representation ID: 2540
Received: 28/02/2023
Respondent: Silfield Ltd
Legally compliant? No
Sound? No
Duty to co-operate? Yes
Whilst I can understand the landscape improvement value to Barford of removing the commercial site, the change of use to housing removes premises for two businesses and employment, without an alternative site allocated in the village. The site is also compromised by the access next to the B1108 junction which is now unsuitable for residential use given the volume of traffic. The development ignores the significant amenity space, improved access for Back Lane and landscaping available from other proposed sites. 20 houses will be on a busy B road with poor access and limited amenity space.
The plan should take into account wider benefits to housing development such as provision of green space and improved access where available. These should be considered alongside environmental benefits and and benefits to the wider community. This allocation simply fits 20 houses onto a commercial site, it offers no benefits beyond the housing itself. Landscape improvements are there but limited given the size of the plot and the need for housing, amenity provision and environmental benefit are negligible. I would propose that the commercial site is retained for employment allowing the vacant land south and north of a remodeled Back Lane to provide the housing and green space. This would deliver significantly enhanced amenity land and a safer, improved access for Back Lane onto the B1108 for use by the development and other traffic. The plan must take account of the amenity and environmental benefits available on other available sites.
Object
South Norfolk Village Clusters Housing Allocations Plan (Reg. 19 Pre-submission Draft)
SNVC Objective 1 - Meet housing needs
Representation ID: 3220
Received: 08/03/2023
Respondent: Silfield Ltd
Agent: Lanpro Services Ltd
Legally compliant? Not specified
Sound? No
Duty to co-operate? Not specified
My client Silfield Ltd wishes to object to the Regulation 19 version of the emerging South Norfolk Village Clusters Housing Allocations Plan (VCHAP) as published for consultation. This is on the basis that the emerging VCHAP fails to meet the tests of soundness as outlined in paragraph 35 of the National Planning Policy Framework. The housing allocations contained within the VCAP that seek to deliver circa. 1,200 new dwellings in South Norfolk Council area are not positively prepared, nor justified, nor effective or otherwise consistent with Government guidance contained in the National Planning Policy Framework. The point my client is making is that the comparison of competing sites in arriving at the VCHAP housing allocations has not been correctly undertaken and as a result the emerging allocations do not meet the tests of soundness.
