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

Object

Representation ID: 3206

Received: 07/03/2023

Respondent: Gosford Limited

Agent: Woods Hardwick Planning Ltd

Legally compliant? Yes

Sound? No

Duty to co-operate? Yes

We consider the site [SN0594] is reasonable for an allocation. Considering this is not the conclusion, the council has made, we therefore consider that the plan is
unsound.
We consider it important to reinforce the merits of the site:
1) can accommodate up to 30 new dwellings
2) The County Council accept the transport technical note in principle, subject to some further works
3) the site has access to a good range of services and facilities
4) development can exclude the area of the site in FZ3B
5) modest impact in landscape terms
6) pedestrian links through the site to adjoin the Shotesham Estates land and provide access to Smockmill Common is proposed
In addition to the considerations, we note that both the Preferred Site Reference SN4024 and
Shortlisted Site Refence SN4025 for Newton Flotman are noted as being subject to achieving safe
and suitable access in the Council’s Site Assessment Forms, whereas access to our client’s site is
readily available with an access solution which is considered to be acceptable in principle by the
County Highways Authority.