Draft Greater Norwich Local Plan – Part 1 The Strategy

Support

Representation ID: 21944

Received: 13/03/2020

Respondent: UEA Estates & Buildings

Agent: Bidwells

The need to support sustainable growth through the provision of infrastructure improvements is, in principle, supported. However, the policy should recognise that infrastructure provision must be proportionate to each development.

Support

Representation ID: 21945

Received: 13/03/2020

Respondent: UEA Estates & Buildings

Agent: Bidwells

The UEA are supportive of the strategy to ensure that development proposals conserve and enhance the built, historic and natural environment.
As outlined within the Representations for GNLP0133-B, GNLP0133-C, GNLP0133-D, and GNLP0133-E, Historic England consulted on the potential designation of the landscape surrounding the UEA as Historic Parkland (Case: 1466188). Notwithstanding this, regardless of whether the landscape is designated as Historic Parkland, development on each site will be designed in a manner to respect the visual setting of the UEA, whilst facilitating the growth and expansion of the UEA.

Support

Representation ID: 21946

Received: 13/03/2020

Respondent: UEA Estates & Buildings

Agent: Bidwells

The UEA are supportive of the strategy to ensure that development proposals conserve and enhance the built, historic and natural environment.
As outlined within the Representations for GNLP0133-B, GNLP0133-C, GNLP0133-D, and GNLP0133-E, Historic England consulted on the potential designation of the landscape surrounding the UEA as Historic Parkland (Case: 1466188). Notwithstanding this, regardless of whether the landscape is designated as Historic Parkland, development on each site will be designed in a manner to respect the visual setting of the UEA, whilst facilitating the growth and expansion of the UEA.

Support

Representation ID: 21947

Received: 13/03/2020

Respondent: UEA Estates & Buildings

Agent: Bidwells

The UEA are supportive of improvements to transport infrastructure to develop the role of Norwich, and support the Cambridge Norwich Tech Corridor. More specifically, the UEA are supportive and dedicated to the provision of a cross valley transport link between the UEA and the wider Norwich Research Park, alongside signficant improvements to the bus, cycling and walking networks around this area.

Support

Representation ID: 21948

Received: 13/03/2020

Respondent: UEA Estates & Buildings

Agent: Bidwells

The need to support sustainable growth through the provision of infrastructure improvements is, in principle, supported. However, the policy should recognise that infrastructure provision must be proportionate to each development (with reference to the type of development proposed), based on a local need, and must not undermine delivery.

Comment

Representation ID: 21949

Received: 13/03/2020

Respondent: UEA Estates & Buildings

Agent: Bidwells

Policy 5 of the draft GNLP highlights that outside of the UEA Campus, provision should be made to deliver a quantum of affordable housing that would be expected if the site was developed for general housing needs. Accordingly, given that GNLP0133-C and GNLP0133-E are proposed for purpose built student accommodation on the UEA Campus, neither site should be required to provide affordable housing. This has been reflected in each individual Representation for both sites, with proposed amendments to each preferred allocation policy wording.

Comment

Representation ID: 21950

Received: 13/03/2020

Respondent: UEA Estates & Buildings

Agent: Bidwells

The Nationally Described Space Standards are only applicable to individual residential dwellings, and are not applicable to purpose built student accommodation. Accordingly, accordance with the space standards should not be sought for GNLP0133-C and GNLP0133-E.

Support

Representation ID: 21951

Received: 13/03/2020

Respondent: UEA Estates & Buildings

Agent: Bidwells

The UEA are supportive of the recognition in Policy 5 that development proposals for purpose-built student accommodation will be supported in accordance with the UEA DFS. Therefore, the principle of purpose built student accommodation on GNLP0133-C and GNLP0133-E is supported.

As outlined in Question 27, Policy 5 confirms that only purpose-built student accommodation constructed outside of the UEA Campus should provide affordable housing provision. It is supported that purpose-built student accommodation within the UEA Campus should not provide affordable housing.

Accordingly, within each Representation for GNLP0133-C and GNLP0133-E, proposed amendments to both preferred allocation’s are made, omitting reference to affordable housing provision.

Comment

Representation ID: 21952

Received: 13/03/2020

Respondent: UEA Estates & Buildings

Agent: Bidwells

The Greater Norwich Local Plan, Interim Viability Study, prepared by NPS Group (November 2019), only covers mainstream residential development, and not UEA related academic development or purpose-built student accommodation.

Notwithstanding this, the UEA are confident that the delivery of GNLP0133-B, GNLP0133-C, GNLP0133-D, GNLP0133-ER and GNLP0140-C are viable, having regards to the policy requirements of the draft GNLP, alongside no factors that UEA are aware of, at this moment in time, which could prevent delivery of these sites. However, given the duration of the plan period, it is important that there is sufficient flexibility within the plan to re-visit the viability of development projects/sites as they come forward and to reflect any changes in circumstances which could question the viability of fulfilling all policy requirements set out within the plan.