Publication

It is requested that two revisions are made to the proposed allocation area.

1. The land immediately to the west of the existing Commercial Park, which currently serves as a bund (approximately 0.65 hectares) and forms part of the proposed development area to extend the Commercial Park, is included within proposed employment site allocation; and

2. The land to the northern section of the Commercial Park measuring 0.75 hectares, known as Block L approved under planning reference 20121385 and now built is removed from the proposed employment allocation as it already forms part of the established Commercial Park.

Please see LPP letter dated and submitted 9th March 2021 for full details.

The site owners support the inclusion of Policy GNLPSL2007/4061/HNF3 – Land at Abbey Farm Commercial Park for employment uses but object to the proposed allocation area boundary.

Please see LPP letter dated and submitted 9th March 2021 for full details.

The site owners support the additional wording included within bullet point 1 of Part 2, which states 'the allocation and retention of smaller scale employment sites across the area, with limited expansion where this can be justified' and consider that it provides sufficient flexibility for existing employment sites, such as Abbey Farm Commercial Park, to undertake future limited expansion if required.

Please see the LPP letter dated and submitted 9th March 2021 for full details.

It is requested that two amendments are made to the table.

1. The land immediately to the west of the existing Commercial Park, which currently serves as a bund (approximately 0.65 hectares) and forms part of the proposed development area to extend the Commercial Park, is included.

2. The land to the northern section of the Commercial Park measuring 0.75 hectares, known as Block L approved under planning reference 20121385 and now built, is excluded to accurately reflect that these buildings form part of the existing Commercial Park and not part of proposed employment allocation GNLPSL2007/4061/HNF3.

Please see the LPP letter dated and submitted 9th March 2021 for full details.

We support the penultimate paragraph, which now allows for the expansion of small and medium sized sites, such as Abbey Farm Commercial Park. However, we object to the site areas contained within the employment areas table.

Please see the LPP letter dated and submitted 9th March 2021 for full details.

We request that a more consistent approach to the preparation of settlement boundaries is applied to the GNLP, in line with the approach currently adopted for sites within South Norfolk District.

We also request the settlement boundary for Horsham and Newton St Faith is amended to include the proposed employment allocation GNLPSL2007/4061/HNF3, the western bund and Block L.

We object to the approach applied to settlement boundaries within the draft GNLP, which is currently inconsistent. Within areas falling in South Norfolk District, settlement boundaries are extended to include all proposed allocation sites, however areas within Broadland District exclude proposed allocation sites in the settlement boundaries.

Additionally, the Settlement Map for Horsham and Newton St Faith shows the existing settlement boundary around the majority of Abbey Farm Commercial Park, however does not include the set of industrial buildings known as Block L, the proposed employment land allocation GNLPSL2007/4061/HNF3, or the western bund.