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Poringland Parish Council is pleased that the GNLP continues to include Framingham Earl, Framingham Pigot and well related parts of Bixley, Caistor St Edmund and Stoke Holy Cross when considering land use in the Poringland area, and defining such area as a key service centre. With the parish boundaries often indistinguishable between one parish and other it makes sense to treat this as one grouping and therefore the settlement boundary reflects one settlement. However, the plan only treats the parishes as one grouping until the stage at which planning permission is granted. Post permission, the parishes are then separated again when contributions under s106 agreements or CIL or agreed. This risks the main areas of infrastructure where improvement may be required and that residents of the new development will utilise, being starved of the contributions provided by the developer. If the grouping of parishes is being considered in the planning permission process, it should be treated as a grouping for the whole development, including conditions and contributions.
Poringland Parish Council supports the GNLP’s reference to the Urban Drainage Study and mitigation being needed for development on vulnerable sites. Recognition of the emerging Poringland Neighbourhood Plan is important.

Poringland Parish Council supports no new residential allocations being carried forwards, and is accepting of the 547 developments with planning permission and the area POR3 for employment land. The allocations for employment land should be retained as such a usage. As the existing allocations are so high, the Parish Council would like to see a model for the trajectory of delivery locally, as there is no desire to see the land banked.

The proposed changes to environmental sustainability state to protect and enhance the environment and improve biodiversity. Section 5.51 only refers to the protection.

We feel the wording here is quite weak and could quite easily be contradicted with the proposed changes to the NPPF. The proposed changes to environmental sustainability state to protect and enhance the environment and improve biodiversity. Section 5.51 only refers to the protection.

Poringland Parish Council supports the matters that the development would be expected to address, however, would like the following added.
• Prior to development, a traffic analysis, particularly at peak times, to be conducted for both private vehicles and commercial deliveries and mitigation to be put in place to ensure highway safety.
• A construction management plan to be in place prior to development to ensure minimum inconvenience to those living close by.
• Review of pathways and cycleways to the site to encourage local people to attend this place of employment without using motorised vehicles.