Planning Application 20190792 at Foulsham RAMBLERS

RAMBLERS’ ASSOCIATION:

NORFOLK AREA

Please reply to: Ian Mitchell ∙ 5 Montcalm Road ∙ Norwich NR1 4HX. Tel: 01603 622539

Date: 27 October 2019

Head of Planning, Broadland District Council, Thorpe Lodge, 1 Yarmouth Road, Thorpe St Andrew, Norwich, NR7 0DU.

Dear Sir/Madam, Planning application 20190792 at Foulsham

My attention has been drawn to planning application 20190792 for 9 dwellings on the west side of Claypit Road, Foulsham.

The Ramblers welcome paragraph 6.36 in the Combined Planning and Design and Access Statements where it says that there would be pedestrian access to Chapel Lane, although we would point out that the access point is not drawn onto either the original plan or the amended plan of 17 October.

We request that it is made a condition of approval of the application that a public footpath is dedicated from Chapel Lane to Claypit Road along the course of the Private Drive and the Type 6 Adopted Road. We have to include the latter in case the County Council refuse to accept its adoption as a public road. Dedication of public footpaths we believe is arranged by the County Council free of charge.

This footpath would benefit a significant proportion of the village by making a shorter pedestrian access to the New Frost Hall. All the houses in Station Road south of the junction with Chapel Lane would benefit in this respect. The houses northward upto and including Foundry Close would also benefit to some extent.

In paragraph 7.26 of the Combined Planning and Design and Access Statements the fifth bullet point says “On-site renewable energy generation to deliver a minimum of 10% of predicted energy requirements”. I could not find within the documents what this meant. The southern aspect of many of the site’s rooves means that installation of solar panels during construction would be easier than optional installation at a later date. This would certainly lead to a minimising of electricity consumption in the dwellings as claimed in the paragraph’s sixth bullet point. However, I also cannot see any reference to solar panels in the documents.

The Ramblers’ Association is a registered charity (England and Wales No.1093577, Scotland no SC039799) and a company limited by guarantee, registered in England and Wales (no 4458492). Registered office: 2nd Floor, Camelford House, 87-90 Albert Embankment, London SE1 7TW.

Yours sincerely

Ian Mitchell

Honorary Area Footpath Co-ordinator