Neighbourhood Plan 2017 to 2026

Hellesdon Neighbourhood Plan 2017 to 2026 View over the Wensum Valley, photo courtesy of Marlon Fulcher, local resident Contents 1. Introducon 2. An Overview of Hellesdon 3. A Vision and Objecves for Hellesdon 4. Neighbourhood Plan Policies 5. Implementaon and Monitoring Chairman’s Introduction On behalf of the Parish Council and I am sure, everyone who lives and works in Hellesdon, I would like to thank the people who gave up their free time over the last two years to help produce this landmark document. Planning policy can appear to be distant and at times feel like we have no significant control over our own destiny. The opportunity to prepare a Neighbourhood Plan for Hellesdon based on local people’s views and ideas was therefore simply too good to miss. The policies in this document have been developed by people who live and work in the Parish and know it better than anyone else. It is no coincidence that hundreds of other Parishes across the country have seen the same opportunity and are writing plans for their area. During the many discussions we had as the Neighbourhood Plan Working Group, we had some really healthy debates with a range of views put forward before we all agreed on how to proceed. However, everyone involved was always in complete agreement that they wanted to leave a legacy for future generations and ensure that Hellesdon remains the fantastic place that we all know and love so very much. So we hope that readers of this document see all of the hard work that has gone into it and the good intentions that underpin all of the policies. We are certain that it is an important tool that will help to shape the Parish over the next decade leaving Hellesdon in better shape, for everyone. Our sincere thanks again to everyone that got involved. Parish Council Chairman, Shelagh Gurney Preface This document is the Hellesdon Neighbourhood Plan. It has been prepared over 2015 - 2017 by people from the local community. The document has been continuously reviewed and updated over this period to reflect new findings and the results of a range of consultation exercises. The Plan has been written at a time when Hellesdon is facing major change, primarily in the form of a new housing development at the Royal Norwich Golf Club. The timing of the preparation of this Plan means that it has been unable to influence this development, but it has served to galvanise interest and bring together residents, businesses and Councillors. In part, this Plan has emerged from these issues because it can help to influence change in the future; It can help to ensure that Hellesdon grows in a way that reflects local views and takes heed of local concerns and aspirations. In order to ensure that the Neighbourhood Plan reflects local views, it has been created by a mixture of local residents, business representatives and elected Parish Councillors. This ‘Hellesdon Neighbourhood Plan Working Group’ has undertaken numerous meetings, workshops and sought to engage the wider community through public consultation. This Neighbourhood Plan document (and other accompanying technical reports) encapsulates all of this hard work: • Neighbourhood Plan Area application (November 2015) • Community consultation on local issues and ideas for a vision and objectives for the Plan (January & February 2016) • Parish walkabouts and workshops (January & February 2016) • Background research on local conditions (February & March 2016) • Policy development workshops (March & April 2016) • Community consultation on emerging policy ideas (May & June 2016) • Neighbourhood Plan document preparation (Autumn 2016) • Community Consultation on a Pre-Submission Draft Plan (November 2016 to February 2017). The Neighbourhood Plan Working Group Left to right: Peter Southgate (local businessman and resident), Shelagh Gurney (Councillor), Patrick Denny (resident), Margaret Oliver (resident), Marlon Fulcher (Councillor), Graham Everett (Councillor), John Knowles (Councillor), David King (Councillor), Bramwell Chapman (resident), Danny Buck (Councillor). Not present: Paula Pithers (resident) and David Fahy (local businessman and resident). The Plan was deposited for Pre-Submission Consultation at the end of 2016. A number of responses were received and the document was updated accordingly. The amended document was then reviewed by an independent specialist Examiner and several modifications were made. This final version will now be the subject of a local referendum. 1. Introduction 1. Introduction 1.1. This document is the Submission Dra Hellesdon Neighbourhood Plan. The Hellesdon Neighbourhood Plan area covers the same area as the Civil Parish of Hellesdon (see Figure 1). 1.2. The intended lifespan of the Plan is to 2026 which reflects the lifespan of the Joint Core Strategy. The Joint Core Strategy was produced by the Greater Norwich Development Partnership which comprises Broadland District Council, South Norfolk Council and Norwich City Council. The Joint Core Strategy (and other linked documents), sets out the over-arching spaal strategy for the Greater Norwich area. 1.3. The producon of the Neighbourhood Plan for Hellesdon was made possible by powers contained within the 2011 Localism Act. The Localism Act includes a number of measures and powers which decentralise control over local maers to local communies including the ability to create new planning policy via Neighbourhood Plans. 1.4. Providing local communies with the ability to create their own formal planning policy means that they have a powerful say in what happens in their neighbourhoods. This is at the core of the idea of “localism”. 1.5. The power to make planning policy comes with a number of “basic condions” that must be met including the need to contribute towards the achievement of sustainable development goals, the need to ensure that local policies have regard to naonal policy and are in general conformity with the strategic policy in the local development plan such as the Joint Core Strategy. The making of a Neighbourhood Plan must also not breach and must be compable with European Union obligaons and not have a significant effect on a European site as defined in the Conservaon of Habitats and Species Regulaons. 1.6. The Hellesdon Neighbourhood Plan therefore contains a series of policies developed by community representaves which have regard to naonal guidance, are in broad conformity with the local strategic plan and seek to deliver social, economic and environmental sustainability. 1.7. The aim of the Plan is to set out a number of praccal policies that can add local detail to more strategic documents such as the Joint Core Strategy and in doing so, address specific local issues. Local people have set out what they want and don’t want in the Parish and how they would like to see it evolve into the future. 1.8. The remainder of the Plan is set out as follows: • Secon 2: An Overview of Hellesdon: This secon provides a summary of the social, economic and environmental condions in Hellesdon to help illustrate the context in which policies have been created and the issues to which they seek to respond • Secon 3: A Vision and Objecves for the Hellesdon Neighbourhood Plan: This secon sets out the overarching vision and objecves for the Neighbourhood Plan. This strategic framework underpins the policies • Secon 4: Neighbourhood Plan Policies: This secon sets out the policies under themac headings which are at the core of the Plan and are intended to shape future change in Hellesdon. Each policy is accompanied by text explaining the jusficaon for the policy and the intenon of the policy. This secon also includes a project that the community is keen to pursue; this is not a planning policy. • Secon 5 : Implementaon and Monitoring: This secon sets out how the policies could be delivered and will be accompanied by a more detailed implementaon plan on submission to Broadland District Council. Hellesdon Neighbourhood Plan Figure 1: Hellesdon Neighbourhood Plan Area Not to scale Hellesdon Parish Boundary N W E S 2. An overview of Hellesdon 2. An Overview of Hellesdon Location and geography 2.1. Hellesdon is in the Local Authority District of Broadland in the County of Norfolk. It is located on the northern edge of Norwich bridging the gap between the urban area and countryside beyond. 2.2. The Plan area adjoins Norwich City (Local Authority District) to the south along Boundary Road and South Norfolk (Local Authority District) to the west on the far side of the River Wensum. To the east, the Plan area adjoins the Norwich City area again, with the boundary snaking its way through the Vulcan Road area and then along the Holt Road. 2.3. Up to the end of the 19th century the Plan area was almost entirely made up of open farmland. Norwich was far smaller at this time and had not expanded out as far as the Boundary Road. However, even at this time and even with no more than a small handful of buildings present, the structure of Hellesdon was already in place, set by the network of roads linking Norwich to surrounding market towns, most of which remain unchanged today. This includes the grid structure created by Boundary Road, Middletons Lane, Low Road, Drayton High Road, Reepham Road and Holt Road. 2.4. The historic centre of Hellesdon was at the junction of Low Road and Hellesdon Hall Road, close to the River Wensum. 19th century maps show a small settlement clustered around Hellesdon Mill and St Mary’s Church. The line of the modern Parish boundary (following Hellesdon Hall Road) means that today, the majority of this early hamlet its outside of Hellesdon Parish and therefore the Plan area. 2.5. Built-up Hellesdon is largely a product of 20th century development. Early 20th century housing can be seen spreading out from Norwich along major roads such as Holt Road and Cromer Road.

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