1. Reply to LP Statement. 2. Development Proposal at Post Office Road

From: [email protected] Sent: 16 April 2020 18:18 To: East 2 Subject: Re: Planning Inspectorate APP/K2610/W/19/3242172: Church View, NR13 4TR Attachments: reply to comments.pdf; Development proposal at Post Office Road v2.docx; Relationship of LP allocation to appeal site.pdf Please find attached: 1. Reply to LP statement. 2. Development proposal at Post Office Road. 3. Relationship of LP allocation to appeal site. Robert Smith 1 Mr. Robert Smith, 40 Church Street, Great Ellingham, NR17 1LE. Simon Dunn, The Planning Inspectorate, 3C Temple Quay House, 2 The Square, Bristol, BS1 6PN. Your Ref: APP/K2610/W/19/3242172 10TH April 2020 Dear Mr Dunn, Appeal: Church View, Church Road, Lingwood, Norfolk, NR13 4TR. Thank you for your letter and documents relating to the above appeal and allowing us to comment on the Council’s submission. The Council’s submission is quite extensive but we will endeavour to keep our reply as brief as possible. There have also been other developments that have come to light since our appeal application that will have a significant impact and we ask that these could be considered as part of this appeal. Minutes of the Planning Committee 4th September 2019. Section 31 paragraph 4 “an application had been submitted for a replacement dwelling in 2018 (20180897) which had been the subject of extensive negotiation regarding the design and scale of the proposed dwelling (originally two and half storey). At that time, the case officer in post had considered that, on balance, the resulting design was acceptable, although not all of the suggested revisions to achieve a reasonable design had been incorporated.” The suggested revisions were from Kate Knight, Ben Hogg and Heather Byrne and are as follows: 1-A brick plinth all-round the property; 2-Detail to the balcony changed from metal to wood; 3-A lean to canopy porch with details to match the balcony; 4-Alterations to the proposed windows to provide more balance as previously highlighted; 5-Loss of integral garage as suggested to provide accommodation; 6-Pulling out of the cross wing on the east and west elevations of the north wing by 1/2 a brick to provide more fenestration detailing and to stop the gable 'floating' on the elevation; 7-It is requested the dwelling is still located further back within the plot to be in line with the existing building. 8-All existing hedges to be retained except where removal is necessary to accommodate visibility splay. Solution To accommodate all the above revisions it became necessary to reconfigure the floor plan to satisfy fenestration issues and as a two storey design was agreed by everyone as being the preferred option a completely new design was drawn and submitted. The north wing was deleted which formed the ‘L’ shape and a south wing created to form a ‘T’ shape configuration allowing the house to be in line with the existing building and further back from the road. When we explained the lean to porch would not offer weather protection and the design and materials used may clash with the stone window surrounds, it was not included with the new design and that brick built vestibule was deemed acceptable. After all interest parties were re-consulted, the revised design and revised Design and Access Statement, was unanimously supported. WE HAVE STUDIED ALL CORRESPONDENTS AND EMAILS AND HAVE NOT FOUND A SUGGESTED REVISION THAT WAS NOT INCLUDED IN THE REVISED PLAN. MOREOVER THE FACT THAT IT HAD UNANIMOUS SUPPORT IS AN INDICATION THAT ANY AND ALL REVISIONS HAD BEEN SATISFIED. Paragraph 6 “Members noted the existence of a Public Right Of Way to the west of the site which continued south to Post Office Road and that the site was in close proximity to the Grade 1 Listed Church of St. Peter, located on the opposite side of the road and there were good views of the Church on the western approach along Church Road, with Church tower dominating, as well as from across the fields to the south from Post Office Road. Views were also available from the east on Church Road and a public footpath to the east of the Church.” These concerns may have been superseded by recent developments. As part of the Greater Norwich Local Plan (GNLP), the field to the north of Post Office Road has been identified as the preferred option to provide 50-60 new homes (please see the attached details copied from the GNLP). The consultation period was from 29th January 2020 to 16th March 2020. The views across the field to the Church from Post Office Road and from half of the Public Right of Way would be interrupted by a substantially large housing estate and so negates the council’s concerns that the building would be far more visible and detracting of views of the Church from the south and south east. The council were not concerned with the view of the Church from the west and east as they were happy that north elevation of the house and the outbuilding were acceptable. Conditions 4. 5. & 6. Heather Byrne had requested these details and were submitted by us and approved by the Interested Parties and the Planning Officer under Planning Application No. 20180897. There were no changes made subsequently and the approved details were submitted with P. A. No.20190881. 11. & 12. These details, guided by recommendations from Bench Ecology and Torc Ecology, have been submitted and approved by all Interested Parties for 3 bat boxes on east, west and south elevations. If the commencement of the development is delayed beyond June 2020 Torc Ecology recommends a further bat survey. If a pre-commencement condition is to establish whether 1 bat box or 3 bat boxes should be approved this would create an unnecessary delay. LINGWOOD AND BURLINGHAM, STRUMPSHAW AND BEIGHTON The catchment area of Lingwood Primary School brings Lingwood and Burlingham, together with Beighton and Strumpshaw into a village cluster. Space at Lingwood Primary School is forecast to be taken up in future years but as well as windfall development, Norfolk County Council (as education authority) would accept development in the order of 50-60 new homes. The cluster has a range of facilities including a primary school, village hall, recreation land, food shop and access to public transport (including a train station). Consequently, one site is identified as a preferred option, providing for between 50-60 new homes in the cluster. There are no carried forward residential allocations but there is a total of 44 additional dwellings with planning permission on small sites. This gives a total deliverable housing commitment for the cluster of between 94 – 104 homes between 2018 – 2038. Strumpshaw has a made neighbourhood plan which covers the same area as that of the parish boundary. The Plan was made in July 2014 and covers the period to 2026. It contains a series of policies that look to shape development within the neighbourhood area. There are policies within the plan that will be of relevance to development and any applications that are submitted for development within the parish should have due regard to those policies. All new and carried forward allocations are expected to address standard requirements associated with development. These vary from place to place, but are likely to include mitigations for flood risk (as well as SUDs), highways improvements, safeguarding of minerals resources, land remediation, measures to protect the environment, biodiversity, and landscape intrusion. .

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