Joint Core Strategy for Broadland, Norwich and South Norfolk Addressing the Judgement of Mr Justice Ouseley in Heard v Broadland District Council, South Norfolk District Council and Norwich City Council Statement of consultation December 2012 A legal challenge to the adoption of Therefore having considered the the Joint Core Strategy for sustainability appraisal work, the Broadland, Norwich and South Councils published the remitted Norfolk (JCS) was received on 3 parts of the JCS, and the other May 2011 from Stephen Heard, documents required at proposed Chairman of Stop Norwich submission stage. These Urbanisation. High Court Judge Mr documents include a Statement of Justice Ouseley made his judgment Consultation. on 24 February 2012 and published The Statement of Consultation, his final order regarding the legal included as part of this document, challenge to major growth in the was first published as part of the Greater Norwich area on 25 April Pre-Submission Publication Stage 2012. of the JCS on 2 November 2009. Mr Justice Ouseley found that The councils consider that there those parts of the Joint Core have not been any changes that Strategy concerning the Broadland would result in an update to the part of the Norwich Policy Area, Statement of Consultation being including the North East Growth required. Triangle (a total of 9,000 dwellings) should be remitted for further This Statement is therefore consideration and that a new submitted to support the Sustainability Appraisal for that part submission of the Joint Core of Broadland in the NPA be Strategy for Broadland, Norwich prepared. and South Norfolk submission content under Regulation 22 of the The effect of the Order was to remit Town and Country Planning (Local the relevant parts of the JCS to a Planning) (England) Regulations point where they were treated as if 2012. all the stages up to Publication under Regulation 19 had been taken, but these parts of the JCS had not progressed further. Regulation 25 Consultation Technical & Public Consultation Summary August 2009 Greater Norwich Development Partnership Regulation 25 Consultation 233902 BNI NOR 1 A PIMS 233902BN01/Report 14 August 2009 Technical & Public Consultation Summary August 2009 Greater Norwich Development Partnership Regulation 25 Consultation Issue and revision record Revision Date Originator Checker Approver Description A 03.08.09 Needee Myers Draft Report B 14.08.09 Needee Myers Emma Taylor Eddie Tyrer Final Report C 30.04.09 Needee Myers Emma Taylor Eddie Tyrer Draft Report for client checking and awaiting questionnaire pdfs for insertion D 06.05.10 Needee Myers Emma Taylor Eddie Tyrer Draft Report for approval E 28.05.10 Needee Myers Emma Taylor Eddie Tyrer Final Report with addendum sheet This document has been prepared for the titled project or Mott MacDonald accepts no responsibility or liability for this named part thereof and should not be relied upon or used document to any party other than the person by whom it was for any other project without an independent check being commissioned. carried out as to its suitability and prior written authority of Mott MacDonald being obtained. 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Introduction 1 1.1 Consultation methods used ___________________________________________________________ 2 1.1.1 Regulation 25: Technical Consultation ___________________________________________________ 2 1.1.2 Regulation 25: Public consultation ______________________________________________________ 2 1.1.3 Regulation 25: Public consultation – Exhibitions ___________________________________________ 3 1.1.4 Hard to reach groups ________________________________________________________________ 3 1.1.5 Meetings held with, and presentations to, various stakeholders________________________________ 4 1.1.6 Other consultation activities ___________________________________________________________ 4 1.2 Results analysis ____________________________________________________________________ 5 1.2.1 Level of Response Received __________________________________________________________ 5 2. Technical Consultation Methodology 6 3. Technical Consultation Summary 7 4. Summary of Technical Consultation Responses 42 5. Public Consultation Methodology 104 5.1 Classification of Representations _____________________________________________________ 104 6. Public Consultation Summary 107 7. Summary of Public Consultation Responses 136 Appendices 216 Appendix A. List of Technical Consultees_________________________________________________________ 217 Appendix B. Letter to Technical Consultees (August 2008) ___________________________________________ 259 Appendix C. Technical Consultation Questionnaire _________________________________________________ 261 Appendix D. Joint Core Strategy Summer Update Publicity Leaflet _____________________________________ 273 Appendix E. Public Consultation Press Advertisement_______________________________________________ 279 Appendix F. Advertisement in ‘Norwich Citizen’ Magazine____________________________________________ 280 Appendix G. Letter to General Consultees ________________________________________________________ 281 Appendix H. Public Consultation Questionnaire ____________________________________________________ 283 Appendix I. Letter to Technical Consultees (February 2009) _________________________________________ 297 Appendix J. Private Sector Forum Attendees _____________________________________________________ 299 Appendix K. Public Exhibition Timetable _________________________________________________________ 301 Appendix L. Exhibition Attendance______________________________________________________________ 303 Appendix M. Community Groups and Residents’ Associations in Norwich ________________________________ 305 Appendix N. List of Stakeholder Meetings and Presentations _________________________________________ 314 Appendix O. Norwich Community Question Responses ______________________________________________ 316 Appendix P. Norwich Third Sector Forum Meeting Note _____________________________________________ 320 233902/BNI/NOR/1/A 14 August 2009 PIMS 233902BN01/Report Regulation 25 Consultation Appendix Q. Broadland District Council : Letter to Parish Councils _____________________________________ 323 Addendum Further to the first issue of this report in August 2009, additional information has been included and a number of changes to recorded classifications of comments have been made. These are outlined in the table below. Chapter Section Page 1. 1.2 Changes to response totals 5 5. 5.1 Additional description of classification process and chart 104-105 6. … Changes to totals/classifications 107-134 7. … Minor amendment to text 161 Appendix C Inclusion of Technical Questionnaire 261 Appendix H Inclusion of Public Questionnaire 283 233902/BNI/NOR/1/A 14 August 2009 PIMS 233902BN01/Report Regulation 25 Consultation 1. Introduction Broadland, Norwich and South Norfolk are working with Norfolk County Council as the Greater Norwich Development Partnership (GNDP) to develop a Joint Core Strategy for housing growth and jobs in the area. Public consultation on “Issues and Options” took place in winter 2007/ 2008. The results of this consultation were published in the Issues and Options: Report of Consultation 2008. Following the public consultation and changes to planning procedures 1, the GNDP undertook a technical consultation with “specific bodies” (statutory agencies, service providers, organisations that deliver infrastructure and other key stakeholders, including faith councils) during August / September 2008. Technical consultees were asked to consider three options for the distribution of major growth in and around Norwich, and draft policies covering the rest of the plan’s subject matter. Evidence and information was presented to Councillors from the four GNDP councils, who agreed to publish a draft joint core strategy for full public consultation. A single favoured option for accommodating major growth in the Norwich Policy Area has been put forward by the GNDP which includes large scale housing in and around Norwich and on major sites in Broadland and South Norfolk. The GNDP undertook a public consultation from 2nd March to 24 April 2009 to gauge reaction and comment to this proposed favoured option for growth, the other draft policies and the draft Sustainability Appraisal. Following a review of the response, the consultation period was extended to Friday 12 June 2009. The public were encouraged to take part in the consultation via an intensive publicity campaign with adverts in the local papers, council magazines and posters in public places. 38 public exhibitions took place across the whole area and the GNDP wrote to 2000 parish councils, community organisations and local organisations. Over 7000 letters to other