Norfolk Strategic Planning Framework Shared Spatial Objectives for a Growing County and Emerging Statement of Common Ground December 2017 Acknowledgements The authors would like to thank the following organisations for their support in the production of this document: Breckland District Council Broadland District Council Broads Authority Great Yarmouth Borough Council Borough Council of King’s Lynn and West Norfolk North Norfolk District Council Norwich City Council South Norfolk Council Norfolk County Council Suffolk County Council Natural England Environment Agency Anglian Water New Anglia Local Enterprise Partnership Greater Cambridge Greater Peterborough Local Enterprise Partnership Great Yarmouth & Waveney CCG North Norfolk CCG Norwich CCG South Norfolk CCG West Norfolk CCG Norfolk Strategic Planning Framework Page 2 Contents ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS ............................................................................................................... 2 SECTION 1 – INTRODUCTION ...................................................................................................... 5 1.1 Purpose of this Document .......................................................................................................................... 5 1.2 Changes to the document since consultation ............................................................................................. 5 1.3 Timescale for and coverage of the Document ............................................................................................ 7 SECTION 2 – VISION AND OBJECTIVES ......................................................................................... 8 2.1 Introduction ............................................................................................................................................... 8 2.2 Proposed Spatial Vision ........................................................................................................................... 10 2.3 Proposed Shared Objectives .................................................................................................................... 10 SECTION 3 – UNDERSTANDING THE COUNTY ............................................................................ 13 3.1 Administrative Boundaries ....................................................................................................................... 13 3.2 Housing Markets ...................................................................................................................................... 14 3.3 Strategic Functional Economic Market Areas ........................................................................................... 16 3.4 Implications of Changing Infrastructure on Market Areas ........................................................................ 18 SECTION 4 – PROJECTIONS OF GROWTH................................................................................... 21 4.1 Population Projections ............................................................................................................................. 21 4.2 Household Projections ............................................................................................................................. 24 4.3 Employment Projections .......................................................................................................................... 24 SECTION 5 – THE ECONOMY ..................................................................................................... 26 5.1 Introduction ............................................................................................................................................. 26 5.2 Strategic Employment Sites ..................................................................................................................... 29 5.3 Key Cross-Boundary Economic Issues and Interventions .......................................................................... 31 The role of Norwich .......................................................................................................................................... 31 Cambridge to Norwich Technology Corridor .................................................................................................... 32 A47 Corridor ..................................................................................................................................................... 33 Offshore Energy Sector / Ports of Great Yarmouth & Lowestoft ..................................................................... 33 Norfolk Coast, the Broads and the Brecks ........................................................................................................ 33 A10 corridor ..................................................................................................................................................... 34 Norfolk Strategic Planning Framework Page 3 5.4 Strategic Principles of Economic Success .................................................................................................. 35 SECTION 6 – HOUSING .............................................................................................................. 36 6.1 Introduction ............................................................................................................................................. 36 6.2 Existing targets, supply, and delivery rates up to 2021 ............................................................................. 39 6.3 Future Housing Demand and Need 2015-2036. ........................................................................................ 40 The Broads........................................................................................................................................................ 42 Implications of the City Deal for Housing ......................................................................................................... 42 6.4 Type of Homes ......................................................................................................................................... 43 Specialist types of accommodation .................................................................................................................. 44 Elderly People ................................................................................................................................................... 44 Student Housing and the OAN ......................................................................................................................... 44 Accommodation needs of Gypsies, Travellers, and other types of accommodation ....................................... 45 6.5 Capacity and Distribution ......................................................................................................................... 46 6.6 Delivering Housing Growth ...................................................................................................................... 46 SECTION 7 – INFRASTRUCTURE AND ENVIRONMENT ................................................................ 48 7.1 Introduction ............................................................................................................................................. 49 7.2 Utilities .................................................................................................................................................... 50 7.3 Electricity ................................................................................................................................................. 51 7.4 Water ....................................................................................................................................................... 51 7.5 Telecoms .................................................................................................................................................. 53 Broadband ........................................................................................................................................................ 53 Mobile telephony ............................................................................................................................................. 55 Coverage in Norfolk .......................................................................................................................................... 55 7.6 Social Infrastructure ................................................................................................................................. 56 Health ............................................................................................................................................................... 56 Education ......................................................................................................................................................... 58 7.7 Transportation ......................................................................................................................................... 59 Improvements needed ..................................................................................................................................... 62 7.8 Flood Protection and Green Infrastructure .............................................................................................. 64 Flood Protection ..............................................................................................................................................