Norfolk Strategic Planning Framework Shared Spatial Objectives for a Growing County and Statement of Common Ground January June 2019 Signatories 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 Natural England Environment Agency Anglian Water New Anglia Local Enterprise Partnership 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 Babergh & Mid Suffolk District Councils Waveney District Council West Suffolk Council Fenland District Council East Cambridgeshire District Council South Holland District Council Natural England Environment Agency Wild Anglia Anglian Water New Anglia Local Enterprise Partnership UK Power Networks Cambridgeshire and Peterborough Combined Authority Great Yarmouth & Waveney CCG North Norfolk CCG Norwich CCG South Norfolk CCG West Norfolk CCG NHS Sustainability and Transformation Partnership Estates for Norfolk and Waveney Mobile UK Norfolk Strategic Planning Framework Page 2 Contents SIGNATORIES .............................................................................................................................. 2 ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS ............................................................................................................... 2 SUMMARY OF AGREEMENTS ...................................................................................................... 6 SECTION 1 – INTRODUCTION .................................................................................................. 109 1.1 Purpose of this Document ................................................................................................................ 109 1.2 Governance Arrangements for the creation of this document ........................................................... 1110 1.3 Changes to the document ............................................................................................................... 1211 1.4 Timescale for and coverage of the Document ................................................................................... 1211 SECTION 2 – VISION AND OBJECTIVES ................................................................................... 1312 2.1 Introduction ................................................................................................................................... 1312 2.2 Proposed Spatial Vision................................................................................................................... 1514 2.3 Proposed Shared Objectives ............................................................................................................ 1514 SECTION 3 – UNDERSTANDING THE COUNTY ........................................................................ 1817 3.1 Administrative Boundaries .............................................................................................................. 1817 3.2 Housing Markets ............................................................................................................................ 1918 3.3 Strategic Functional Economic Market Areas .................................................................................... 2120 3.4 Implications of Changing Infrastructure on Market Areas ................................................................. 2322 SECTION 4 – PROJECTIONS OF GROWTH............................................................................... 2725 4.1 Population Projections .................................................................................................................... 2725 4.2 Household Projections .................................................................................................................... 2927 4.3 Employment Projections ................................................................................................................. 3028 SECTION 5 – THE ECONOMY ................................................................................................. 3230 5.1 Introduction ................................................................................................................................... 3230 5.2 Strategic Employment Sites ............................................................................................................. 3533 Norfolk Strategic Planning Framework Page 3 5.3 Key Cross-Boundary Economic Issues and Interventions ................................................................... 3735 The role of Greater Norwich ........................................................................................................................ 3735 Cambridge to Norwich Technology Corridor ................................................................................................ 3836 A47 Corridor ................................................................................................................................................. 3937 Offshore Energy Sector / Ports of Great Yarmouth & Lowestoft ................................................................. 3937 Norfolk Coast, the Broads and the Brecks .................................................................................................... 3937 A10 corridor ................................................................................................................................................. 4038 5.4 Strategic Principles of Economic Success .......................................................................................... 4139 SECTION 6 – HOUSING .......................................................................................................... 4240 6.1 Introduction ................................................................................................................................... 4240 6.2 Existing targets, supply, and delivery rates up to 2021 ...................................................................... 4341 6.3 Future Housing Demand and Need 2015-2036. ................................................................................. 4442 The Broads.................................................................................................................................................... 4744 Implications of the City Deal for Housing ..................................................................................................... 4745 6.4 Type of Homes................................................................................................................................ 4846 Specialist types of accommodation .............................................................................................................. 4946 Elderly People ............................................................................................................................................... 4947 Student Housing and the OAN ..................................................................................................................... 4947 Accommodation needs of Gypsies, Travellers, and other types of accommodation ................................... 5047 6.5 Capacity and Distribution ................................................................................................................ 5048 6.6 Delivering Housing Growth ............................................................................................................. 5149 SECTION 7 – INFRASTRUCTURE AND ENVIRONMENT ............................................................ 5351 7.1 Introduction ................................................................................................................................... 5452 7.2 Utilities .......................................................................................................................................... 5553 7.3 Electricity ....................................................................................................................................... 5654 7.4 Water............................................................................................................................................. 5755 7.5 Telecoms ........................................................................................................................................ 5956 Broadband .................................................................................................................................................... 5956 Mobile telephony ......................................................................................................................................... 6158 Coverage in Norfolk ...................................................................................................................................... 6158 7.6 Social Infrastructure........................................................................................................................ 6260 Health ..........................................................................................................................................................