Norfolk Strategic Planning Framework Shared Spatial Objectives for a Growing County and Statement of Common Ground May 2021 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 • Marine Management Organisation • New Anglia Local Enterprise Partnership • Active Norfolk • Water Resources East 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 • East Suffolk 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 • Norfolk and Waveney 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 FORMAL AGREEMENTS WITHIN THE STATEMENT OF COMMON GROUND ...... 2 SECTION 1 – INTRODUCTION ................................................................................................. 7 1.1 Purpose of this Document .......................................................................................................................... 7 1.2 Governance Arrangements for the creation of this document ................................................................... 8 1.3 Changes to the document .......................................................................................................................... 9 1.4 Timescale for and coverage of the Document .......................................................................................... 10 SECTION 2 – VISION AND OBJECTIVES .................................................................................. 11 2.1 Introduction ............................................................................................................................................. 11 2.2 Proposed Spatial Vision............................................................................................................................ 13 2.3 Proposed Shared Objectives .................................................................................................................... 13 SECTION 3 – UNDERSTANDING THE COUNTY ....................................................................... 16 3.1 Administrative Boundaries ....................................................................................................................... 16 3.2 Housing Markets ...................................................................................................................................... 17 3.3 Strategic Functional Economic Market Areas ........................................................................................... 20 3.4 Implications of Changing Infrastructure on Market Areas ........................................................................ 22 3.5 Other Joint Initiatives and Neighbouring Strategic Partnerships .............................................................. 24 SECTION 4 – PROJECTIONS OF GROWTH .............................................................................. 26 4.1 Population Projections ............................................................................................................................. 26 4.2 Household Projections ............................................................................................................................. 29 4.3 Employment Projections .......................................................................................................................... 29 SECTION 5 – THE ECONOMY ................................................................................................ 31 5.1 Strategic Principles of Economic Success .................................................................................................. 32 Norfolk Strategic Planning Framework Page 3 5.2 Context .................................................................................................................................................... 33 5.2.1 Coronavirus Impacts .......................................................................................................................... 34 5.2.2 Climate Change ................................................................................................................................. 36 5.2.3 Norfolk’s Key Economic Sectors ......................................................................................................... 36 5.2.4 Sector impact of the Coronavirus ....................................................................................................... 40 5.3 Strategic Employment Sites...................................................................................................................... 41 5.4 Key Cross-Boundary Economic Issues and Interventions .......................................................................... 43 5.4.1 The role of Greater Norwich .............................................................................................................. 43 5.4.2 Cambridge to Norwich Technology Corridor ....................................................................................... 44 5.4.4 Offshore Energy Sector / Ports of Great Yarmouth & Lowestoft.......................................................... 46 5.4.5 Norfolk Coast, the Broads and the Brecks........................................................................................... 46 5.4.6 A10 corridor ...................................................................................................................................... 47 SECTION 6 – HOUSING ......................................................................................................... 48 6.1 Introduction ............................................................................................................................................. 48 6.2 Existing targets, supply, and delivery rates up to 2021 ............................................................................. 50 6.3 Future Housing Demand and Need until 2036. ......................................................................................... 51 The Broads ................................................................................................................................................. 52 Implications of the City Deal for Housing .................................................................................................... 53 6.4 Type of Homes ......................................................................................................................................... 54 Specialist types of accommodation ............................................................................................................. 54 Elderly People ............................................................................................................................................ 55 Student Housing and the OAN .................................................................................................................... 56 Accommodation needs of Gypsies, Travellers, and other types of accommodation ..................................... 57 6.5 Capacity and Distribution ......................................................................................................................... 58 6.6 Delivering Housing Growth ...................................................................................................................... 58 SECTION 7 – HEALTH ........................................................................................................... 60 7.1 Introduction ............................................................................................................................................. 60 7.2 Principles ................................................................................................................................................. 60 7.3 Healthy living and Wellbeing – through better design .............................................................................. 61 7.4 Implementing Healthy Design .................................................................................................................. 63 7.5 Health Infrastructure Protocol ................................................................................................................. 64 SECTION 8 – CLIMATE CHANGE............................................................................................ 65 8.1 Introduction