A 10-week public consultation for the Borough Council of King’s Lynn & West Norfolk on the draft Detailed Policies and Sites Plan began this week.
When finalised, the ‘Detailed Polices and Sites Plan’ will, in conjunction with the Core Strategy, help to govern planning decisions in West Norfolk for the next 13 years. The Core Strategy, adopted by the council in 2011, details the scale of future development and the broad locations for residential and business development. The ‘Detailed Polices and Sites Plan’ (the subject of the consultation) will identify the specific sites for that development.
The Core Strategy concluded that sites need to be allocated for 6,000 new homes to be built in the borough by 2026 and determined that the majority of growth should be accommodated by the towns, the areas immediately surrounding King’s Lynn, and larger rural hubs, which have the facilities and capacity to accommodate some expansion.
The draft plan also proposes new development boundaries in larger villages and sites which could, between them, accommodate the 875 homes that were identified in the Core Strategy for the borough’s larger villages. The number of houses allocated to each of the 54 larger villages varies from zero to 60, with the average being 16.
As well as detailing the size and precise sites for future residential and business developments, the draft ‘Detailed Policies and Sites Plan’ includes policies that would help to guide planning applications and decisions in the future. These policies cover matters such as affordable housing, development boundaries and the protection of strategic road networks.
To find out more information, on the plans and how to add your comments click here.
