Object
Minerals and Waste Local Plan: Pre-Submission Publication
Representation ID: 99117
Received: 11/11/2022
Respondent: Broads Authority
Legally compliant? Yes
Sound? No
Duty to co-operate? Yes
This policy says ‘New or enhanced waste management facilities should be located within five miles of one of Norfolk’s urban areas or three miles of one of the main towns and be accessible via appropriate transport infrastructure, subject to the proposed development not being located within: the Broads Authority Executive Area or the Norfolk Coast Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty, other than in exceptional circumstances and where it can be demonstrated that the development is in the public interest’.
Elsewhere, throughout the document, the stance is no minerals and waste sites within the Broads, yet this policy says they could be.
A look at the maps suggests that there are no settlements that need a facility within the AONB or Executive Area to achieve the 3 miles/5 miles criteria; as such, why is this criterion needed?
Soundness test: Not effective
If this part of the policy is to be kept in, we request there is reference to the need for close working with the Broads Authority.
We also request that any proposals would need to demonstrate no alternative sites are available.
You could amend bullet point 1 as follows:
the Broads Authority Executive Area or the Norfolk Coast Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty, other than in exceptional circumstances and where it can be demonstrated that the development is in the public interest. Any proposals in these areas would need to also demonstrate that no alternative sites outside of these areas are available. Scheme promoters will be required to work closely with the Broads Authority and AONB.