Our vision for a mixed community
Our vision is to build homes of high quality and to also enrich the lives of those who live in them.
We want to deliver a mixed community that provides a range of homes and a welcoming environment for people to live, work, and socialise in. The development will retain and enhance the green landscape setting and offer biodiversity improvements.
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Upgraded access from Norwich Road to the north.
Retained access arrangements for existing residents.
Spine road which connects to an internal loop road.
Simplicity of layout with a road hierarchy.
Legible and easy to navigate.
Generous provision of open space along the eastern boundary.
Multi-functional open space (equipped play areas, Sustainable Urban Drainage Sytems (SuDS) and biodiversity).
Consideration of neighbouring properties.
Retaining trees and vegetation along the boundaries.
Biodiversity and landscape enhancement through new planting.
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To provide pedestrian, cycle, and vehicle access in line with Norfolk County Council and DfT design guidance.
To provide car and cycle parking in line with Breckland Council’s requirements.
To encourage sustainable travel choices.
Easy access to the Town Centre by foot or bike.
Walking distance to bus stop.
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Welcoming entrance.
Meeting and exceeding building regulations where possible.
Accessible and adaptable homes.
Homes to meet the nationally described space standard.
Energy and water efficient homes.
Safe and secure development (natural surveillance and clearly defined public and private spaces).
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Materials palette to complement the local character / vernacular.
A mixed community
Our intention is to create a mixed community that includes a range of housing, from smaller homes suitable for first time buyers and down-sizers to a mix of medium and larger size family homes, together with a care home.
Proposed new housing will comprise of:
Two storey houses along the northern edge of the Site which creates a welcoming entrance.
A three storey care home to create a strong frontage when you enter the main area of the Site.
A mix of bungalows and two storey houses wrapping around the Tannery.
A mix of 2 to 5 bedroom two storey houses within the southern section of the Site, set back from the spine road and overlooking the open space.
Illustrative house types
Working with nature
We want our development to be a social neighbourhood that fosters a sense of community, pride and provides opportunities for people to meet, relax, play, and enjoy the landscaped setting.
Landscaping proposals will:
Create a welcoming and characterful neighbourhood.
Provide generous gardens.
Provide tree-lined streets.
Provide an inviting communal garden space for residents of the care home, set in a mature wooded landscape.
Create a naturalistic open space that provides informal green space for all residents including a short walking route that offers doorstep access to nature and green space.
Provide an equipped play area within the main open space.
Create on-site habitats, including new native scrub planting, areas of flowering lawn, wildflower and meadow flower areas, new native tree planting and an attenuation pond which will be designed, landscaped and managed in a manner that is sympathetic to wildlife.
This illustrative plan shows how the landscape proposals could be delivered. Final details will be secured by a reserved matters planning application.
Illustrative Landscape Proposals Plan
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Our proposals will deliver valuable biodiversity enhancements, creating habitats for wildlife, as well as opportunities for new residents to interact with nature.
Balancing the need to achieve Biodiversity Net Gain (BNG), while ensuring that good amenity and recreational space is provided on Site, is a key priority of our approach.
Through careful retention of valuable habitats and creation of new ones, a substantial portion of the statutory BNG requirements will be delivered on-site.
A management plan will be developed to ensure that new habitats remain in good condition throughout the statutory period of 30 years and beyond.
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The ground at the proposed site is considered to be impermeable, as such discharging surface water via soakaways in unsuitable. A watercourse is located along the southeast border of the site, which is suitable for receiving surface water discharge from the proposed development. A gravity system is proposed, with discharge being restricted to the current greenfield runoff rate. This will ensure that flooding in the region is not exacerbated as a consequence of the development.
Attenuation will be provided upstream of the flow restrictions to cater for all storms up to and including a 1 in 100 year plus climate change, which is in line with Lead Local Flood Authority and national requirements. Sustainable urban drainage features (SUDs) such as attenuation basins are preferred for attenuation as they provide treatment to the runoff before discharge. Additional SUDs features such as permeable paving will be provided within private or shared parking areas, removing pollutants such as hydrocarbons and heavy metals.
An Anglian Water foul sewer is located within the access roadway adjacent to the site. A proportion of the foul system will drain by gravity. However, due to site topography and likely finished levels, a proportion of the site will require a pumping station to lift flows into the sewer.
Is it envisaged that both the surface water and foul water sewer systems will be adopted by Anglian Water. As such, they will be responsible for maintenance of the system, ensuring it functions as required throughout the lifetime of the development.
Sustainability
Sustainable development principles for the Site include:
Well insulated buildings;
Meeting Building Regulations requirements for energy and water conservation;
Use of solar panels and air source heat pumps;
Using local labour sources where possible;
Meeting obligations for biodiversity net gain; and
Meeting obligations for nutrient neutrality.
Evolution of the Development Proposals
Whilst this will be an outline planning application, the key parameters to guide future reserved matters applications including appearance, landscape, layout, and scale, will be set.
Following detailed site analysis and consideration of constraints and opportunities, we have determined some key parameters to guide the future reserved matters applications. The key parameters are:
Having applied our vision and parameters, the following indicative layout shows how a scheme could be delivered that takes account of these parameters:
