By Geoff Fisher I read the article (Concerns over 25% increase in new housing, Reepham Life, 8 December 2023) on the proposed Greater Norwich Local Plan modifications for Reepham, in which I was quoted. I would like to add a further point.
In the third paragraph, the 15 two-bed bungalows at the Ash Tree Care Village development [off Stony Lane] are mentioned.
It is important to highlight that the whole development permitted in 2020 is in fact specifically described and conditioned in planning permission 20180963 as 15 “assisted” bungalows, 20 “assisted” flats and a 60-bed “care home”.
In other words under the Planning (Use Classes) Order this is a C2 (residential institutions) use and not a C3 (dwelling house) use, and therefore they are not available as market or affordable housing units.
In which case the GNLP allocation for REP2 [land at the former station yard] for 20 homes is a complete misnomer and they will now have to be found elsewhere in Reepham to make up the proposed 203 dwellings by 2038.
Hugh Ivins, Whitwell
Geoff Fisher