Norfolk Minerals and Waste Local Plan: Pre-Submission: Invitation to make representations

The Parish Council received the correspondence below on Mon 26th Sep 2022

It included the Pre-Submissions Parishes and Sites

Dear Parish Clerk,

Norfolk Minerals and Waste Local Plan: Pre-Submission

Invitation to make representations

I am writing to inform you that the County Council has published the Pre-Submission version of the Norfolk Minerals and Waste Local Plan (NM&WLP). This document has been published to allow representations on the soundness and legal compliance of the document to be made, over a six-week period, between 9am on 28 September to 5pm on 11 November 2022 (inclusive).

The NM&WLP contains policies which will be used to determine planning applications for minerals developments and waste management facilities in Norfolk and will cover the period up to 2038. When adopted, it will replace the existing Norfolk Minerals and Waste Core Strategy and Minerals and Waste Specific Site Allocations documents.

The NM&WLP has been through two public consultation stages; the Initial Consultation in 2018 and the Preferred Options Consultation in 2019.

The NM&WLP includes a forecast of the quantities of waste that need to be planned for over the plan period to 2038 and contains criteria-based policies to be used to determine planning applications that come forward for waste management facilities.

The NM&WLP includes the forecast quantities of sand and gravel, carstone and silica sand that need to be planned for during the period to 2038. Two sites are allocated for silica sand extraction, one site for Carstone extraction and 16 sites for sand and gravel extraction within the NM&WLP along with the policies to be used to determine planning applications for mineral extraction and associated development.

Full details of the allocated sites and policies are contained within the publication document. The publication document, background documents and a downloadable and printable representation form are available on Norfolk County Council’s website at: www.norfolk.gov.uk/nmwdf on the “Norfolk Minerals and Waste Local Plan Review” page.

Attached to this email is a list of the parishes in Norfolk where there is a proposed mineral extraction site in the Pre-Submission Publication document.

In addition to the publication document, the following documents which provide information to support the NM&WLP have also been published:

Policies Map (illustrates the policies contained in the NM&WLP)
Sustainability Appraisal Scoping Report (focuses on the environmental, social and economic issues relevant to the NM&WLP)
Sustainability Appraisal Report and non-technical summary (shows social, environmental and economic impacts of the NM&WLP)
Habitats Regulations Assessment Task 1 (of impacts on the UK National site network)
Waste Management Capacity Assessment (contains data on current waste management capacity, waste movements, existing and forecast waste arising in Norfolk)
Equality Impact Assessment (enables us to consider the likely impact of the NM&WLP on different groups of people)
Statement of Common Ground (to confirm an understanding to support effective joint working with key partners)
Statement of Consultation (contains how and who we consult, and a summary of the main issues raised)

These documents are available for public inspection, free of charge, within normal opening hours during the representations period, at:

Norfolk County Council, County Hall, Martineau Lane, Norwich, NR1 2DH
Breckland District Council, Elizabeth House, Walpole Loke, East Dereham, NR19 1EE
Broadland District Council, Thorpe Lodge, Yarmouth Road, Norwich, NR7 0DU
Great Yarmouth Borough Council, Town Hall, Great Yarmouth, NR30 2QF
Borough Council of King’s Lynn and West Norfolk, King’s Court, Chapel Street, King’s Lynn, PE30 1EX
North Norfolk District Council, Holt Road, Cromer, NR27 9EL
Norwich City Council, City Hall, Bethel Street, Norwich, NR2 1NH
South Norfolk Council, South Norfolk House, Swan Lane, Long Stratton, NR15 2XE
The Broads Authority, Yare House, 62-64 Thorpe Road, Norwich, NR1 1RY

Where possible the County Council would prefer representations to be made directly to https://norfolk.oc2.uk/ however, responses by post and email will also be accepted. Any representations that you make will be published on Norfolk County Council’s website.

All representations, using whatever method, must be made by 5pm on 11 November 2022.

Representations may be accompanied by a request to be notified, at a specified address, of any of the following:

that the NM&WLP has been submitted to the Secretary of State for independent examination by a Planning Inspector
the publication of recommendations of the Planning Inspector appointed to carry out the independent examination of the NM&WLP
the adoption of the Norfolk Minerals and Waste Local Plan

Following the end of the representations period, the Pre-Submission version of the NM&WLP, relevant background documents and the representations received will be submitted to the Planning Inspectorate on behalf of the Secretary of State and considered as part of a public examination by an independent Planning Inspector.

Any enquiries should be made to [email protected].

Yours faithfully

Caroline Jeffery

Principal Planner (Minerals and Waste Policy)