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| 1. | The application proposes to erect 71 houses accessed off East Anglian Way Gorleston, an existing estate road currently serving 73 houses. The proposal would give a total of 144 dwellings and a faith school accessed off a single access point off Church Road. The local planning authority considers that the level of cumulative traffic generated by the development in conjunction with the existing usage with its residential and school related traffic would have an adverse impact upon the local highway network and safety for both pedestrian and highway uses. |
| 2. | Whilst the application seeks to mitigate the adverse impacts of the development on the existing estate by providing a new car park and drop off point for the school - in recognition of the existing congestion and highway safety concerns associated with the school in this location - the local planning authority is not satisfied that sufficient evidence has been provided to support the applicant's assertion that the provision of the car park and drop off point will overcome those local highway safety concerns allowing for the safe and uncompromised movement of traffic and people associated both with the school and the new development |
| 3. | In addition the local planning authority does not consider sufficient detail has been provided to demonstrate that the development will not have an adverse impact on highway safety or that the cumulative effect will not cause unacceptable levels of congestion on the East Anglian Way /Church Road junction particularly at peak school times. Nor does the access as proposed promote a positive relationship between the proposed development and the existing area. The proposal is therefore considered contrary to saved policy HOU7 of the Borough Wide Local Plan and policies CS9 c, d) and e) and CS16 c) of the Core Strategy adopted December 2015 . |
| 4. | STATEMENT OF POSITIVE ENGAGEMENT: In accordance with the NPPF, in determining this application for planning permission, the Borough Council has approached it in a positive and proactive way and where possible has sought solutions to problems to achieve the aim of approving sustainable development. Unfortunately, despite this, in this particular case the development is not considered to represent sustainable or an acceptable form of development and has been refused for the reasons set out above. |
