Policy R20: Land east of Starling Road

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A larger site including land immediately to the north was allocated in the previous Local Plan for 45 homes. This has been partially delivered with the completion of 22 apartments on the former Cordova Buildings site. The remaining part of the allocation in two land parcels east of Starling Road has been subject to previous outline and detailed planning permissions for housing development but neither permission has been implemented. The principle of development on the remaining part of the original allocation has already been accepted, and it is expected that development will take place within the new local plan time-period up to 2038. The site is re-allocated for residential development to deliver a number of homes equivalent to the capacity of the remaining land. As an existing partially undeveloped allocation it has been considered in the calculation of the housing requirement.

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The site provides the opportunity for new housing on a brownfield site in a predominantly residential area, with excellent access to employment opportunities and services in the city centre and neighbouring shopping facilities at the Anglia Square large district centre.

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Development should address the site’s constraints which include heritage issues, access arrangements, noise and contamination.

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Development should be designed to integrate well with surrounding existing and new housing development. Street frontages to Starling Road should be reinstated. Although not in a conservation area, this site abuts the northern boundary of the City Centre Conservation Area and the terraced housing immediately to the south on Magpie Road which is locally listed; therefore any development will need to be designed to complement recent development in the area and the setting of the conservation area and be of an appropriate scale, form and massing and to take account of existing historic assets. The site is located close to the line of the former city wall and is within the Area of Main Archaeological Interest. An archaeological investigation will be required prior to its development.

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Noise generation from road traffic to the south and between existing industrial / commercial users and new residential development must be addressed and due to previous industrial uses, a contamination assessment will be required.

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The site lies within a Critical Drainage Catchment. As such all development proposals involving new buildings, extensions and additional areas of hard surfacing should ensure that adequate and appropriate consideration has been given to mitigating surface water flooding.

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The site is likely to accommodate at least 23 homes. More may be accommodated, subject to an acceptable design and layout etc. being achieved.

Policy R20

Land east of Starling Road, Norwich (approx. 0.27ha) is allocated for residential development. This will accommodate a minimum of 23 homes.

The development will achieve the following site-specific requirements:

  1. Achievement of a high quality, locally distinctive design which establishes a strong built frontage to Starling Road.
  2. The design should takes account of heritage issues including its location on the fringe of the City Centre Conservation Area and locally listed terraces on Magpie Road;
  3. Site contamination arising from current and former industrial and motor trade uses should be addressed and mitigated;
  4. noise generation from road traffic and existing industrial and commercial uses should be addressed and mitigated;
  5. Comprehensive development is preferred but incremental development can be accepted where it would not compromise the development of the remainder of the site;
  6. As the allocation site is within multiple ownerships, shared access points are provided to keep the number of access points to a minimum.

Policy Map

R20 Policy Map