Policy KES 2/GNLP0497: Land west of Ipswich Road, Keswick

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This site is preferred for allocation recognising that employment allocation KES2 from the 2015 South Norfolk Local Plan now has planning consent (reference 2017/2794) on a larger boundary that incorporates site GNLP0497.  The carried forward allocation will be redrawn accordingly.

Policy KES 2 (including GNLP0497)

Land west of Ipswich Road, Keswick (approx. 13.02 ha) is allocated for employment uses.

The development will be expected to address the following specific matters:

  1. Mixed use development within Use Class E(g), B2 and B8, the ratio of uses being subject to acceptable highways impacts;
  2. An access road across the site from B1113 to A140 at Tesco Harford, with roundabout access from the B1113 and revised traffic light junction on the A140, to be agreed with Highways Authority.
  3. Restriction of a right turn movements at the existing B1113/A140 junction.
  4. Off-site cycle and footway links connecting to Low Road, Keswick and the Yellow Pedalway on the A140.
  5. Appropriate layout, scale and landscaping to protect properties to the north and to reflect the setting of the site within the Southern Bypass Landscape Protection Zone and its location on a gateway into Norwich.
  6. Inclusion of ecological appraisal with off-site strategic landscaping north-west of the B1113 as buffering to Harford Bridge Marshes CWS and NWT Nature Reserve
  7. Any development must conserve and enhance the significance of nearby heritage assets including the grade II listed church of All Saints and remains of the Church of All Saints to the west of the site, including any contribution made to that significance by setting.
  8. Sustainable drainage, reflecting the implications of the river valley location.  Run off from the development onto the Harford Bridge Marshes County Wildlife Site and Nature Reserve may be an issue that will need to be mitigated for.
  9. Norfolk Minerals and Waste Core Strategy Policy CS16 applies, as this site is underlain by safeguarded minerals resources.  The benefits of extracting the minerals, if feasible, will be taken into consideration.

Policy Map

KES2 Policy Map