Policy ACL3: Land at the former station yard, west of B1140, Acle

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This site was allocated in 2016 as part of the Broadland Local Plan but has not yet been developed. The principle of development on the site 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 employment/commercial development.

Policy ACL3

Land at the former station yard, west of B1140, Acle (approx. 1 ha) is allocated for small scale employment use. This is likely to be within class B2.

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

  1. Access (vehicular and pedestrian) to be from New Reedham Road.
  2. Access is restricted because of the low bridge which crosses the road which serves the site, limiting the size of vehicles.
  3. There are no main sewers or water mains on site, and it will be necessary for developers to investigate the possibility of connecting to the public foul sewer or provide other suitable means.
  4. There is a metered water supply to the existing station buildings and agreement must be reached with British Rail to connect this supply.
  5. No easily accessible gas main exists which is suitable to serve the site. A gas supply may be able to be made available but offsite costs are likely to be relatively high.
  6. Pollution control measures should be used to ensure that no harm comes to the water environment which is within the proximity of a Major Aquifer of high vulnerability.
  7. A study to investigate land contamination may be required.

Policy Map

ACL3 Policy Map