South Norfolk Village Clusters Housing Allocations Plan

Between 9am on Monday 12 August and 5pm on Monday 7 October, South Norfolk Council is publishing its Regulation 19 Pre-submission Addendum to the Village Clusters Housing Allocations Plan (VCHAP). During this period, anyone that wishes to may make a formal representation on the Plan (in accordance with Regulation 19 of the Town and Country Planning (Local Planning) (England) Regulations 2012). 

The VCHAP is a Local Plan document which, once adopted, will become part of the Development Plan for South Norfolk. The proposed VCHAP allocates new sites for housing in South Norfolk’s villages, which will deliver the bulk of the approximately 1,200 new homes that are to be delivered in this village cluster area by 2038. 

This proposed Addendum document includes the alternative and amended sites proposed for allocation within the VCHAP when it is submitted to the Planning Inspectorate for examination, following a consultation on some alternative site options earlier this year. The document also includes a number of other focused changes to the proposed VCHAP.  

The published document only deals with the changes that are being proposed to the Regulation 19 VCHAP document that was published in 2023.    

In order to view the proposed VCHAP and the supporting documents, and make formal representations, please click on the link below : 

South Norfolk Village Clusters Housing Allocations Plan – Reg. 19 Publication 

The documents can also be viewed, from 12 August, at the following locations:  

• South Norfolk Council offices – The Horizon Centre, Broadland Business Park, Peachman Way, Norwich, NR7 0WF (open Mon-Fri: 8.30am-5pm)  

• The Octagon – Mere Street, Diss, Norfolk, IP22 4AH (open Mon-Fri: 9am-5pm)  

• Libraries in South Norfolk - view details of your local branch 

• Millennium Library - The Forum, Millennium Plain, Norwich NR2 1AW (see above link for opening times) 

Anyone wishing to submit a formal representation on the content of the Addendum may do so, in writing, and before 5pm on Monday 7 October 2024.  

These can be submitted online, via the website listed above or using one of our hard copy representation forms which are available at the locations listed above. This will help ensure that submitted representations are in the prescribed format and can be taken into account in the examination of the VCHAP. Completed hard copy forms should be posted to the South Norfolk Council office address listed above.   

Before completing and submitting any representations, please ensure that you read our Statement of Representations Procedure and Representation Form Guidance Note. Please also ensure you read the South Norfolk Village Clusters Housing Allocation Plan Privacy Statement. 

Further background and supporting material relating to the VCHAP is also available through our Virtual Exhibition. This will be updated with material relating to the Publication of the Regulation 19 Addendum by 12 August.

You can also view our interactive map, illustrating the VCHAP proposals here. 

Following this publication period, South Norfolk Council will consider whether, taking account of representations received, the VCHAP is Sound and ready for examination. If South Norfolk Council resolves that the VCHAP is Sound and ready for examination then the proposed Plan, supporting evidence and the representations received will be forwarded to the Planning Inspectorate for independent examination.