John Thompson & Partners

Hethersett, Norfolk

[ Community Planning Projects ]

A Vision for Hethersett Planning Application Exhibition:
Thursday 22 September 2011, 4pm to 8pm
Hethersett Methodist Church, Great Melton Road, Hethersett NR9 3AB

Over 400 hundred people attended a public exhibition held on Thursday 22 September 2011 to present proposals for future development at Hethersett. The proposals include up to 1,196 homes, a new primary school, expansion to Hethersett Secondary School playing fields, sports pitches, ponds, allotments, community gardens and a small local centre offering space for local businesses.  A significant proportion of the site will be accessible to the public, offering a new leisure resource for local residents.

The exhibition boards and summary broadsheet given out at the exhibition are now available for download on this web page. 

The outline planning application is to be submitted in mid October 2011.  

If you would like any more information please contact: Charles Campion, John Thompson & Partners at cc@jtp.co.uk or on 020 7017 1780

For the exhibition flyer, see the PDF located in the right-hand side.


Village Forum: Thursday 13 May 2010

Over 250 people attended the Hethersett Village Forum drop-in from 5.00 - 8.30pm on Thursday 13 May. 

This event was open to everybody with an interest in the future of Hethersett and provided an opportunity to find out more about the proposals for the growth of the village that emerged at the Hethersett Community Planning Weekend in March. 

People had the opportunity to meet the team from Ptarmigan Land and John Thompson & Partners to discuss the outcomes of the Community Planning Weekend, the next steps in the planning process and to view an exhibition of the indicative proposals.  


Hethersett Report Back:  23 March 2010

Over 350 people participated in the Vision for Hethersett Community Planning Weekend on Friday 19 and Saturday 20 March 2010 to discuss the proposed extension of the village. Local people took part in two days of discussions, workshops and hands-on planning groups to explore local and site-specific issues and possible solutions and principles for growth.

Following the two public days the team from John Thompson & Partners (JTP) analysed the outcomes and developed an illustrated Vision for the future, which was reported back to the community at 7pm on Tuesday 23 March at Hethersett High School.


Background

The Greater Norwich Development Partnership (GNDP) have prepared a draft Joint Core Strategy (JCS) indicating that Hethersett could accommodate 1000 homes.

The JCS will soon be agreed by the Councils and sent to the Government for testing. It will then be examined by an independent Inspector later in 2010. Assuming the JCS passes its examination, the Councils will then identify the specific areas of land for development, including at Hethersett. Hethersett Land Ltd, part of the Ptarmigan Land Group, is working with landowners to explore how the housing strategy, suggested by the Council, can be best delivered in the future.

John Thompson and Partners (JTP) have been appointed to engage residents and stakeholders in the assessment of the issues and opportunities for Hethersett and to develop a Vision for the future. A Community Planning Weekend was held in March to ensure that everyone with an interest in the future of Hethersett had a chance to participate.  

Participation

Many people who attended the Weekend were opposed to the GNDP decision to allocate strategic housing growth to Hethersett. However, a significant number accepted that significant new housing was inevitable and that it was therefore important to participate in the development of the proposals to ensure that what comes is appropriately designed to the highest quality and will bring significant benefits to Hethersett.

Next steps

If the JCS is found to be sound by the Inspector at the Examination in Public in the summer, it is likely to be adopted in late 2010 or early 2011. South Norfolk Council will then start to prepare a Site Allocations Development Plan document to identify the specific locations for housing within each identified growth settlement during 2011.

Ptarmigan Land is working towards submission of an outline planning application for land at Hethersett during 2011. If planning permission is granted, development of the site would be likely to commence in 2013.


Contact Ieva Ansaberga at JTP on ia@jtp.co.uk for further information.
020 7017 1780.


Hethersett Land Ltd