Social Value Ideas for Broadland District Council

Approve Juniper Way housing

The committee approved full planning permission for five dwellings at Juniper Way, Horsford, with conditions on parking, drainage, tree protection, visibility and permitted development rights. The app…

“So when we look at the planning balance as officers we identify that broadland can't demonstrate a 5year housing land supply so when we engage propert…”

Section 106 varied for reduced affordable housing

The committee agreed to vary the Section 106 agreement for the Thorpe St Andrew site so the scheme can proceed with 12% affordable housing instead of the original 33%. The decision was based on indepe…

“The applicant is now seeking to vary the Section 106 agreement on the original outline uh approval to reduce the affordable housing. Initially, they s…”

New NPPF / S5 housing test

Officers explained the effect of the updated National Planning Policy Framework published on 2026-08-17, including the removal of the former tilted balance and the need to assess proposals outside set…

“So um the policy has now changed and so paragraph 11D is no longer um relevant and so the national planning policy framework now has development manag…”

Approve Tavern Road self-build

The committee approved outline planning permission for two self-build dwellings at 151 Tavern Road, subject to conditions and completion of the drainage/nutrient neutrality legal process. This is a fo…

“The recommendation for planning committee is to authorize the existent assistant director to approve the application subject to conditions and the com…”

Nutrient neutrality delayed scheme

The developer and officers explained that nutrient neutrality requirements delayed determination of the application for more than three years and added over £1 million in mitigation costs. This create…

“In the spring of 2022, the issue of nutrient neutrality arrived leading to a delay of 3 years whilst nutrient investigation um became available with p…”

Business Builder target reset

The council is changing performance targets for the Business Builder programme so they are expressed per £100,000 of programme funding, reflecting a reduction in external funding and the move to inter…

“So on those recommended target changes, they relate to the business builder program and the intent here is to better relate the targets to the way tha…”

Extra funding for Business Builder apprenticeships

Cabinet approved an additional £30,000 of revenue funding from the opportunity reserve to increase the Business Builder budget from £320,000 to £350,000. The stated purpose is to create a ring-fenced …

“Uh thanks chair. Um yeah I'll cover the s main points from I'm sure Rodney um would also make some comments as well obviously. Um under the financial …”

Business Builder funding uplift

Cabinet is being asked to approve an additional £30,000 from the opportunities reserve to increase Business Builder and apprenticeship support funding, bringing the initiative to £350,000. Officers ex…

“Thank you. Oh no. Oh Darren. I don't know why I said Matt and Darren. Darren was Darren spoke last night. Thank you Darren. >> Thank you chair. Um got…”

Business Builder target changes

The performance report recommended changing two Business Builder targets so they are proportional to funding rather than absolute counts: 25 businesses supported per £100,000 of program funding and 15…

“Thank you chair. For highlights for quarter 1 performance, those include working days lost or short-term sickness having continually improved over the…”

Reuse of Jaguar Buildings

The committee approved the reuse of the former RAF Coltishall/Jaguar buildings for short-term overnight accommodation, residential activity centre use, educational visits, function room hire, preschoo…

“The application seeks full planning permission for the change of use of a former RAF Coltishall site and buildings to short-term overnight accommodati…”

Site fencing and access disputes

Local residents raised strong concerns about the proposed fence types, privacy, and whether gates/access points on Barnby Road and Fieldby Road should exist at all. The applicant and officers said acc…

“Boundary fence concerns. With regards to the boundary fence, I believe the Bardis Field as a conservation area is worthy of a fence in keeping with th…”

Fencing to be reworked

The Jaguar Buildings application was approved, but only after members raised concerns about the proposed fencing. The committee agreed that fencing details should be further resolved with the heritage…

“All I was going to say is that we have every sympathy with this discussion and I think that if if the committee was minded to approve the scheme but w…”