Planning – Application Comments

Consultation Date: Mon 12 Oct 2026

Consultation Date: Mon 12 Oct 2026

Consultation Date: Mon 12 Oct 2026

Consultation Date: Mon 12 Oct 2026

Consultation Date: Mon 12 Oct 2026

Consultation Date: Mon 12 Oct 2026

Consultation Date: Mon 12 Oct 2026

Consultation Date: Mon 12 Oct 2026

Comment Date: Mon 26 Oct 2026

Thank you for consulting Ecology on p.a. 26/01527/O|Outline planning application with all matters reserved for the erection of up to 4 new homes and associated works|Land Between 21 And 31 Leziate Drove Pott Row Norfolk.
The following documents have been submitted in support of this application and are relevant to these comments:

¿ GIRAMS SHRA [Received 17/09/2026]
¿ Reptile Survey Report (Greenlight Ecology, 04/08/2026)
¿ Preliminary Ecological Appraisal (Greenlight Ecology, 04/08/2026)
¿ Biodiversity Net Gain Assessment (Greenlight Ecology, 04/08/2026)
¿ Statutory Metric (Daniel Howes [Greenlight Ecology], 04/08/2026)
¿ Baseline Habitat Condition Assessment [Received 17/09/2026]
¿ Post Development Habitat Condition Assessment Sheet [Received 17/09/2026]

I have no objection to the proposed development. However, H2 to is inputted as mostly retained, the loss representing only the punch through for access. H2 must be recorded as lost under BNG under guidance as it goes from a field hedge to a residential hedge which the new owners will expect to manage as they see fit and therefore cannot be legally secured for 30 years in its current condition. This can be dealt with at the discharge of condition stage of the application. Once the GIRAMs form has been completed by the Planning Officer it can be saved as the LPA record of HRA. If you are reminded to grant consent, please consider the following conditions and informative:

¿ BNG CONDITION 02: The Biodiversity Gain Plan
¿ BNG CONDITION 03: Habitat Mitigation and Monitoring Plan [HMMP]
¿ Ecological Enhancement Condition 01 (in accordance with Section 7 of the PEA)
¿ INFORMATIVE 01: Biodiversity Net Gain

Comment Date: Fri 16 Oct 2026

Our Ref: 26/06447

RE: Outline planning application with all matters reserved for the erection of up to 4 new homes and associated works.

The application is for 4 dwellings.
The applicant has provided a screening assessment indicating no known contamination.
We have reviewed our files and the site is on land seen largely undeveloped for the duration of our records other than a small structure on the south-west of site, seen in historical maps dated 1945-1970 to the present. This is within the BNG area proposed, not residential gardens. The surrounding landscape is largely agricultural and residential.

No significant potential sources of contamination are identified in our records, or in the information provided by the applicant.

We have no objection regarding contaminated land.