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Hello,
Fakenham is a town with
a promising future. I've seen the plans!
The North Norfolk District Council
has unveiled its development framework for the Fakenham
district and there are some encouraging signs that the
area in and around the town is set to see some pretty
positive changes.
There are quite a few new houses
being built in the town - around 800 or so over the
next few years - specifically in the area between Rudham
Stile Lane and the Bypass to the North, but also in
the Greenway Lane/Holt Road region and possibly the
town centre too. A significant part of this development
is for affordable housing, which looks like good news
for young families in the region.
Plans are also afoot to upgrade
schools resources to cope with the resulting influx
of people and more businesses will be encouraged to
take new planned retail space in the town.
There's also talk of a Country
Park being developed to the South of Fakenham, stretching
right across from the Hawk & Owl Trust to the West
across to Pensthorpe in the East. Complete with cycle
paths leading to the centre of town, this would be a
great boost for tourism and a good resource for local
residents too (although land owners need to be brought
on board before plans could proceed).
All in all, it sounds pretty
good and although it means that Fakenham will change
(and some people don't like that idea), it does demonstrate
that a decent attempt at planning this inevitable change
has been made to get the best from it.
The Council are displaying their
draft Development Framework documents on their website
- www.northnorfolk.org/ldf
- so you can take a look for yourself. Their discussion
with the public is due to start in September, so make
sure your voice is heard and ask all the detailed questions
you need to when that takes place.
Steve
The Webmaster
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