Object

Representation ID: 1672

Received: 31/07/2021

Respondent: Mr Simon Tasker

1 The SN0405 proposal would have an exceptionally undermining effect upon the integrity of the Seething Conservation Area due to its adjacency to its boundary at its narrowest point.

2 The proposal is specifically out of character with the linear street village layout at Seething, with its currently and historically defined density and distribution almost entirely limited to one plot depth along its length. A development of twenty new houses at the SN0405 site represents a growth in buildings development of the village similar to an extension of the linear street from Church Farm to the War Memorial end of School Road. Comparably, it is a very large development - and its layout bears no resemblance to that which SNDC has already identified as Seething’s ‘historic grain’.

3 Since the current dwellings on Brooke Road are not on the mains drainage supply, I am unsure how the proposal could be facilitated to the basic modern standard of mains drainage without a highly interventionist plan for supplying it. Therefore I am concerned that the proposal does not meet the provisos of mains water constraints.


4 I note that the NCC Highways Department has expressed specific concerns regarding traffic and highway safety, and I support these observations.

5 I have read the objections lodged by the Parish Council in regard to the proposal and I unreservedly support them. The Parish Council’s opinion is key to any planning decisions taken locally and their views should not be overlooked or ignored.