Object
South Norfolk Village Clusters Housing Allocations Plan (Reg. 19 Pre-submission Draft)
Representation ID: 2460
Received: 25/02/2023
Respondent: Dr Silvi Berger
Legally compliant? No
Sound? No
Duty to co-operate? No
One of the primary assets of Barnham Broom is open natural landscape that extends throughout the village. Building on this site, even if it is done with priority given to maintaining the natural ambiance, will not do this village justice. Furthermore, 40 houses is surely far too many for such a small plot, this would contradict the main objective of being in synch with surrounding nature. The lack of specifics on how the school, sewerage, and road infrastructure will cope with such a large development is certainly a downfall of the plan thus far.
- Entrance should be off if Norwich Road. There is no way Bell Road will cope, as all driveways and businesses are located on Bell Road. Even with expansion of the road this would not work. The main flow of traffic from the A47 to Wymondham is also Bell Road. It would be a congestion nightmare.
- The intersection is already far too dangerous, especially for children. Simply saying the road will be realigned and not giving real specifics on how the hazard of the intersection will be dealt with, is unacceptable. The plan simply states that it is s danger. We need to know exactly what will be done, reassure us that it won’t get worse.
- 40 houses is far too many. Specifics on the layout of the site is lacking, I would say max 10-15 would be a more reasonable number.
- The talk of maintaining a natural feel is too ambiguous. More specifics are necessary. I would suggest extending the natural border of the site from the corner down to the end of Bell Pub at least. Having open, usable space, for pub patrons would be a real asset.
- Transparency on plans for infrastructure (schools, roads, sewerage) should happen before people are asked to support such a drastic increase in housing.