Object

South Norfolk Village Clusters Housing Allocations Plan (Reg. 19 Pre-submission Draft)

Representation ID: 2680

Received: 04/03/2023

Respondent: Ms Veronica Beasley

Legally compliant? No

Sound? No

Duty to co-operate? Yes

Representation Summary:

Too many dwellings proposed.
School Road unsuitable for additional traffic, very congested at northern end with on road parking, school staff & pupil traffic and residents housing, lack of pavements. Accident waiting to happen, no pedestrian crossing.
Southern end junction unsafe speed limit on A1066
Highways need to visit at the busy drop off and pick up times.
Site not level as on side of a valley, 4 metre drop from north to south.
Rainwater run off currently absorbed by site also a haven for wild life.
Rural character & views across the Waveney Valley will be compromised.

Change suggested by respondent:

This site needs to be primarily for school parking, (some) parents continue to disregard road safety issues, parking near junctions, up on pavements, part blocking residents driveways, parking on verges. School staff also need adequate parking provision.
Reconsider density to prevent overwhelming impact on the western end of Bressingham village.
Work out cost of road widening and pavement provision on School Road also pedestrian crossing. Incorporate yellow lines.
Improve junction of School Road with A1066 + reduced speed limit on A1066.
Improve junction with High Road/Fersfield Road at northern end of School Road.
Surely housing also needed away from schools not all people who need housing have children? No mains drainage so each dwelling with alternative waste management system?
Evidence that this site is better than brown field site on A1066 opposite entrance to veterinary surgery and Garden Centre, even closer to possible employment opportunities and transport links Diss and Thetford.
Request impact statements from Bressingham School, Highways on measures to improve road safety, Norfolk Wildlife Trust, Anglian Water, emergency services.
Is it financially viable?
Consider wildlife pathway for animals to connect between wild areas. Most land around site is arable where hedgerows alone not adequate for a lot of wildlife.
Allocation Site has been working for many years on carbon capture, water absorption / flood protection, wildlife reserve and resource.