Object
South Norfolk Village Clusters Housing Allocations Plan (Reg. 19 Pre-submission Draft)
Representation ID: 2867
Received: 07/03/2023
Respondent: Mr Nick Goodge
Legally compliant? No
Sound? No
Duty to co-operate? No
The housing expansion plans for Gillingham and Geldeston rely on the existing infrastructure to be able to cope with the new demand. The existing ninety degree bend on "The Street" is the fundamental flaw with any expansion and will eventually lead to a fatal accident i.m.o. I have personally come face to face with delivery driver vans on the wrong side of the road that were obviously unaware of the danger of that bend. This danger will only get worse as more cars use it due to more houses and more delivery drivers due to the way we shop.
The dangerous bend is unavoidable and unchangeable - if any new houses are built in the area then the access needs to be via the A146 or A143 via newly constructed roundabouts. A new roundabout in between the Heart services and Stockton roundabouts will all help to slow down the traffic that meets the Heart services at far to high speeds where we have already seen many accidents since the services has been expanded.