In order to address some of the concerns raised by local residents on the potential development of this land, FW Properties confirm the following;
• With regards to surface water drainage and flooding, the development of this land will provide the opportunity to address the current flooding issues which are occurring on the playing field and in some of the properties around this land. Our drainage engineers have reviewed these issues and the local Flood Alleviation Scheme and have confirmed that these can be addressed and improved by the new development. The landowner of the site has previously worked with the Council in providing a surface water drainage area for this part of the village on his land to the south of Chapel Street which would be enhanced as part of our overall drainage strategy for our site.
• FW Properties are liaising with Anglian Water to ensure that there will be capacity in the foul drainage system for this development.
• With regards to the development of the new village hall, we have held initial design and specification discussions with the Village Hall Committee. It is agreed that the new building would be similar in size to the existing hall and we envisage working up this specification with them in more detail once the planning policy has been further advanced.
• We are using the existing football pitch and playing field as the benchmark standard required for the new facility.
• Our delivery strategy for this project assumes that there will be continuity of operations for the village hall and playing field so that the new facility opens at the point when the existing hall is closed. Our programming therefore assumes that the early phases of the project will include the community related works which will be followed by the completion of the new housing.
• FW Properties have prepared our viability analysis for this project which is based upon the planning policy requirements and current build costs. This appraisal confirms that a development of circa 30 dwellings with a replacement village hall and playing field would be a viable project.