Object

Representation ID: 856

Received: 27/07/2021

Respondent: Ms Kathleen Hinchley

1) The proposed development site adjoins conservation land and any development of that area runs counter to SNDC's own planning policy in respect of the area and wider national policies in this regard (see extract of planning policy below in italics)
2) Dwellings on this site would be hugely detrimental to the character of Seething village and would significantly impair views across open farmland.
3) There are significant traffic issues concerning a very busy corner on which the proposal would sit. This bend leads to the local school where many parents and visitors are regularly picking up or dropping off their children and there are no footpaths. Parents often park their cars on the approach to the bend. Large vehicles dropping off supplies to the school often do the same, so the increase in traffic that this development would obviously create will hugely exacerbate the likelihood of accidents, noise levels and environmental pollution.
4) In regard to 3) above we note that NCC Highways department have expressed related concerns in respect of traffic (shown in the site assessment document)
5) The proposal would run counter to and take away from the current linear nature of dwellings in the village
Furthermore, the basis on which the application is submitted is to create homes for those in greatest need, but there are no policies or measures which will ensure that those most in housing need will actually have access to the houses built.