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Object

Representation ID: 2281

Received: 25/01/2023

Respondent: Mr Michael & Jill Curtis

Legally compliant? Yes

Sound? No

Duty to co-operate? Yes

Access for vehicles approaching Yelverton & Alpington is usually gained via "The Slad" Slade Lane. This is already very busy and is largely single lane. It was never intended for large volumes of vehicle traffic. This access in my opinion is at its maximum now in terms of safety of existing residents as well as out of area access to our school. Without considerably improving road access from the A146 no further housing development should be granted.

Object

Representation ID: 2372

Received: 20/02/2023

Respondent: Mr Ian Brown

Legally compliant? Yes

Sound? No

Duty to co-operate? Yes

Access to Alpington is very poor. We have repeatedly been told that there will be no new development until the access is improved. The public transport provision is so poor that most journeys involve cars. The primary school is full. The nearest shop is in Poringland, two miles away.

Object

Representation ID: 2393

Received: 22/02/2023

Respondent: Mr jonathan taylor

Legally compliant? Yes

Sound? No

Duty to co-operate? Yes

I was chair of the PC when affordables were built on Nichols Road despite many objections. SNDC were categoric that if the PC supported the application the site would not be expanded. This is a total let down and was rejected at the last attempts to expand. Should be removed Planners should be true to their word.

Object

Representation ID: 2407

Received: 22/02/2023

Respondent: Ms Audrey Chappell

Legally compliant? No

Sound? No

Duty to co-operate? No

I do not think this description is correct (land west of Nichol's Road). There are already houses west of Nichol's Road. I do not think the village boundary should be expanded to include land east of Nichol's Road.....what is to stop anyone expanding the village settlement boundary if this precedence is set and therefore why is there a village settlement boundary. It is one of the increasingly few peaceful rural roads which locals use to walk without too many cars. There is no speed limit but there are attractive hedgerows and trees.

Object

Representation ID: 2414

Received: 23/02/2023

Respondent: Mrs Lesley McNulty

Legally compliant? Yes

Sound? No

Duty to co-operate? Yes

The settlement Limit should not be extended to include the Nichols Road location. This will enable further dwellings to be built and erode another piece of the countryside. The VCHAP plan will erode the environmental benefits that villages enjoy as the payback to having poor transport links, limited access to shops and single track lanes on the approach from main roads.

Object

Representation ID: 2418

Received: 23/02/2023

Respondent: Ms Susan Stacey

Legally compliant? Yes

Sound? No

Duty to co-operate? Yes

There’s a factual error as the site SN0529SL is to the east not west of Nichols Road. The road access to this site is extremely poor as it is very narrow with no footpath. The GIS analysis of site options in the Sustainability Analysis shows this agricultural land as grade 2 where development should be avoided.

Object

Representation ID: 2428

Received: 23/02/2023

Respondent: Mr.

Legally compliant? Yes

Sound? No

Duty to co-operate? Yes

Settlement limit extension- there is an error in the document as site SN0529SL is to be EAST of Nichols Road not to the WEST as stated in the document. This site is unsuitable because:
1 - Nichols Road access to the site is very narrow without footpaths.
2 - GIS analysis from the Sustainability Appraisal shows this agricultural land as Grade 2 . Grade 1 and 2 agricultural land is classed as ‘Best , most versatile’ land where development should be avoided.

Object

Representation ID: 2431

Received: 23/02/2023

Respondent: Mr.

Legally compliant? Yes

Sound? No

Duty to co-operate? Yes

The Alpington School is already at capacity and cannot take more children without displacing those from out of catchment, which will cause issues with neighbouring villages.
The local health centres are also struggling to cope with the rapid increase in patients at Poringland, so more housing will exacerbate this issue further.
Similarly, there are no NHS dentists available anywhere locally. Assuming that the new homeowners have moved into the area from elsewhere, this will become an issue for them and for the NHS with emergency treatments.

Object

Representation ID: 2432

Received: 23/02/2023

Respondent: Mr.

Legally compliant? Yes

Sound? No

Duty to co-operate? Yes

As villagers, we choose to live in a rural community and as such we accept that we will have poor level of services and narrow roads. We do this because we want a rural lifestyle synonymous with village life. If we wanted lots of news houses around us we would move to Wymondham or the like. Forcing new houses into rural communities spoils the very essence of rural community and very soon we'll all be living in mass conurbations if the VCHAP has its way. Stop it now as this cannot be undone!

Object

Representation ID: 2470

Received: 26/02/2023

Respondent: Yelverton Parish Council

Legally compliant? No

Sound? No

Duty to co-operate? Yes

Nichols Road - in 2005 it was agreed and documented with SNDC and AYPC that this was an Exception Site and would never be extended. This agreement was made as part of the previous Local Plan process. SNDC also acknowledged that further changes in the development boundary would be inappropriate due to the inadequate highway routes. Clearly, we have long memories and we’d like to think that any agreements reached SNDC yourselves would stand the test of time. Your planning team may have changed over time but the agreement should not.
It is Grade 2 agricultural land, therefore sacrosanct.

Object

Representation ID: 2476

Received: 26/02/2023

Respondent: Mr. Ivan Green

Legally compliant? Yes

Sound? No

Duty to co-operate? Yes

I fully endorse the previous objections.

Object

Representation ID: 2603

Received: 02/03/2023

Respondent: Mr Chris Poundall

Legally compliant? Yes

Sound? No

Duty to co-operate? Yes

Grave concerns over increased danger from a higher volume of traffic (eg 50 cars and delivery vans and HGV lorries) using Church Road and Slade Lane (Slad) which is the main access road for the Yelverton and Alpington villages from the A146 (the Norwich – Lowestoft main road).

Increased volume of traffic along Church Road and Slade Lane would also increase danger for pedestrians as there are no pavements. And also for cyclists too.

Also concerned that additional demands on other infrastructure eg. broadband and mobile bandwidth, electricity, water, sewage and school capacity will result in impaired quality of service.

Object

Representation ID: 2779

Received: 06/03/2023

Respondent: Mr David Whitehead

Legally compliant? Yes

Sound? No

Duty to co-operate? Yes

I fully endorse the previous objections to the extension of the settlement limit along Nichols Road. The affordable housing opposite the school on Nichols Road was stated by SNC as being an exception site that would not be justification for extending development along Nichols Road. SNC should honour this previous undertaking. This is a single track road with no pavement and further development would make the road very dangerous.

Object

Representation ID: 2790

Received: 06/03/2023

Respondent: Ms Bryony Falkus

Legally compliant? No

Sound? No

Duty to co-operate? No

The development boundary should not be extended on land east of Nichols Road as this is prime agricultural land. The road itself is single carriage way with no footpath. There are no services and those we do have are overstretched

Object

Representation ID: 2854

Received: 06/03/2023

Respondent: Mr Andrew Saville

Legally compliant? No

Sound? No

Duty to co-operate? Yes

We fully endorse the previous objections to extending the settlement limit at Nichols Road. The highways are inadequate and the infrastructure is at capacity. Any further increase in traffic would make it extremely dangerous.

The affordable housing is an exception site and was agreed on the grounds it would never be extended for further development. This agreement should be honoured and adhered to. In addition, the land is prime grade 2 agricultural land.

Support

Representation ID: 2896

Received: 07/03/2023

Respondent: Dr M Fewster

The inclusion of the land on Nichols Road is in keeping with the dispersed nature of the historic village settlement rather than the concentrated post-war development to the north-west of the crossroads. It will maintain an organic expansion of the village along the 'spines' of the village - Church Road/Nichols Road and Bergh Apton Road/Wheel Road, and is close to village amenities.