The plan should be amended. The garage site removed from the allocations and the village hall site should be reduced substantially. 10 houses would be more appropriate in that site and the village. 45 simply isn't viable and the site is already often flooded; something which will be increased if there are houses built there.

We have so much wildlife here in our village that would be impacted by loss of habitat in the proposed sites. Recently there was a polecat siting in the place where the garage (and second allocation proposed) stands.

The plan should be amended. The proposed garage site should be removed from the allocation and the village hall site reduced to a maximum of ten houses. 45 new homes on that site is too many. There are existing drainage issues on that site which would only be made worse by adding so many houses. There is not the infrastructure in Barford to accommodate more residents. The plan is simply not viable.

There is a lot of wildlife in Barford village and the surrounding fields and woodland. There would be an impact upon this with the proposed development through disruption and impact and loss of habitat.

Natural England has no comments to make on the South Norfolk Village Clusters Housing Allocations Plan (SNVCHAP) - Regulation 19 Pre-submission Addendum.

Natural England is broadly satisfied and in agreement with the findings of both the Sustainability Appraisal (SA) of the SNVCHAP – SA Report Update (AECOM, June 2024), and the updated Habitats Regulations Assessment of the SNVCHAP (Lepus Consulting, June 2024), which considers the final choice of sites included in the above addendum document.

We have no further comments to make at this stage.