South Norfolk Village Clusters Housing Allocations Plan (Reg. 18 Draft)

Comment

Representation ID: 1795

Received: 02/08/2021

Respondent: Geldeston Parish Council

Geldeston is a small compact village (pop. 397, 2011 census) and as the representative of its residents the Parish Council is glad to see that no changes to the Settlement Limit are proposed. Geldeston’s present population and spatial organisation enable it to preserve a strong sense of community that is much valued by old residents and newcomers alike.

Comment

Representation ID: 1796

Received: 02/08/2021

Respondent: Geldeston Parish Council

Residents of Geldeston and its Parish Council have reservations about the site for further building preferred by South Norfolk Council, “Site No. SN0437, Land off Kells Way”. Based on their concerns (see below, “Detail and Argument”) The Parish Council wishes to put forward the following requirements:
[1] NO HOUSES should be built on the preferred site until the Anglian Water pumping station below the Kells Estate has been replaced or upgraded;
[2] after requirement 1. is met, up to five -- certainly no more than 10 -- houses might be built on site No. SN0437, but only if effective measures are taken to reduce the hazards to all residents from AN INCREASED NUMBER OF MOTOR VEHICLES passing through Kells Meadow and along Kells Way;
[3] similar proposals for densely built-up housing were made under the Local Development Framework in 2003. Our concerns at the time about THE IMPACT ON PARISH INFRASTRUCTURE of any expansion in housing were not answered.
We shall therefore send a copy of this submission to all appropriate bodies, e.g., Anglian Water (Waveney district) in Peterborough, and the Highways Department at County Hall in Norwich.