South Norfolk Village Clusters Housing Allocations Plan (Reg. 19 Pre-submission Draft)

It needs to be clear what the capacity of the school is

In the Reg 18 document you noted that the primary school is operating near or at capacity. This statement has been removed from the Reg 19 document although the situation at the school is believed to be the same.

Wicklewood Parish Council repeats it's view that an estate development like this in a small village will alter the whole character of the village which has previously developed by small developments which are more easily integrated into the community. The parish council would support smaller, infill, road front developments which would be better integrated

In the current plan and in the Regulation 18 statement, it stated that "Church Lane and Low St ....... and the dwellings here and on Hackford Road and Wymondham Road benefit from extensive views of the surrounding countryside" On the Reg 19 draft you have deliberately removed the factual comment about Hackford Road and Wymondham Road also benefitting from these views. I would appear that this comment as been deliberately removed because if it was left in it would not support the site allocations VC WIC1 and VC WIC2. You would appear to have deliberately manipulated the assessment of Wicklewood to suit.

Reinstate the factual comment about the views from Hackford and Wymondham Roads

In the current plan and reg 18 it states that Hackford and Wymondham Roads benefit from extensive views of the surrounding countryside. This fact has been deliberately removed from the Reg 19 statement as it does not support the site allocations VC WIC1 and WIC2

The Parish Council would support smaller, infill, road front developments which would be better integrated

Wicklewood Parish Council repeats its previous submitted view that an estate development like this in a small village will alter the whole character of the village which has previously developed by small developments which are more easily integrated into the community.

Wicklewood Parish Council does not consider this a suitable site for a housing development

Wicklewood Parish Council have concerns about drainage at this site. At a presentation given by a developer at a parish council meeting, the parish council and several local residents raised concerns about how the surface drainage of this site would impact on the drainage and septic tanks of nearby properties. We cannot see that anything has been done to mitigate this risk. There are also concerns about the development exiting onto that road on a blind bend where speeding is an issue and which has already seen some accidents

The requirement for developments to include social housing should be enforced

The requirement for social housing appears to have been removed.