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

The full length of School Road would have to be widened, to cope with the new development, addition of a footpath.

The parking problem facing the school cannot be resolved in this proposal.

Localised carriageway widening along the site frontage is insufficient to address the main problem of School Road, which is that it is not wide enough for two vehicles to pass.

Offering parking on the opposite side of the road to the school does not solve the problem of road congestion, which is a problem currently and will be made worse should thie development go ahead.
A school car-park situated on the opposite side of the road from the School raises road safety issues for the school children.

The plan should refer to the school as a local service and make the point that it is full and has no land on which to expand.

Reference to local services presumably includes the village primary school. The school is full, there is no land to extend it, children of families moving to the proposed development may not be accommodated.

The location of the proposed development is opposite the village primary school.
There is no nearby school parking currently, other than for staff, parents and visitors park on School Road itself.
School Road is not sufficiently wide to allow two way passing of vehicles and road side parking.
Provision of parking for the school within the proposed development is not appropriate and creates safety risks, since it is on the opposite side of the road to the school.

There is reference in 7.9 to provision of "overflow" car parking for the school within the proposed development.

The problem cannot be mitigated in the plan.