Village Clusters Housing Allocations Plan - Alternative Sites & Focused Changes (Reg. 18)

In order to address some of the concerns raised by local residents on the potential development of this land, FW Properties confirm the following;
• The new dwellings will be served by two new private accessways on to Wheel Road only.
• The new properties will be set back from Wheel Road to minimise the effect of the development on the existing houses opposite. The scheme will be based upon a similar design approach to the FW Properties' development off Cooke's Road in Bergh Apton for 11 houses which was completed in 2018.
• The scheme layout will reflect the advice of our highways engineers in relation to widening the stretch of Wheel Road in front of the two new accesses to 5 metres (together with a 2 metre wide pavement) and to achieve the required visibility for the two accessways on to this road. This will result in the removal of some of the existing hedge along Wheel Road - a new mixed species hedge will then be planted along this section of the frontage. It is our intention to retain as much of the existing front hedge as possible.
• A drop kerb is proposed to the northern pavement to the east of Fortune Green to provide a crossing point for pedestrians to the new pavement proposed along the southern side of Wheel Road - this will connect into the existing pavement in front of the pub that runs alongside Wheel Road to the village primary school.
• FW Properties are proposing an overflow car park for the Wheel of Fortune Pub as part of the development of this land. This will help to prevent patrons from parking their cars along the verge of Wheel Road during peak times. The freehold of this car park will be transferred to the pub once it has been completed. This will be based upon a very similar design to the gravel car park developed for the village primary school as part of our previous Alpington development in Wheel Road.
• The development will include some additional soft landscaping on the strip of land immediately to the south of the existing front hedge to further reduce the scheme’s impact and will also have a mixed species hedge and post and wire fence along the whole of the boundary with the land to the south which will remain as arable/grazing land.
• The existing ditch and the mature hedge which runs alongside the eastern boundary of the land (which is shared with the pub) will be retained. There will be a landscaping buffer between this hedge and the new overflow car park to reduce the impact on the pub.

In order to address some of the concerns raised by local residents on the potential development of this land, FW Properties confirm the following;
• The new dwellings will be served by two new private accessways on to Wheel Road only.
• The new properties will be set back from Wheel Road to minimise the effects of the new development on the existing houses opposite. The scheme will be based upon a similar design approach to the FW Properties' development off Cooke's Road in Bergh Apton for 11 houses which was completed in 2018.
• The scheme layout will reflect the advice of our highways engineers in relation to widening the stretch of Wheel Road in front of the two new accesses to 5 metres (together with a 2 metre wide pavement) and to achieve the required visibility for the two accessways on to this road. This will result in the removal of some of the existing hedge along Wheel Road - a new mixed species hedge will then be planted along this section of the frontage. It is our intention to retain as much of the existing front hedge as possible.
• A drop kerb is proposed to the northern pavement to the east of Fortune Green to provide a crossing point for pedestrians to the new pavement proposed along the southern side of Wheel Road - this will connect into the existing pavement in front of the pub that runs alongside Wheel Road to the village primary school.
• FW Properties are proposing an overflow car park for the Wheel of Fortune Pub as part of the development of this land. This will help to prevent patrons from parking their cars along the verge of Wheel Road during peak times. The freehold of this car park will be transferred to the pub once it has been completed. This will be based upon a very similar design to the gravel car park developed for the village primary school as part of our previous Alpington development in Wheel Road.
• The development will include some additional soft landscaping on the strip of land immediately to the south of the existing front hedge to further reduce the scheme’s impact and will also have a mixed species hedge and post and wire fence along the whole of the boundary with the land to the south which will remain as arable/grazing land.
• The existing ditch and the mature hedge which runs alongside the eastern boundary of the land (which is shared with the pub) will be retained. There will be a landscaping buffer between this hedge and the new overflow car park to reduce the impact on the pub.

In order to address some of the concerns raised by local residents on the potential development of this land, FW Properties confirm the following;
• With regards to surface water drainage and flooding, the development of this land will provide the opportunity to address the current flooding issues which are occurring on the playing field and in some of the properties around this land. Our drainage engineers have reviewed these issues and the local Flood Alleviation Scheme and have confirmed that these can be addressed and improved by the new development. The landowner of the site has previously worked with the Council in providing a surface water drainage area for this part of the village on his land to the south of Chapel Street which would be enhanced as part of our overall drainage strategy for our site.
• FW Properties are liaising with Anglian Water to ensure that there will be capacity in the foul drainage system for this development.
• With regards to the development of the new village hall, we have held initial design and specification discussions with the Village Hall Committee. It is agreed that the new building would be similar in size to the existing hall and we envisage working up this specification with them in more detail once the planning policy has been further advanced.
• We are using the existing football pitch and playing field as the benchmark standard required for the new facility.
• Our delivery strategy for this project assumes that there will be continuity of operations for the village hall and playing field so that the new facility opens at the point when the existing hall is closed. Our programming therefore assumes that the early phases of the project will include the community related works which will be followed by the completion of the new housing.
• FW Properties have prepared our viability analysis for this project which is based upon the planning policy requirements and current build costs. This appraisal confirms that a development of circa 30 dwellings with a replacement village hall and playing field would be a viable project.

In order to address some of the concerns raised by local residents on the potential development of this land, FW Properties confirm the following;
• With regards to surface water drainage and flooding, the development of this land will provide the opportunity to address the current flooding issues which are occurring on the playing field and in some of the properties around this land. Our drainage engineers have reviewed these issues and the local Flood Alleviation Scheme and have confirmed that these can be addressed and improved by the new development. The landowner of the site has previously worked with the Council in providing a surface water drainage area for this part of the village on his land to the south of Chapel Street which would be enhanced as part of our overall drainage strategy for our site.
• FW Properties are liaising with Anglian Water to ensure that there will be capacity in the foul drainage system for this development.
• With regards to the development of the new village hall, we have held initial design and specification discussions with the Village Hall Committee. It is agreed that the new building would be similar in size to the existing hall and we envisage working up this specification with them in more detail once the planning policy has been further advanced.
• We are using the existing football pitch and playing field as the benchmark standard required for the new facility.
• Our delivery strategy for this project assumes that there will be continuity of operations for the village hall and playing field so that the new facility opens at the point when the existing hall is closed. Our programming therefore assumes that the early phases of the project will include the community related works which will be followed by the completion of the new housing.
• FW Properties have prepared our viability analysis for this project which is based upon the planning policy requirements and current build costs. This appraisal confirms that a development of circa 30 dwellings with a replacement village hall and playing field would be a viable project.