To Whom it May Concern,

I am writing with regard to my objections to the development of the land known as Swan Field. The main grounds for my objection is the unsuitability of the access roads both into and out of Hingham. The application for up to 95 properties is greater than the number of properties already along Hardingham Rd heading into Hingham, so a more than doubling of the vehicle usage would not be sustainable. In the table given it says that this could be overcome with development but I do not see how this would be achieved as properties already border both sides of Hardingham Road.

With regard to the road in the opposite direction towards Hardingham that is used as a through road to Norwich/Watton Road, when the aforementioned Watton Road was closed through roadworks this quickly declined into chaos and an unsafe mud ridden condition. Additional vehicle traffic which one would assume would be mainly heading towards Norwich would also present an unfair burden on the residents of Hardingham further down the road.

Whilst both of the above points are long term prospects the short term impact of additional construction traffic would be intolerable as we have already experienced with the development next door. When trying to complain about this I was passed from pillar to post between South Norfolk Council, Norfolk Highways and The Health and Safety Executive. Based on this track record I cannot see how an extended development of this size would fair any better.