Objection to land planning application GNLP-0366
I strongly object to the planning application above for the following reasons.

Background
Bramerton is a small linear village running mainly along the The Street and into Framingham Lane. Housing is on either side of these two streets with a small proportion of residential housing set back from the roadway. Two of these are Church Farm barns and Church Farm Close both of which are very close to the proposed planning and would share the already busy access road.

Bramerton is not serviced by any commercial or retail businesses. There is no convenience store, no public house or indeed no school. The public house and the chandlers mentioned in the planning review are in Woodsend a twenty minute walk from the centre of Bramerton. The two larger villages either side of Bramerton - Surlingham and Rockland St Mary both have primary schools and stores with a doctors surgery at Rockland and other business/ commercial interests. Any new building development in this small village would adversely affect the nature of the village and its surroundings.

Recent developments of housing have been undertaken at Church Farm barns and Church Farm close, Church Farm barns was for the most part a conversion of disused farm buildings into residential housing.
Church Farm Close developed a disused commercial site which had been left empty for sometime.

The above planning application would be on agricultural land which has been used to grow hay, although has recently been given garden status.There are no utilities on this land and extensive development would be needed to instigate water, electricity and drainage before building could continue. Drainage is a continued problem affecting Church Farm Close as is still in the process of being rectified.

Access.
The only access road into the proposed development is at present a very busy side road running from The Street serving Church Farm barns and Church Farm Close. Further housing on this site would undoubtedly add to this issue. I have read your investigation with regards to exiting the access road onto the street and disagree with your finding (that there is sufficient viewing distance when turning onto the street.) The front wall and railing at the front of the White House considerably hinders the view to the left when turning right. You state that there is sufficient view to the right which would allow a vehicle to pull slightly out into the road to gain a better view. If a vehicle considers this manoeuvre it would leave itself stranded in the middle of the road if a vehicle is seen thus causing an obstruction to vehicles travelling from the right.

A second hazard occurs when vehicles are allowed to travel along the access road and onto the proposed residential development where they will have to turn left. At present there is a blind junction turning right from the access road into Church Farm barns. Cars have had to break heavy when meeting each other at this point. The new left turn onto the development will add to this issue and is also obstructed by the brick wall and would lead to an increased danger of vehicles colliding at this junction. There are no pathways near these junctions and pedestrians also run the risk of serious injury.

Environment.
The proposed development is on a green field site and borders a conservation area and high class agricultural land. The impact of further development in this location would only serve to disrupt what is a fragile environmental area with numerous species of wildlife being affected, including barn owls, bats,deer, pheasants and a variety of wild birds.

The land in question has recently won a planning application for it to be granted garden status from agricultural, I do however feel this was cynical approach by the land owner to hoodwink the planning authorities as to the change of use. There have been several refused planning applications to build residential housing on this land and I refer you to the remarks and objections in these applications. (2016/1163, 2014/0025)

Orchard house which borders the development has grade 2 listed status and has under gone an extremely sympathetic redevelopment. The new housing, no matter what design would never be in keeping with this house or surrounding houses and would have a negative impact on the area.