Object
Site Proposals document
Representation ID: 13238
Received: 23/02/2018
Respondent: Mrs Karen Schwartz
1. Hardingham Road - Narrow, not constructed for heavier traffic , poor drainage and ungritted in bad weather.
2. Large lorries block the narrow road. The verges are being destroyed. Dirt and site detritus can spread along the road.
3. All site traffic would have to come through the village centre ,causing more issues at the bottleneck and for Ringers Lane .
4. Already damaged paths necessitate mothers /children having to walk in the road .Increasing traffic can only make the matters worse.
5.There is a blind bend by the site access/exit .No space for footpaths to be constructed.
I strongly object to the proposal to build on Swan Field for the following reasons.
1. Hardingham Road is simply not built to withstand the increase in traffic from homes built on the site. The current flow of traffic is relatively light , the road is narrow, has poor drainage and is usually ungritted in bad weather.
2. The possibility of heavy site traffic on this road is unthinkable. The current development of assisted living accommodation has clearly shown that. The large lorries block the narrow road. The verges are being destroyed. the dirt and site detritus spreads along the road. Its unsightly and dangerous.
3. All site traffic would have to come through the village centre , again the road issues make this undesirable especially when selection of an alternative site such as one of those on the Norwich road could negate some of that by coming in from the other side of the village and stopping on the outskirts there on a road more fitted for heavy vehicles.
4. Increased traffic in Hardingham Road, Hardingham Street is particularly undesirable as its a major through way top the local school. There are already damage paths from the current construction which necessitate young mothers with buggies having to walk in the road , increasing the traffic increases the possibility of accidents.
5. There is currently no pathways from the potential entry and exit points of the site , there is no room to take road space to build one so pedestrians exiting the site potentially will have to walk on a far busier road than currently . The entry from the site , onto Hardingham Road and then along towards Hardingham Street already has a blind bend. To add pedestrian traffic on that road is tantamount to waiting for an accident to happen.
I totally appreciate the need for construction but on careful evaluation of the plots available it is my firm belief that this site is just not suitable for both the development , the increase in traffic the destruction of the current environment.
I hope you can see that future deveopment would be best suited at a site without these constraints.