Badersfield is a private estate owned and managed by a residents association and straddles Broadland and North Norfolk District Councils. It is also with a heritage area that is recognised by both DCs and English Heritage. The development would effectively triple the demographic size of the area, create extra burden on existing poor communication links and services (Anglia Water is already at capacity locally) and infrastructure. It would also contribute significantly to light pollution, something which we are working towards as residents and with our PC to reduce.The areas slopes down to the river, straddles a roman road and is populated by a wide variety of wildlife including deer, foxes, hares and rabbits.It is also enjoyed by families and dog walkers as a green space area. Such a proposal would mean a brick and tarmac boundary between what we currently enjoy and what we would no longer be able to see.
The proposal reads as if there has been little consideration as to the proximity of Badersfield to Buxton with Lamas. A majority of the community is within Scottow PC boundary, it would infringe on our quality of life and the mechanics of the community ( we all pay a separate service charge as well as council tax, so there is a feeling of 'double payment' already, many are owner occupiers who have move here to be away from larger scale developments, although some are tenants due to the rural 'out of town' and family/quality of life environment) although Broadland and BWLPC would benefit from this 'edge of town/village' settlement with little socio-econmic cost to the community or quality of life. This is unfair.
With the NDR, housing development should be focused at each of the roundabouts where new infrastructure has already been put, rather than pushing contamination out to the countryside. The size and scale of the development is also way too huge for its locality; exiting routes to Aylsham/A140/NDR would push through Buxton/Lamas (a very tight road that only just manages the flow with the frequent bends); an alternative via Coltishall along Hautbois Road to Wroxham and Norwich would push vehicles through weight restricted near-single carriageway over a narrow railway bridge and scene of frequent accidents; traffic to North Walsham would be OK going via the B1150 as would Norwich-bound traffic, assuming they do not use Hautbois Rd.
There have been massive developments at both Aylsham, Woodgate/Aylsham and North Walsham. The area around Badersfield is already developed with a mix of flats, 2,3, 4+ housing at affordable prices to both purchasers and tenant markets. A development of the scale proposed in the locality proposed would potentially flood the market with new housing within a stones throw but in an area where transport network would be insufficient to manage.