Proposed development is understandable and would balance development in the area, but needs to be done sensitively. Public footpaths bounding the site should be retained. Strong preference for residential fronting onto Chequers Road to maintain and enhance appearance of existing residential area. Due to alignment of Houses on Suffield Close development, Chequers Road has lots of garden walls and fences but very few open frontages, which makes the street scene feel poor. New development on the proposed site could help to address this by fronting the road and providing some passive supervision. Industrial or commercial uses behind the residential may be acceptable, subject to noise, odour and other nuisance considerations. Chequers Road is already getting husy due to Tharston Meadow development and Tharston Industrial Estate and measures should be taken to ensure new development does not generate on-street parking on Chequers Road. Some open space fronting on to Chequers Rd would be welcome to retain an open, semi-rural feel. Safety of junction of Chequers Road with Swan Lane needs to be improved if further traffic is to be generated from residential and industrial development on this site. Village services are scarce in this area and possible partial allocation for community/village services would be good in this location (immediately abutting the industrial estate).