I recently moved to Hainford from East Northamptonshire. What attracted me to Hainford was the quiet "village charm" of a county I had visited for 40 yrs plus.
Whilst it is always difficult to find reasons to object to small scale developments I find it beyond comprehension and utterly unacceptable that the proposal to develop land on Stratton Road to accommodate 404 houses is being considered at any level.
I am not aware of the exact number of current properties in Hainford but consider that this development alone would see the size of our village more than Quadrouple in size!!
Putting aside the social problems this would cause with development on such a large scale,with most homes now having more than one car, the surrounding road infrastructure could not support "without" considerable risk to life, the increased volume of traffic (approx an extra 800 vehicles using the roads twice a day and more).

The A140 has been closed several times in the last 3 months due to accidents - not involving the winter weather. The volume of traffic on this road is already set to increase substantially with the the extensive housing development of Aylsham!

Marsham is already campaigning for reduced speeds!

Considerable traffic ALREADY uses Waterloo road in Hainford as a short cut and regularly exceeds the 30 mph speed limit. Limited lighting and narrow pathways already put pedestrians at risk.

Roads leading to Buxton, Stratton Strawless, Newton St Faith, Coltishall and Frettenham are hazardous at the best of times due to restricted width, passing places, uneven surfaces etc. It would be wrong to simply believe that local traffic will always access Norwich via the A140.

It seems to me that Hainford has little drain on council expenditure. We no street lighting, no mains gas, low water pressure,. We have no resources that I am aware for policing, or medical attention other than use of available services in outlying towns.

In short, large estates should be built closer to and immediately adjacent to the NDR to contain costs, reduce disruption alround, and keep traffic on roads that were purposely built for safety .