I do not want the proposed land to be allocated to the GNLP.

Firstly may I point out we already have an allocated piece of land at HAL1 for 10 homes.

Hales Hospital has been converted into homes recently. There are currently several homes being built at the old site of the Yarmouth Rd workshops. As well as homes already built on the land behind The Masala Gardens.
and other small developments on School Lane.

The lay of the proposed land is on a slope. The Environment agency has already flagged areas on the land as high risk to surface water flooding. The question needs to be asked if the land was built on would it become worse?

Yarmouth Road has become a rat run for commuter traffic and although Hales has a 30 mph speed limit it is rarely adhered to. The level of traffic is getting worse with the additional housing being built in Belton. Yarmouth Road will likely be the choice of route to Norwich from this area as it is already for those who use the new Belton Bypass. There is a concern that the distance of view coming out of HAL1 will not be sufficient to see clearly for the speed that traffic actually comes down the hill from the Yarmouth direction and it will become an accident black spot. I'm sure if you request the figures of those who have been caught speeding when the police use a 'speed trap' on Yarmouth Road it will confirm this. Adding the proposed land to this will increase the traffic coming out onto Yarmouth Road, increasing the risk of an accident.

The proposal does not fit in with the policy of the JCS, regarding the amount of dwellings (10-20) on a service village site. It has been argued that there should be 2 levels of service village (Minutes from the examination of the JCS strategy for Broadband, Norwich and South Norfolk 25.03.10), and smaller service villages (of which Hales would fall into) should not be built on at all.

Taking all this into consideration the proposed allocation should be NOT be approved.