The roads leading to the site are not suitable for heavy traffic. Beech avenue is already congested and traffic jams regularly occur when cars try to turn right onto the Fakenham Rd.
Ringland Rd and The street are narrow country roads. Single traffic in some places. If 250 dwellings are built on beech avenue, that will be at least 250 extra cars making 2 journeys on the road each day and many dwellings will have 2 cars. I walk my children on The Street to school. It is meant to be 20mph but most cars do not stick to this. There is no pavement and more traffic will only make this road more dangerous for pedestrians. If the planning is approved I would demand traffic calming measures on the roads which do not have pavements, such as pinch points. There is already a flsing 20mph sign but that is routinely ignored and a speed camera would be a far better detterant. A mini roundabout at the Beech Avenue / Fir Covett road junction is desperately needed, so that cars and school buses can leave Beech avenue safely and easily. Especially if a supermarket and larger housing development is to be built on Fir Covett Road.
I'm also worried about the drains on the street. At the bottom end they are Victorian pipes and regularly get blocked and overflow.
Yes the field is large and can house many buildings but the roads are not wide enough for many cars or safe enough for pedestrians to use.