The Parish Council informed residents of the GNLP through council minutes, notices on the parish council noticeboard and door to door leafleting. It provided opportunities for residents to make their views known to the council by attending a Parish Council meeting, and by writing to or e-mailing the council with their views.
23 people attended the meeting. To date the Parish Council has received a total of 38 emails or letters. Of these, one was strongly in support of developing the large-scale site; another was strongly in support of further large development but preferably on land (not in the plan) closer to the centre of the village. Two responses suggested that a smaller development would provide more manageable and incremental growth.
The large majority of responses were very strongly opposed to large scale development.

The response below incorporates relevant legitimate considerations relating to the suitability assessment criteria and represents the clear majority view.

GNLP 0165 : OBJECT

The site falls just outside the development boundary.

Access and flood risk
The small greenfield site is just outside the development boundary at the entrance to this rural village. The site is on the corner of an uneven slope bounded by a sharply curving short hill and blind blend which floods badly during heavy rain. There is no footpath around the road perimeter of the site and there is currently no access to the site. It is difficult to envisage where a safe and suitable access/exit point could possibly be made.

Accessibility to services, utilities and utility infrastructure
The site is very close to the small village primary school and quite near to the doctor's surgery, shop and bus stop.

Transport and Roads
Residents at this far end of the village and parents with children at the school already have concerns over the speed and volume of traffic approaching and entering the village. Many parents park on the side of The Street which has a footpath to take their children to the primary school on School Lane; they have to do this, as School Lane is a narrow cul-de-sac with very limited parking. Parents with young children must cross The Street near the bend. There is no crossing patrol. An increase in throughput of traffic would exacerbate the dangers.

Construction work on the development would necessitate both the closing of roads which are essential for farm traffic and diverting the bus route to the other end of the village at Surlingham Lane (a kilometre away) which would make it impossible for many residents to access this form of transport.