This development will be detrimental to this particular area of Taverham which has very limited road access in the form of Beech Avenue which runs directly in front of the High School as a 20 MPH Traffic calmed road and Ringland Lane which again is a 20 MPH Traffic calmed road. This already identifies that Highways has designated these as routes as being unsuitable for large volumes of traffic.

The only access that will be available to heavy (7.5 Tonne +) Plant and vehicles can only be Beech avenue as both ends of Ringland Lane have 7.5 tonne weight limited bridges. The increase in heavy vehicular access during the construction phase of such a large development would place far too much stress on what is already becoming an busy and inherently dangerous road. (Beech Avenue). At peak times during school terms this would make the whole area a very unsafe place for the school pupils who use the Beech Avenue entrance to the High School.

The environmental impact from the additional air pollution that will be generated by the new development and the vast increase in petrol/diesel vehicles that it would generate must be considered a major negative for this development given its location next to two large Schools.

The GNLP already identifies that far more suitable development opportunities are provided by land adjacent to the Northern Distributor Road to the North of Taverham and these should be exploited rather than this development which is driven by financial gain rather than another reason as it only appears to have a negative social and environmental impact of this area of Taverham.

Has a traffic survey been taken recently on Beech Avenue and Ringland Lane? The recent change in speed limits on Ringland Lane would indicate concern from Highways that the opening of the Northern Distributor Road is already driving significantly larger numbers of vehicles along it as they use Beech Avenue and Fir Covert Road as an access to the NDR.

As a local resident who's property backs on to Beech Avenue we are experiencing major vibrations in the house when heavy vehicle using Beech Avenue hit the speed bumps at 20 MPH. Many are hitting them faster as do many motorists outside of the school hours. This road is just not suitable for the current volume of traffic which increases daily let alone forcing additional construction traffic and eventually another 500 cars belonging to new residents.

I strongly object to this proposed development.