1. Site is arable land outside the development boundary, remote from and out of scale with the existing village scene. "The site would produce development disproportionate to the existing settlement pattern but is not large enough to provide or support additional services." It is disproportionate to the status, size and aspect of the village.
2.There appears to be an access road planned from the B1354 'old church road', such a road would;
Interfere with the natural peaceful setting of the church to the east and the burial ground to the west
The road would be directly adjacent to an 'active burial ground', just a few meters from the edge of any access road. The point at which the new road junction/entrance/exit joins the B1354 is located on a fast (National Speed Limit) road with limited visibility due to the inclination of the road and trees

3.Access to the site via Stratton road would create a dangerous situation as Stratton Road is in places only wide enough for access by one car at a time.

4.A number of trees could potentially be affected in making any access road.

5.This proposed site where the houses would be located is on an area known to be subject to surface water flooding. There have also been long standing issues with sewer capacity in the area of Stratton road causing problems with the pumping station and residents toilets overflowing.

There is. widespread flooding throughout Hainford due to high water table and overflowing ditches.

It is current planning policy to steer development to areas with the lowest probability of flooding

6. The site is in conflict with Hainfords status of 'other village' which by the definition stated in the GNLP still applies

7. The Development would be in conflict with Hainfords Parish Plan.

8. The Development would be unsustainable due to lack of adequate infrastructure services, general facilities, limited power supplies with a reliance upon oil, electricity power failures and lack of transport services to support this level of development. (when commenting recently on a single dwelling proposal in the Grange Rd area the highways response was
"in regard to transport sustainability Hainford, which has very limited standard every day facilities is not Considered an acceptable location, the site is not connected to footway links which, in any case, are Sporadic in the village and public transport services are very limited. Accordingly the proposed Development will result in an over reliance of the private car contrary to sustainability objective
9..The narrow rural lanes throughout Hainford are inadequate for the increased volume of traffic and there is insufficient room for two vehicles to pass in many locations. There would be increased congestion at the junction between A140 and B1354(Waterloo Rd).
10. The Primary school is not accessible as there is only one pavement running from Stratton/waterloo area. There are no pavements from the main settlement in the chapel road area to the South, nor from the West/ A140 Cromer Rd nor from the Eastern side of the village. The reliance being on the private motor vehicle for safe access to the school which is contrary to sustainability objectives
12.The Primary school is small and would not be able to accommodate increased volume of pupils generated If wider development were allowed on this scale

13. Loss of rural amenity-the site has landscape value.