We wish to object to this site proposal on the grounds of its negative impact on the landscape character and countryside setting of the Wensum Valley.

We note that this site includes a chalk pit of great geological interest, listed in the Norfolk Geodiversity Audit as site SNF28. It has been subject of geological research as a significant local exposure of the Campanian Chalk of the Pre-Weybourne Chalk sub-division, Belemnitella mucronata Zone, with 4.35 m of chalk recorded including three flint bands which allow correlation with other chalk sites. The site has a rich fossil fauna including the bryozoan Volviflustrellaria taverensis, four species of echinoid and the belemnite fossil Belemnitella senior (Wood 1988; Gale, 2014).

If development were granted we urgently request that plans be made conditional upon providing open geological exposures of the chalk within the pit as part of a nature conservation area. These could meaningfully be included as a valuable part of Green Infrastructure provision, and would conserve the site's geological as well as its wildlife interest.