Single track road, rural countryside, only ten dwellings.

Twelve dwellings = 120% increase.

Disproportionate increase in traffic.

Not sustainable with existing infrastructure, no street lighting, no footpaths.

More traffic will make the lane more congested and dangerous particularly for pedestrians.

Displacement of wildlife, loss of trees/woodland detrimental to the area.

Contravenes HOU9 restrictions.

Outside main settlement.

Contravenes the Development Boundary.

Drainage system inadequate with constant flooding.

The sewerage system cannot cope, regularly blocked, toilets backfilling, overflowing, sewage spilling out within the curtilage of houses.

No gas,reliant on oil,electricity by antiquated overhead power cables, regular power cuts, not conducive with development.
I have registered my comments on the GNLP Have Your Say WebPage ID: 14781 however it is very constrained allowing only one hundred words. I have therefore appended below a more complete view of my objection to site GNLP0512 for consideration.


In respect of GNLP0512, 2 Plots on Lady Lane/Hall Road with a proposal for 12 houses this is clearly not sustainable given the location it sits and I strongly object to the proposed development.

Lady Lane is a single track road, sparsely populated, rural countryside setting with currently only ten residential dwellings thereon together with large areas of arable farmland (two fields being subject to this development application) and open countryside and woodland. The proposal for an additional twelve dwellings will mean an extortionate 120% increase in properties in Lady Lane together with the resultant increase in traffic flow which would not be sustainable with the existing road infrastructure, lack of street lighting and footpaths.

Lady Lane is currently an idyllic village setting and within its open countryside contains an abundance of thriving wildlife which would be lost if this development was approved. There are currently many trees in woodland areas to enjoy, some of which are subject to TPO's. The displacement of such wildlife and loss of trees or woodland would clearly be detrimental to the area and the village of Hainford as a whole.

The land in question is and always has been agriculture land. It is my understanding that development in this location is restricted to HOU9 being buildings or replacement buildings of an agricultural nature. Building of groups of residential property, which are not for the purpose of habitation of farm workers, would be in contravention of HOU9.

This land is well outside of the existing main settlement of Hainford and also contravenes the Development Boundary as approved by the Parish Plan. It is the opinion and want of the majority of village residents and the Parish Council that the Development Boundary is not compromised and large scale building of residential property does not take place.

Lady Lane being a single track road has consistent problems for even small vehicles passing each other in the lane and the grass verges are constantly churned up and damaged with mud strewn across the road even with the existing level of traffic. When larger vehicles and lorries currently travel along Lady Lane due to the narrowness of the road they have no option when passing but to mount the verges and cause damage. An increased level of vehicles will exacerbate this problem and increased traffic flow will undoubtedly make the lane more congested and dangerous particularly for pedestrians.

A particularly busy junction even with the current limited residences is that at Lady Lane/Hall Road where one of these two sites is proposed and in the absence of any footpaths, street lighting or the ability to easily get off the carriageway there will almost certainly be accidents in this area.

There aren't currently any footpaths along the entire length of Lady Lane or Hall Road and this area is also in close proximity to the Village Hall bringing increased foot traffic to the area. Furthermore there is not any street lighting in Lady Lane or Hall Road in the vicinity of the proposed development. If these developments go ahead they will bring a further increase in the residential population walking and the amount of traffic without the services and infrastructure in place to maintain public safety.

The drainage system is inadequate for dealing with surface water and Lady Lane, and in particular at the junction with Hall Road, there is constant flooding whenever there is rain or snow and the surface water takes a number of days to subside. This floodwater in itself causes safety issues for people having to negotiate it whilst walking in the road with no footpaths so again the increase in traffic from increased development will bring increased danger to the public.

The drainage ditches are insufficient to deal with the flooding and the road drainage system is always blocked due to mud on the road, from vehicles mounting the verges, finding its way into the drainage openings.

The utilities in this area are woefully insufficient and underfunded

The sewerage system cannot cope with the ten existing houses on Lady Lane and sewer pipes are regularly blocked with toilets backfilling and overflowing and untreated sewage spilling onto the grass and driveways within the curtilage of houses. A simple check with Anglian Water will show the amount of blockages they have had to deal with and confirm that this is an ongoing problem that will only get worse with an increase in residential development.

There is no mains gas supply available in the area and properties remain reliant on oil, which is not conducive with large scale and increased residential development. All new urban developments have mains gas supply and it would not be considered to build a new urban residential area reliant solely on oil as the main heating fuel.

Electricity to the area is still supplied by old-fashioned overhead power cables. The supply is very unreliable with power cuts being a very regular occurrence. Again such an erratic and antiquated supply is not conducive with the expansion in development until the supply problems are addressed.

All in all there are many reasons why development should not take place in the area of Lady Lane/Hall Road and in fact for many of the same reasons development should be severely restricted across the whole Parish of Hainford.

I have strong objections in relation to Hainford being upgraded to a 'Service Village' from the existing 'Other Village' status.

Hainford clearly lacks the facilities and infrastructure to fit the defined criteria of 'Service Village' and such an upgrade would contradict the GNLP definition of 'Service Village'.

One of the main criteria that must be met is that of having a Primary School that is wholly accessible from all parts of the village by footpaths. This is not the case with Hainford Primary School as footpaths are very few and far between in the village, in fact almost being non-existent in many areas and certainly not providing full access to the school from all parts of the village.

By definition in the GNLP, if the criteria is to be adhered to, this lack of safe accessibility to the school is in itself alone, sufficient to deem that Hainford should remain as an 'Other Village'.

In addition to this main defined criteria not being met the village lacks basic facilities such as a shop, Post Office, regular and reliable public transport, relevant community group, street lighting and with a very limited and poor infrastructure consisting of many single track roads could not sustain expansion of development which would undoubtedly come with the upgraded status of a 'Service Village'.