The 100 word count is insufficient to respond fully so I have summitted my objections in full via email.
I have concerns about all the proposed development areas in the Hainford area based on several criteria.
Hainford, albeit a wonderful village to reside, is lacking in many vital services which will not support major development in the area. Lady Lane for instance is a semi-rural lane with 2 proposed sites. At present, two way traffic struggles to negotiate passing each other along this narrow lane having to use residents driveways for passing points. This lane would struggle to cope with more traffic and the safety of pedestrians without pavements is a concern.
The school? Will this small school cope with greater demand? With very few pavements in the village and local government encouraging youngsters to walk to school, how does this work with the amount of children presently, let alone with more youngsters negotiating the narrow lanes that cannot be paved .... and without street lighting, is this safe for our children?
The utilities will need to be upgraded to cope. Having spoken to those most affected I gather the sewers at best struggle to cope with the number of properties it serves currently ..... we, in fact have had to call out Anglian Water several times already in the short time we've lived here to deal with blocked sewers caused by large tree roots growing through the pipework. Will investment to upgrade these sewers be made to be able to cope with major development? Whilst I am not adverse to the idea of better facilities in our village I fail to see how sufficient improvements can be made to the currently infrastructure to accommodate building development. The approach roads to Hainford from all directions would struggle to support more traffic and with the extra demand from oil deliveries as Hainford does not benefit from gas ..... can we accommodate greater demands from the oil delivery companies and their large vehicles? Power cuts! Overhead cables ..... if we have adverse weather such as a large gust of wind, the power goes off ..... will these all be upgraded? And talking of adverse weather, will the drains be upgraded? Localised flooding happens in key areas whenever we have rainfall whereby the drains cannot cope with the extra volumes of water. The drains and drainage ditches overflow in the same places every time we have sustained rainfall, not helped by the fact that Hainford is sited on a high water table. More strain on these existing drains will only exacerbate the problems we currently already experience.
The proposed developments will bring in significant numbers of new residents all making more demands on the current services. New residents would have to consider the limited provision of public transport and if these services are not sufficient for them to commute to other areas then extra private transport is going to be bought in to the village hence another strain on the narrow lanes.
All in all, I feel Hainford is not best placed for major development due to the impact on the existing services and facilities as detailed above and unless these services can be upgraded sufficiently to cope with the new demands made upon them, I object to the proposed plans made under the GNLP.