This area is one I use daily along with many other people when walking my dog. There is a footpath running from Bradshaw Road through the fields up to Reepham Road where it looks like the access road for the houses will be. There is a high pressure gas pipeline along this path - what provision has been made or considered as to the cost and potential risk of re-routing this? One assumes that the Health and Safety Executive has already been made aware of this, if not, at what point are you required to do this?
This area is used daily by dog walkers, recreational walkers/runners and cyclists along the permissive and designated public footpath leading into both Drayton Woods and Cannon Woods. Building on this plot will have a detrimental impact on such people as more and more green space is lost within villages. It is also adjacent to a county wildlife site. Ultimately dog walkers (who are able to), may have to drive to exercise their dogs which in turn contributes to environment pollution as well as increased traffic numbers.
I observe daily aircraft coming in to land at Norwich Airport across this site. Only last week on two consecutive days while weather conditions were misty, pilots were forced to throttle up more power to climb as they were coming in too low to land. Again, another significant risk that cannot be ignored.
Potentially up to 144 new homes on this site will have a significant negative impact on the traffic volumes on the Reepham Road, a road already heavily used as personally witnessed on a daily basis. If the recycling centre relocates out of Norwich somewhere within this vicinity near the NDR the volume of traffic on Reepham Road is also likely to increase.