Honingham is an small historic village, of 140 homes, with an attractive landscape in the River Tud valley surrounded by high quality agricultural land which seems to be productive and constantly cropped. Whilst authoritative opinion constantly inform the public that more housing is required, the same could be said of the requirement to produce food for the nation and a balance must be found.
The designation of Honingham in this settlement hierarchy seems to have changed from a village in the countryside, with no settlement limit to that of a fringe parish, without consultation, which surely is paramount on such a major change

The Parish Council strongly object to this new settlement, GNLP0415 A to G on Honingham's doorstep as it would completely change the character of this sleepy village to its detriment.


There is also the fear that a new settlement once imposed would create the risk of further development between it and the existing village thereby further blighting the existing landscape.

With regard to this extensive new settlement proposal, it should be noted that the site contains areas of ancient woodland and conservation areas which ought to be preserved.

There is already a present problem in wet weather with surface water run off from fields around Colton Road which all drain down to the River Tud at the bottom of the village which risk flooding to the existing houses, which further development would undoubtedly exacerbate.

It is this Parish Council's view that the overriding principle should be to disperse new developments throughout the Greater Norwich area, rather than imposing a huge new settlement as is suggested by this proposal.