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Site Proposals document

Representation ID: 15924

Received: 22/03/2018

Respondent: Ms Kathryn Mirner

Representation Summary:

Objection in support of Conservation, location to historic buildings and unsuitable highway/roads/lanes

Full text:

AS a person born in Chedgrave and also who hopes to live close to this proposed site, it is clear that this site is not a viable site for development, strategically or conservation wise. The already documented reasons for this still very much stand. My first objection is from the conservation view. There are two maps in circulation with the proposed dwellings, one shows the Conservation boundary to be up to the edge of pits lane, only including the road and not the proposed land. The other Map shows, that the conservation area is the road and a large strip of the land proposed. This cannot be allowed to be developed on or what is the point of 'Conservation area's'. The proposed buildings are extremely close to the Victorian cottages and Chedgrave church. Having visited the site a few times it is clear that the roads are not suitable for creating entrances to an estate. Hardley Road is virtually one cars width in places and Pits Lane is a tiny byroad,certainly a cars width wide, which has constant dog walkers, holiday makers and families walking from the play area to the river and vice versa. A little further down the lane, also a conservation area, are deer, Owls,Herons, Swans and a whole host of wildlife which spill over to the outlying areas.It is bad enough the newer buildings were allowed to be built previously down there, without now adding more modern, unsympathetic buildings on the entrance to our Summer Industry in Loddon, the Holiday makers who use Pits Lane all summer, to access there Hire boat or visit the village and Loddon. This area if it is developed at all should be for more sought after allotments, or added to part of the walk down to the river.Please keep this area as it is, the edge of the village with only a few lone houses between Chedgrave and Hardley. Please do not build further and spoil this natural extension to the River. I would also hazard a guess that should this area be excavated for archaeology, giving the history of the area, and the close proximity to the church that there may be items of historical interest.Please reconsider building on this site.Thank you