While my complaints here are targeting GNLP2044 it's worth noting that some will also apply to the other sites as well.

As a citizen of little Melton and living with my family, I have heard much about these developments, and suffice to say we are not only unimpressed, but appalled at the size of the current developments, given eh lack of current infrastructure. I do recognise that development will be necessary and that housing is in short supply, however in order for the expansion to be successful and not harm the quality of life in the village the infrastructure is going to need great improvements, for reasons I shall now explain.

To begin with, I'll look at the local services close by to the proposed site, this site is currently on Barymeadow lane, which puts it at a junction with the school and the pub on one side and the shop on the other. In addition on the side of the shop there's the road towards the Dual carraigeway, which is the major route out of town.

These are presumably the services stated vaguely on the development plan. However in truth these services are actually quite lacking. THe current school is about the size of the same houses that are being developped, and does not have the space to accomodate a few hundred more families moving into town,

Meanwhile the shop is currently in a state of uncertainty with the threat of them closing down if a new owner doesn't step up to purchase the property. said shop also currently mostly stocks food, meaning that in order to get proper groceries buyers still have to rely on the supermarkets in the nearby town of Wymondham.

In addition, the village is lacking greatly in the healthcare department. The village currently has no dentist, doctor, or pharmacy in the village whatsoever, with the nearest availble being the dentist and pharmacy in the nearby town of wymondham, up to half an hour away, and the doctor's in Hethersett, which while closer to the village is already overtaxed with an excess of patients already, meaning new doctors will be needed even with their services. All in all there simply aren't enough services in the village as of yet to support expansion as of yet.

This is also not to mention the biggest problem, the road services. The road in question will be bringing in a potentially significant amount of traffic, most of which will be aimed at the shop and road out of the vilalge.

There are two problems with this, the first being that the village has a large parking problem. The shop can only support two cars and many of the families in little melton have too many cars and family members to park them all on their driveways, meaning the road is currently littered with cars on the path and constantly requiring cars to stop and allow traffic from the other side to pass. This is also an issue further back down the road towards the school, where the traffic from this road will no doubt bring traffic attempting to head towards the shops to a halt. In short the extra traffic will not be able to flow.

In addition to this problem with traffic flow, there are also the lack of traffic calming measures and additional road maintenance. As it stands, the only major change to the roads in little melton are as follows: A single mini-roundabout to connect the road brunthouse lane to the village, a 20 miles per hour speed limit down some of the smaller roads, and an extension to the roads at Brunthouse lane, and ONLY in Brunthouse Lane. Upon reaching the mini-roundabout the road again narrows, halting much of the traffic flow yet again.

In short, the development has made preventative measures for road safety, but not allowed the trafic through little melton to flow freely. In fact said traffic calming measures are slowing traffic down, and I fear that when development is complete the roads will begin to become backed up with cars, making life difficult for residents.

I hope that this clearly explains the various problems with the current development plans. I'm afraid that with things as they are I cannot support this development, and may even be forced to move if considerations are not taken to ensure the quality of life in the village does not drop. The current plan needs to be revised in my opinion, to ensure that traffic is left free to flow, services are available where required, and that the quality of life in the village is maintained in face of the expansion.