Object
New, Revised and Small Sites
Representation ID: 17293
Received: 24/11/2018
Respondent: Dr Amanda Mcmurray
SERVICES, INFRASTRUCTURE AND AMENITIES do not exist to support additional housing or attract occupants. The scale of housing existing and proposed is insufficient to make any such services sustainable.
SOCIAL: potentially reduction in local employment by removing agricultural land and employment. So, more people may look for work outside the village and are less likely to set up home in the village.
(2) the population and location of schools and employment outside the village does not warrant additional housing on the scale proposed.
ENVIRONMENTAL: The site proposed here increases CO2 emissions by 26.5tonnes/year, with no obvious benefit offsetting the increase.
SERVICES AND AMENITIES do not exist to support additional housing or attract occupants. There are no shops, schools, public houses, public transport. The scale of housing proposed is insufficient to justify them being created.
HOUSING NEEDS: Fersfield's population~290; no of households~110 (average 2.9xpeople/household). If 50% of households have children and 10% of those choose to set up home in the village, demand for affordable housing for local people could be for 5 additional homes and not the 30-40 proposed across the 3 fersfield sites.
SOCIAL application potentially REDUCES local employment and need for housing by removing agricultural land and any employment associated with it.
ENVIRONMENTAL: There is no public transport serving the village and the housing proposed is unlikely to make new services economically viable. Therefore, each new home will require 1-2 vehicles = up to 20 additional vehicles. Assuming that each one travels 20 miles/day on 5 days/week and an average, modern, medium-sized car emits 250g CO2/mile (carfueldata.dft.gov.uk) the site proposed here will lead directly to increasing CO2 emissions by 26.5tonnes/year, with no obvious benefit offsetting the increase.