Object

New, Revised and Small Sites

Representation ID: 17410

Received: 26/11/2018

Respondent: Mr Bill Musson

Representation Summary:

Destruction of Greenfield Site does not enhance environment
Unsustainable load on all infrastructure especially highways/parking & primary school
Unsafe
Number of dwellings exceeds Joint Core Strategy policy vis a vis totals for a Service Village
Increase noise and pollution
Proposal widely unpopular in Village
Type of dwellings will not meet local housing needs

Full text:

There is already OPP for 30 dwellings adjacent to this new site. Coltishall is a Service Village and as such according the to Joint Core strategy should only be considered for developments of 10 - 20 dwellings. The village highway infrastructure would be unable to sustain this extra load. It would lead to an unacceptable increase in traffic and noise on a small residential road not to mention the increase risk to pedestrians in an already busy part of the village where the primary school, pre school, playgrounds & fields, surgery, village hall and church rooms are located. Parking is also already an issue in the village due to the narrow roads so there is no way any extra overflow parking from any developments could be accommodated especially on Rectory Road. Coltishall, is a tourist village in a conservation area and so any loss of greenfield sites does not enhance the environment or appeal to tourist on whom we rely. Finally the present Service infrastructure i.e. primary school and surgery would also be unable to realistically cope with any increase in load.