Object
New, Revised and Small Sites
Representation ID: 17606
Received: 12/12/2018
Respondent: MR Alan Stewart
1) Site 2091 will undermine the undulating, flat wide expanses of Tas Valley Rural Area, its key feature.
2) Development may cause traffic problems such as traffic generation, narrow road access and safety problems.
3) Site 2091 is outside the village envelope and has been previously submitted and rejected in 2011 in a similar format. An application for a similar site in the North of SHX already withdrawn this year for similar reasons outlined.
4) Set a dangerous precedent for the Tas Valley.
This site is not suitable 1) the site is outside the current village envelope. 2) The landscape is inside the SN character Map A1 Tas Valley Rural Area. It cuts across key sensitivities of the Tas Valley, which is its open character, wide flat floor and long valley view, plus the importance of its valley crests (See South Norfolk Rural policy Area document: Tas Valley SSSI 3) The site is within the impact zone of the Shotesham SSSI. 4) The site will be contributing the elongation of SHX towards other settlements. 5) The road on which this is being proposed is not close to the existing amenities. Access is along a narrow 1.2m width unlit footpath, and via a road which is 4.80 metres wide at the access point to the site, which then narrows further to 4.6m just north of the site which is below the accepted norm of 5.50m for such a road and significantly below 6.0m width for a bus route. The site 2091 is in between two significant bends in the road and near the brow of the church hill causing visibility issues.
6) Previous applications for the site have been submitted and rejected, and a similar attempt in the north part of the village has already been withdrawn.
7) Approval for this site would create a dangerous precedent for the rest of the Tas Valley from which the valley will not recover.