Object
New, Revised and Small Sites
Representation ID: 17621
Received: 02/12/2018
Respondent: Lynette Yaxley
Outside the development boundary
Loss of prime agricultural land with consequential loss of food production
Unsustainable on social, economic & environmental grounds
Detrimental effect on rural character, visual appearance & impact on neighbouring properties
Increase in traffic would worsen situation on narrow rural roads leading to & from the city, A140, A47, A11 & A146
No foot or cycle path to schools, health & other services in Stoke Holy Cross & Poringland
Infrastructure - health services, schools, roads, sewage & drainage unable to cope as new housing in Stoke Holy Cross has increased by >30% in the last few years
The land put forward for possible development is not suitable for any future development because:-
1. It is outside the development boundary
2. The proposed housing is not supported by any specific Development Management Policy, which allows for development outside the development boundary
3. It is prime agricultural land, with the consequential loss of national food production
4. Any future residential development would not be sustainable from the social, economic or environmental grounds, as set out in the NPPF by virtue of the harmful impact upon the character and visual appearance of the area and encroachment into the open countryside, together with the detrimental impact on the amenities of the existing neighbouring properties.
5. The proposal for development would be incompatible with the existing grain of development and would not make a positive contribution to the village in terms of integrating itself into the settlement form and character of its surroundings. The proposal would result in erosion of the rural undeveloped character of the site and lead to encroachment in the open countryside.
6. The proposal is for a maximum of 60 dwellings - the volume of the associated vehicular movements from a development of this size would give rise to a situation extremely detrimental to the already overcrowded narrow rural roads that give access to and from the city, the A140, A47, A11 & A146.
7. Currently there is no foot or cycle path that would link this development to either the village of Stoke Holy Cross (& the catchments area Primary School) or to Framingham Earl / Poringland (the catchments area High School, G.P. surgeries, pharmacy, Post Office, shop, dentist, optician, library & Community Centre)
8. The existing infrastructure, in relation to the local roads, health services, education facilities, drainage and sewage would be unable to cope with any further expansion of the population in Stoke Holy Cross, where housing has already increased by >30% in the last few years, with an increase way, way beyond what was originally planned and agreed.