This application is inaccurate and misleading, allowing the reader to assume the village is compact with user friendly facilities to all. This is not the case. There are no amenities and facilities within walking distance.
Whilst our postal address share's the same name, Hevingham, geographically we are quite separate and the hamlet of Buxton Heath Hevingham is some two miles from the main village. The two areas are separated by agricultural land.
The infrastructure would not support further development. All roads to the area are single file with no proper passing places. There is a risk to walkers on these roads particularly in the winter. New Road is the connecting road to the school, bus stop and main village. Most of the year it is unsuitable to walk and only made worse in the winter months. Even car owners avoid this direct route to the village.
The school is at capacity, clearly building more homes is not going to help that situation.
The Heath Road which was incorrectly referred to in the application as, The Main Road is where access to the site would be. This road is single file traffic and is already in constant need of repair due to the damage done by large heavy articulated lorries coming to the wood yard situated on the heath on a daily basis.
The sewerage system would not cope, plus surface water from such a site would represent a particular problem for the immediate area.
Because no facility mentioned in the application is in walking distance, car ownership in the area is essential. Also there is no gas, therefore home heating is either oil fired, solid fuel or electric. All of this will have an immediate further detrimental effect on the environment in the area.
The wildlife in the area will suffer greatly. Buxton Heath is a site of Special Scientific Interest but nearer the actual proposed site is another habitat that would be seriously affected. The Dark Plantation is a mere 140mts directly south of the site. There is approximately 30 to 40 acres of historic woodland. This woodland is not easily accessed if at all, and wildlife and plant life thrives on the lack of human activity. The proposed development would cause major irreversible pollution and disruption to this wildlife haven.
The proposed site backs directly on to my property it is not unusual to see bats, kestrels and barn owls flying at dusk on the field in question. The field and hedgerows also provides habitat for small rodents and other wildlife.
This is not a sustainable location for a development of this scale and is completely out of character with the area. This area is designated as countryside.