I am most concerned about this proposed development on a number of points.
1. The flood risk to the lower lying properties some of which date back several hundred of years. I live on the Low Road and witness yearly the amount of run off from the hill running into the Waveney Valley. You only have to look at the damage caused by the water running down Cuckoo Lane and Mendham Hill to see the amount of run off of surface water. Should a development of this size on the top of the hill proceed it would most certainly flood the lower lying properties on Low Road.
2. Lack of medical, dental & schooling in the area - particularly the local doctors, this practice is already deemed to be one of the worse on the country and one that does not seem able to attract GPs, It is nigh on impossible to be able to get a doctors appointment now and there is substantial building being carried out in Harleston and surrounding areas at the present time.

3. There is no immediate large employers in the area and residents would have to travel to the large cities to obtain employment. We do not have any frame work of public transport in this area.

4. Part of this site has already been turned down for planning recently and the access to both the roads are not suitable, especially onto the Low Road which would access on a blind bend.

5. The amount of homes that would be built on this site would treble the size of the village, we moved here to be in a small village of individual, mature properties. At present we only have two very small estates and I feel that a large development would change the look of our village and take away valuable agricultural land and wildlife habitat in the Waveney Valley. A footpath runs along the edge of this field and the views from this path and the wellbeing of walkers would be serious effected.


I therefore strongly object to this site being used for development.