Felthorpe is a small rural village with no shops, no schools or doctors, just a pub. With the only major employer going in liquidation and 2 buses available only in the morning, per day, having a car is fundamental. Even though the NDR was built we still have over 4000cars pass through our village roads a day. The proposed site access is via a narrow country lane. The road is too narrow to be able to put a footpath, therefore makes it very difficult for pedestrians to access the few village facilities. Even more so, there is no street lights and because Felthorpe has no mains gas, it is frequented by many LPG/oil bowsers. Development of this site would only add traffic.
Electricity supply is via overhead wires and in the last two months alone I experienced 4 power cuts. Despite provided with the Fibre Unlimited broadband with average download speed of 36mb/s, on a good day I only hit 11mbs/s but on average it is much lower due to poor quality connection with several interruptions. Village waste water capacity is already insufficient, frequently overwhelming the pumping station and depositing sewage on the lawn of a property at the end of Chapel Lane.
Giving all the reasons above, Felthorpe should not be considered for development growth, considering significant mitigation works is required to make this site attractive to the market. There are other sites submitted in this plan that already have the facilities required and therefore make them more viable.