Object

New, Revised and Small Sites

Representation ID: 18900

Received: 10/12/2018

Respondent: Mr and Mrs Paul & Frana Dack

Representation Summary:

The Council designated Tivetshall St Mary as a 'Hamlet' as it does not have any amenities and went to considerable expense to install wooden posts with signs stating that various roads around the village were 'Quiet Lanes'
Traffic getting on and off the A140 from the village has difficulties now and more housing would mean more accidents at the junctions. The roads in the village are not made to carry many more vehicles than they do now.
Water pressure in the village is very low.
Patients needing an appointment at the Pulham Surgery are having to wait up to two weeks to see a Doctor if their need is not urgent. How long will they have to wait with more housing?
The land mentioned is agricultural and should stay agricultural.

Full text:

New sites put forward for The Tivetshalls GNLP 2041 - 2042 - 2128

I would like to strongly object to the development of the sites listed above.
I choose to live in a small village over 30 years ago,not a town or any other.
The government and councils never take the blame when things go wrong, such as flooding due to the proposed development of these large amount of new properties ( TARMAC CONCRETE ) covering land which has natural draining.
We are described as a village / hamlet, the council even placed large expensive posts with signage stating quite lanes, restricting large vehicles as well.
My objections to this proposed development is:
l Massive increase in traffic numbers in this village, and major problems for traffic joining and leaving A140, also the higher risk of more accidents at the Rectory Road and Ram Lane junctions, these two junctions already have claimed many victims.
2 Development has been rejected in the past due to the narrow lanes, it was stated roads would have to be splayed and other issues over the roads were raised.
3 Pulham Market Doctors surgery, is under pressure with the current numbers of people they have at the present time.
The local TV Look East ran an item about pressures being put on our rural doctors, the above surgery was interviewed and they were finding it difficult to employ more doctors ( like many others ) result is that we have to wait to get an appointment, please advise how adding many many more patients to this surgery is going to work
4 Hospitals in this and many other regions are also under pressure as in reports every day, breaking point for hospitals is not around the corner its here.
5 The village school was built for as described a village not a larger population.
6 ? Where will food be grown in the future.
I have worked in agriculture for over 50 years, linked with cereal farming. Its shocking to see good quality farm land that provides food for all of us being taken up for building thousands of houses, this is happening all over the country the outlook is very bleak for villages and village life.
I say NO to this proposal, we should not be destroying our lovely county side removing tree, hedges and loosing wild life.

The government tell us we need 20,000 houses every year ? Where are all these homeless people living at the present time.
The future should be looking after our planet and feeding the people on it.


Re: Greater Norwich Local Plan, New sites put forward for the Tivetshalls
GNLP2041, GNLP2042 & GNLP2128
I am opposed to the development of the GNLP plans as listed above.
The Council designated Tivetshall St Mary as a 'Hamlet' as it does not have any amenities and went to considerable expense to install wooden posts with signs stating that various roads around the village were 'Quiet Lanes'
Traffic getting on and off the A140 from the village has difficulties now and more housing would mean more accidents at the junctions. The roads in the village are not made to carry many more vehicles than they do now.
Water pressure in the village is very low.
Patients needing an appointment at the Pulham Surgery are having to wait up to two weeks to see a Doctor if their need is not urgent. How long will they have to wait with more housing?
The land mentioned is agricultural and should stay agricultural. What are we going to do for food in the future if good agricultural land keeps being taken for housing. You should be looking at using sites which have been used before and have not been used for a long time. There are many properties standing empty for months and years and a way should be thought of how they can be used for housing.