Object
New, Revised and Small Sites
Representation ID: 19332
Received: 14/12/2018
Respondent: Mrs Maria Harris
Our town infrastructure and services are already suffering strain from the pressure of new housing currently being constructed, despite the Town Council's 2012 assurances it would be otherwise. To add 350 more households is untenable, especially as further developments are also suggested for Rushall, The Pulhams, Startston and Wortwell all of whom will also depend on Harleston. It will change the appearance and nature of a historic market town considerably and concrete over our green environment affecting the wildlife, especially that in the fields across the A143 from this development, which shelter red-listed skylarks and a declining hare population.
The new housing currently being built in Harleston, despite the Town Council's assurances, has put considerable strain on the town's infrastructure and services. Now you're suggesting a mere 66 acres or 350 more of them?? There are also further developments suggested in Rushall, The Pulhams, Starston and Wortwell, all of whom may have to depend on Harleston for services, putting yet more pressure on the town. It will adversely change the character and appearance of a historic market town. At a time when we are being urged more than ever to protect the nature of our environment the suggestion is to crowd in and concrete over our green spaces. I am concerned, too, at the pressure all these houses will put on the green spaces across the A143 from this development. They contain red-listed skylarks and hares which have been in decline since the 60s (animals we recently celebrated county-wide with GoGo Hares, if you remember) all of which will feel the undoubted pressure of 350 more households snapping at their heels as people pursue their leisure activities amongst them.