Dear Sir, I am writing to voice our opinions on on the proposed plan for a large development in the near or not near future to take place in the village of Wortwell.
Firstly we feel that this development is totally unsustainable with the lack of facilities currently in the village. We have no shops, school, practising doctors or dentists. Employment opportunities are virtually nil, coupled with the fact that the largest employer in the nearest town of Harleston which was 'Howard Rotavators' closed down several years ago, the site now filled with housing.
The second largest employer in Harleston which was Whartons Nurseries was also closed down and moved to Pulham South Green, and similarly the land was sold for housing, resulting in the medical practice in Harleston even more stretched,and struggling with trying to employ doctors which could not cope with the pressure of work due to increase in population.
The medical practice in Harleston is actually one of the worst performing practices in the country,sadly. Many local residents have tried changing their doctor to nearby Bungay in Suffolk, which has resulted in their medical practice being stretched to capacity also.
We have a very limited bus service in the village which falls extremely short of requirements by students and pensioners who do not drive, and we are still dogged by speeding and irresponsible drivers roaring through the village, usually at night time, worse in the summer when the motor bikes come out!. The junction with Tun beck Close and the High Road is especially treacherous, being on a blind bend, and with the obvious increase in traffic posed by further development, plus traffic from the community centre, would make for a very dangerous situation.
Wortwell is a village, not a town, and we would like it to remain that way.
We also have grave concerns regarding the ecology of the village, the flora and fauna, in many ways afforded us as a result of Waveney Valley Lakes, and Little Lakeland sites situated in the village.