Building 20 houses on Snows Hill (***near where I live***) will produce potentially 40 more cars onto what is already a dangerous road to turn onto, especially in the morning with the school run, and in the evening on the return from work and the school run.
The Langley School buses are very challenging. They are a fleet of drivers who are often aggressive in their driving styles, and there are so many of them, twice a day, and it clogs the village roads.

The other concerns are exits from the village.

To access the A146 everyone from the new site will use Big Back Lane - it is already a busy road, it is single width, and is gradually being eroded by traffic already. There is wildlife along there (including a pair of peacocks who often walk along the road) that really don't stand a chance with the increased volume of 2 way traffic.

Exiting onto the Norwich is like taking your life in your own hands - despite there being a 40mph limit (it should be less - the signs for the junction are tiny and totally miss-able - and by and large - ignored) traffic races up the hill, round the bend and I have had 2 near misses, because although it was clear both ways when I pulled out, speeding drivers didn't see me....

And then there is the exit onto the A146 itself - it is SO dangerous to need to turn right - we have been promised a roundabout at George Lane, but that seems to have been postponed until ALL the houses on George Lane have been built, meaning it is more and more dangerous to come onto the A146. There is one needed at this end of Chedgrave too.

The turning at the Norwich Road is really difficult, and there have been fatalities there.

You can often wait 15 minutes to get to turn - add another 20-40 cars and it will be queuing back into Chedgrave itself. Plus the length of time it will take to complete your journey.

So, my main concerns (apart from losing the beautiful hillside which makes Chedgrave so wonderful to live in - and you cannot discount that!) are:

1. Extra traffic onto the Langley Road - already busy and difficult.....
2. The Langley School buses - is it possible they be diverted somewhere else, or asked to drive more considerately?
3. Loddon is a single carriageway in parts - how will it cope with parking and traffic? It is tricky enough now (and I haven't even mentioned the other site at the end of Loddon - how will the village cope with cars???)
4. Big Back Lane being overused and unable to cope with the volume of traffic (and snarling up the way it did recently after Anglian Water Roadworks in Langely Road closed off access to Rectory Lane too - it took over an hour to reach the A146 - exits out are limited by Langely Road) It is not wide enough, nor is it the right type of road to take the volume....
5. Rectory Lane (the alternative route onto the A146) is also single lane and narrow - and residential....
6. Norwich Road taking more traffic from Big Back Lane - already really dangerous
7. Ditto the A146 - we need a roundabout before someone else gets killed - how can more cars not make it even worse?
8. The pollution caused by queueing and idling cars waiting to exit onto A146 or in any of the tiny roads, waiting to pass.

The continued loss of the countryside is SO painful to me.

I understand the need for housing, but it is not good in such a small village with such restricted roads, which you cannot change....

I have no doubt that these plans will go sailing through, but when all the building is done, you leave behind a nasty mess for the residents to cope with, and you don't see the impact......

Please take these factors into account.
I would be grateful to hear how the infrastructure of our two villages is being addressed with the additional volume of people and cars with regard to the above concerns.