I would like to object to the potential use of Parish Fields, in the heart of Diss, for any housing and service development.

Why, because
**Listed in the South Norfolk Local Plan as ‘Important Open Local Space’ in the town, along with the Mere, Diss Park, old gardens in Mount Street, Rectory Meadow, etc. These open spaces are integral to the town's character and attractiveness.
** Listed in the Norfolk Historic Environment Record as NHER33463 as ‘The only example of a detached landscape park within a town in Norfolk’.
** Submitted as a candidate site for listing by Historic England as a rare example of a detached landscape park in a market town setting;
** A candidate ‘Local Green Space’ site in the Diss & District Neighbourhood Plan (in preparation).
** A significant wildlife reservoir and network linked to local gardens; a bat survey undertaken in July 2019 showed that no less than eight species used the site for feeding.
** PF is a Green Infrastructure asset which is part of the 'green corridor' linking Diss with its rural hinterland.
** An example of the UK biodiversity priority habitat 'Wood-Pasture and Parkland'.
** Noted by Poet Laureate John Betjeman in his film about Diss (1964) as integral to the character of the market town and its rural links, being ‘a little bit of country coming right into town’, as he put it.

Extra traffic in this area is unwanted and it will spoil the look and feel of the surrounding architecture. Any new development could be placed between Diss/Roydon or by the railway station