This is the only site with an aesthetic view of the Village’s Grade 1 Medieval Church with a view over open farmland. The view of the Church can currently be enjoyed from Neves Close and Post Office road. This build would ruin the heritage and history of the village by blocking the view over the fields to the Church. It is such an important part of the village that the Church and open field feature on each side of the Lingwood Village Sign. The field on this site has the highest grade agricultural land as opposed to the other sites.

Accessibly in and out of the village is currently poor. The traffic through Blofield road will be significantly increased after closing the exit onto the A47 when the road is duelled (Church Road through to Lingwood Road then A47). Having more cars flow out onto Post Office road to Blofield road will massively impact traffic in Lingwood. Both roads opposite this site, Church Road and Blofield Road are dangerous single lane roads with limited spaces for passing. Being a rural village the roads are also used a lot by farmers. The spaces on the lanes can only fit two cars pulling in and a tractor down these lanes means cars would have to reverse down the road to allow tractors to pass which is an obvious danger. The park and children’s playing field is opposite this site. Currently the roads speed is only controlled as two cars can’t get passed the lane at the same time. If Post Office road is duelled it will increase the speed in traffic making the road near the park unsafe. Also currently children don’t cross the road here, the footfall of kids crossing the road would increase as there would be a cut through on the new site, increasing chances of a road accident.

The site size has changed several times. The number of houses is far beyond what is needed in the village cluster as there are 44 dwellings to be built at the old school site. There is also room at the old school site to accommodate more new houses.

It is very unclear what the plans would be. Any landscaping or open space would not work. There is already a huge open space opposite this site at the park. The open space would increase noise levels for everyone on Neves Close. The bedrooms on Neves Close are facing the site. New houses would either overlook the bedrooms on Neves Close of the houses on Post office road causing loss of privacy.

In the report attached for our house conveyancing, the area has a low risk of subsidence.
The document stated it would only be a concern if building work was to take place or changes in drainage ect. There is already a lot of flooding and sewage problems around the site. This build would increase everyone’s chances for housing subsidence and is not a suitable site.

Building on the field would be damaging to local wildlife. There are hedgerows and mature oak trees that have there for over 100 years. The field has deer’s as it is access to the other fields. There is also an owl that frequently stays in the trees in this field.

The increased housing numbers in and around Lingwood are too large for the village infrastructure. Lingwood has no doctors surgery and the local medical services are already strained. The local dentists are already not taking on new patients.
The School will be full in the next few years. It is currently 74% full and can only accommodate a small increase of children. There is limited off road parking. The sewers often flood.