I object to the proposal for land as noted under GNLP0379 for the following reasons:
1) The character of the village including the outlook on the church will be detrimentally affected.
2) The need for modification to Post Office Road, and access roads in to the village will undoubtedly involve destruction of mature trees and hedgerows leading to a loss of habitat for wildlife and wild plants. Planting of alternative saplings can never replicate this loss in a reasonable timespan.
3) The pedestrians walking along the footway down Post Office Road and accessing the Millenium park and the School will be put at more risk from traffic as widening the road and modifying the footway will tend to encourage higher traffic speeds.
4) The additional pedestrian and cycle traffic accessing the school will have to cross an unmanned rail crossing which may be less safe than the previous attended crossing in Station Road.
5) The surface drainage will need considerable modification to cope with the expected development and if inadequate may not be expandable to cope once constructed.
6) The existing diverse wildlife will be driven away or worse by any new construction activity and will never return.
7) The existing electricity supply to the area will need uprating to cope with the additional loading and there will be disruption to the existing supplies while this is done.
8) The drinking water supply will need uprating to cope with the existing development which will inevitably need considerable civil engineering work.
9) There is a need for community services such as a Doctors Surgery, Dentist, and additional public transport, these have not been adequately considered.
10) There is one village shop / Post office which serves the community well at present, the increase in development may well give rise to a need for additional provision, it will be necessary to ensure that any future development such as a supermarket has adequate traffic flow, road way and parking provision, but most importantly does not damage the profitability and service given by the existing shop.
11) The existing road access to the area along Blofield Road and Acle Road will need improvement to cope with increased development, this again will cause disruption, and loss of habitat.
12) The original proposal has been increased so that even more housing is expected to be constructed than originally envisaged.
13) The use of good agricultural land which should be preserved should be considered as a last resort, there must be brownfield land and developed sites that could be redeveloped in the near area.
14) During construction there will be noise, dust, air pollution and additional traffic hazards from construction traffic, there will need to be consideration of this as part of the planning process.