I don't agree with any development on this historic green space in the heart of Diss.
Diss Town Council has voted that - The Town Council will not support the development of this site and the resultant loss of any of this historic important open space. This land is highly valued as a local green space over 2600 people have signed the petition backing this.
I don't understand why the GNLP have backtracked and changed its status from unsuitable to reasonable alternative when there are other spaces much more suitable and less precious that could be developed. Surely if roads or walking routes to schools are the arguments against some of the areas of land deemed unsuitable around the outer reaches of Diss Surely potential developers could be made to provide them! The current housing allocation for Diss, however, seems excessive. We have not got the infastructure to cope with so many new houses. This needs to be addressed.
My house and many others back on to this space and I feel any development would cause a security risk.
The water table is also very high on the meadow and during the winter months or after heavy rain there are areas that flood. Indeed many of our gardens spend the winter under water to the point that we brought about 15 tonnes of earth in to combat it and it still floods near the meadow. So suitability for development is very debateable.
I feel it is vital to keep this green heart of Diss providing habitat for animals fresh air for us and retaining a slice of important local history.
It is listed in the South Norfolk Local Plan as ‘Important Local Open Space’
and listed in the Norfolk Historic Environment Record as NHER.33463 as ‘The only example of a detached landscape park within a town in Norfolk’.
Please leave this precious piece of old England be and develop on more suitable land.