GNLP0456
Object
Site Proposals document
Representation ID: 14690
Received: 20/03/2018
Respondent: Norfolk Geodiversity Partnership
We conditionally object to this site proposal. We note that it includes a gravel pit of geological interest, listed in the Norfolk Geodiversity Audit as site SNF37. It is a notable exposure of the 'cannon-shot' gravels composing the Westlodge Hills and other parts of the Ringland Hills outwash plain system, dating from the Anglian glaciation (Straw 1973). If development were granted on this site we request that plans be made conditional upon providing adequate geological exposures of the 'cannon-shot' gravels, as part of a nature conservation area for Green Infrastructure, to conserve the site's geological as well as wildlife interest.
We conditionally object to this site proposal.
We note that this site includes a gravel pit of geological interest, listed in the Norfolk Geodiversity Audit as site SNF37. It is a notable exposure of the 'cannon-shot' plateau gravels which compose the Westlodge Hills and other parts of the Ringland Hills outwash plain system, dating from the Anglian glaciation (Straw 1973). However we do not consider that this proposal will have an adverse impact on the landscape character of the Ringland Hills themselves.
However, if development were granted on this site we request that plans be made conditional upon providing adequate geological exposures of the 'cannon-shot' gravels at this site, as part of a nature conservation area. These could meaningfully be included as a valuable part of Green Infrastructure provision, and would conserve the site's geological as well as wildlife interest.