Object
Initial Consultation document
Representation ID: 91906
Received: 01/08/2018
Respondent: Mr Alton Matherne
I am emailing to add my objection to the desecration of Fritton Wood by the proposed mineral extraction.
I have been walking in Fritton Wood since 1987 when I moved to Gorleston from London. That haven from the stresses of work, family and life in general has been the reason I have avoided many times of depression and dismay.
When the loss of loved ones weighed heavy on my heart, I found peace and healing walking thru the forest with my dogs and my thoughts.
I am sure those woods have provided the same comfort to many people and certainly has given hours of great pleasure to many nature loves, dog walkers, hikers and others who enjoy the beauty of nature.
To replace that with the dust, noise, run off pollution to the river, the traffic on the A143, the disruption to the tranquillity of the area, the stress to the local residence and the loss of the only area the public can enjoy for miles around is certainly unacceptable.
I know the objections won the day during the last campaign by the gravel company and the planning application was rejected. I implore you to come to the same conclusion for many of the same reasons during you consideration of the current application for destruction of a much loved and valued site.
I know many others have written with more practical reasons for rejection and I am sure you know those reasons better than I. But my appeal is on humanitarian grounds which surly is the most important. Let the gravel come from some other site which will not impact so many people, so much of nature and not destroy a place of beauty which gives too much to the local community.
I am emailing to add my objection to the desecration of Fritton Wood by the proposed mineral extraction.
I have been walking in Fritton Wood since 1987 when I moved to Gorleston from London. That haven from the stresses of work, family and life in general has been the reason I have avoided many times of depression and dismay.
When the loss of loved ones weighed heavy on my heart, I found peace and healing walking thru the forest with my dogs and my thoughts.
I am sure those woods have provided the same comfort to many people and certainly has given hours of great pleasure to many nature loves, dog walkers, hikers and others who enjoy the beauty of nature.
To replace that with the dust, noise, run off pollution to the river, the traffic on the A143, the disruption to the tranquillity of the area, the stress to the local residence and the loss of the only area the public can enjoy for miles around is certainly unacceptable.
I know the objections won the day during the last campaign by the gravel company and the planning application was rejected. I implore you to come to the same conclusion for many of the same reasons during you consideration of the current application for destruction of a much loved and valued site.
I know many others have written with more practical reasons for rejection and I am sure you know those reasons better than I. But my appeal is on humanitarian grounds which surly is the most important. Let the gravel come from some other site which will not impact so many people, so much of nature and not destroy a place of beauty which gives too much to the local community.
Thank you for your kind consideration