Object
Preferred Options consultation document
Representation ID: 93245
Received: 23/09/2019
Respondent: Mrs Carolyn Etherington
I live in a neighbouring village and visit the Warren most days, it is beautiful area that is visited regularly by 100's of people, it is the perfect setting for dog walks, cycling or just a gentle stroll, I take my grandson there to help him learn about nature and the importance of the environment, we watch the squirrels and often get a fantastic close up view of the deer that inhabit the forest. The Warren was the place that attracted me to the area and to think it may be lost is sacrilege to an area of outstanding beauty that should be protected and not destoyed. Its destruction is not the only concern, please see below for the very practical reasons why this area should be removed from consideration
E1/E2 - Highways - The Highways approved route for HGVs from the Warren proposed, accessing the A134 to the west will create an accident black spot without significant adaptation of the road to allow traffic to enter a fast flowing stretch; a roundabout would be required to mitigate the right turn across traffic and into a fast flow. The extra HGV traffic on the A10 through West Winch onto the Hardwick roundabout at peak times will cause further delays, disruption and wear and tear on an already very heavily used route; this will impact on the travel time for commuting, access for emergency vehicles, commercial traffic, public transport and tourism. The Hardwick yellow box system is already widely disregarded with police not resourced to enforce the road traffic act. Furthermore, it will increase vehicle emission pollution directly impacting residents of West Winch. The bottle neck at the QE Hospital roundabout will impact in the same way as the Hardwick. Shouldham is completely unsuitable for commercial traffic or commuting employees of a silica quarry; the local bus company have already ceased a route through the village for that reason.
Loss of local amenities - the Warren is used by a wide range of local clubs and groups for leisure and sport as well as providing local residents with a safe, clean and peaceful environment to walk, cycle and ride, there are very few of these peaceful havens so accessible to the general public at no cost and the loss of the Warren would significantly impact on the wellbeing and health of residents of Shouldham, Marham and the surrounding villages, affecting many thousands of people who would get no direct benefit from the site, indeed they would suffer the dust (assuming MOD will object to wet extraction) and noise pollution with the detrimental effects.
I live in a neighbouring village and visit the Warren most days, it is beautiful area that is visited regularly by 100's of people, it is the perfect setting for dog walks, cycling or just a gentle stroll, I take my grandson there to help him learn about nature and the importance of the environment, we watch the squirrels and often get a fantastic close up view of the deer that inhabit the forest. The Warren was the place that attracted me to the area and to think it may be lost is sacrilege to an area of outstanding beauty that should be protected and not destoyed. Its destruction is not the only concern, please see below for the very practical reasons why this area should be removed from consideration
E1/E2 - Highways - The Highways approved route for HGVs from the Warren proposed, accessing the A134 to the west will create an accident black spot without significant adaptation of the road to allow traffic to enter a fast flowing stretch; a roundabout would be required to mitigate the right turn across traffic and into a fast flow. The extra HGV traffic on the A10 through West Winch onto the Hardwick roundabout at peak times will cause further delays, disruption and wear and tear on an already very heavily used route; this will impact on the travel time for commuting, access for emergency vehicles, commercial traffic, public transport and tourism. The Hardwick yellow box system is already widely disregarded with police not resourced to enforce the road traffic act. Furthermore, it will increase vehicle emission pollution directly impacting residents of West Winch. The bottle neck at the QE Hospital roundabout will impact in the same way as the Hardwick. Shouldham is completely unsuitable for commercial traffic or commuting employees of a silica quarry; the local bus company have already ceased a route through the village for that reason.
Loss of local amenities - the Warren is used by a wide range of local clubs and groups for leisure and sport as well as providing local residents with a safe, clean and peaceful environment to walk, cycle and ride, there are very few of these peaceful havens so accessible to the general public at no cost and the loss of the Warren would significantly impact on the wellbeing and health of residents of Shouldham, Marham and the surrounding villages, affecting many thousands of people who would get no direct benefit from the site, indeed they would suffer the dust (assuming MOD will object to wet extraction) and noise pollution with the detrimental effects.