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Preferred Options consultation document
Representation ID: 95483
Received: 11/10/2019
Respondent: Ms Christine Dunnett
Proposed Sand & Gravel Quarry at Woodrising
I understand there has been an application for a Gravel and Sand Quarry on the Woodrising Road near Hingham.
I live parallel to the Woodrising Road on Pye Lane where I run my business as a Racehorse Trainer. I currently have over 25 horses in training. I regularly use the Woodrising Road to exercise my horses and it is my only access to my main gallops on the other side of Hingham where I access through my farm Rectory Farm on the Watton Road. The proposed quarry is also adjacent to a peaceful public bridle path which would certainly be gone!
The idea of an estimate of 18+ lorries per day trundling down the very narrow Woodrising Road to access the main B1108 seems ludicrous and would certainly have an impact on my business. The thought of the lorries using Pye Lane would be horrendous as it is barely wide enough for one large car !!
The Woodrising Road is a a very popular walk for dog walkers and runners from the town of Hingham and surrounding area. My family also run a small campsite and caravan park at the bottom of the Woodrising Road and the impact of many lorries would certainly also have a detrimental affect on their business. It is not even safe for 2 cars to pass let alone the thought of big artic lorries. The impact during the harvest season with massive tractors is dreadful as the machinery used is far too big for the lanes around Woodrising and Southburgh and they alone cause a lot of damage to verges etc. Thankfully this only has a short season!
I appreciate the need for quarries and gravel extraction but to position them on a small country lane with narrow lanes all around is concerning I am sure there must be more suitable sites located nearer to a main access road.
I trust you will read and take on board my comments
Proposed Sand & Gravel Quarry at Woodrising
I understand there has been an application for a Gravel and Sand Quarry on the Woodrising Road near Hingham.
I live parallel to the Woodrising Road on Pye Lane where I run my business as a Racehorse Trainer. I currently have over 25 horses in training. I regularly use the Woodrising Road to exercise my horses and it is my only access to my main gallops on the other side of Hingham where I access through my farm Rectory Farm on the Watton Road. The proposed quarry is also adjacent to a peaceful public bridle path which would certainly be gone!
The idea of an estimate of 18+ lorries per day trundling down the very narrow Woodrising Road to access the main B1108 seems ludicrous and would certainly have an impact on my business. The thought of the lorries using Pye Lane would be horrendous as it is barely wide enough for one large car !!
The Woodrising Road is a a very popular walk for dog walkers and runners from the town of Hingham and surrounding area. My family also run a small campsite and caravan park at the bottom of the Woodrising Road and the impact of many lorries would certainly also have a detrimental affect on their business. It is not even safe for 2 cars to pass let alone the thought of big artic lorries. The impact during the harvest season with massive tractors is dreadful as the machinery used is far too big for the lanes around Woodrising and Southburgh and they alone cause a lot of damage to verges etc. Thankfully this only has a short season!
I appreciate the need for quarries and gravel extraction but to position them on a small country lane with narrow lanes all around is concerning I am sure there must be more suitable sites located nearer to a main access road.
I trust you will read and take on board my comments.