Object
Preferred Options consultation document
Representation ID: 98025
Received: 24/10/2019
Respondent: Crispin Clark
I am writing to you in response to a letter that has been received by all residents of Stratton Strawless.
In my opinion the proposition is completely unsustainable on many grounds.
1) . The chosen site is in the geographical centre of the village, with residences on Shortthorn Road, Parish Road and on The Woodland View Site. The village is already divided into three separate parts by the busy A140 and the seclusion of the Woodland View site by its very nature. The imposition of an industrial enterprise right in its middle would only make this division even more pronounced.
2). The addition of a further 76 heavy vehicle movements a day at either the Shortthorn Road / A140 crossroads or at its Holt road junction can only increase the risk of inconvenience and frustration that can lead to traffic accidents. The congestion and delay at these intersections is already enough with current usage to warrant a round about without adding to that load.
3). We live within half a mile of the proposed site and are well aware of the noise of the activities at the timber yard and traffic on the A140. The continuous roar of more heavy machinery would be an unwelcome addition to this.
4). Hevingham Wood is noted as a excellent place for leisure walking and exercising dogs, with the possibility of seeing deer and other wild life. It would be completely ruined if the development went ahead.
5). 34.8 hectares of valuable woodland would be sacrificed with the negative impact on loss of habitat for wildlife and carbon capture.
6). The prospect of its ultimate possible use as landfill fills me with horror and I am sure would be completely unacceptable to the other residents.
I realise there is an ongoing necessity for the abstraction of gravel, but surely there are other more remote sites where the impact on the local community would be less.
I am writing to you in response to a letter that has been received by all residents of Stratton Strawless.
In my opinion the proposition is completely unsustainable on many grounds.
1) . The chosen site is in the geographical centre of the village, with residences on Shortthorn Road, Parish Road and on The Woodland View Site. The village is already divided into three separate parts by the busy A140 and the seclusion of the Woodland View site by its very nature. The imposition of an industrial enterprise right in its middle would only make this division even more pronounced.
2). The addition of a further 76 heavy vehicle movements a day at either the Shortthorn Road / A140 crossroads or at its Holt road junction can only increase the risk of inconvenience and frustration that can lead to traffic accidents. The congestion and delay at these intersections is already enough with current usage to warrant a round about without adding to that load.
3). We live within half a mile of the proposed site and are well aware of the noise of the activities at the timber yard and traffic on the A140. The continuous roar of more heavy machinery would be an unwelcome addition to this.
4). Hevingham Wood is noted as a excellent place for leisure walking and exercising dogs, with the possibility of seeing deer and other wild life. It would be completely ruined if the development went ahead.
5). 34.8 hectares of valuable woodland would be sacrificed with the negative impact on loss of habitat for wildlife and carbon capture.
6). The prospect of its ultimate possible use as landfill fills me with horror and I am sure would be completely unacceptable to the other residents.
I realise there is an ongoing necessity for the abstraction of gravel, but surely there are other more remote sites where the impact on the local community would be less.