Object
Preferred Options consultation document
Representation ID: 98030
Received: 28/10/2019
Respondent: Mrs Jacqueline Coverley
I write with reference to the above proposal at Woodrising Road, Hingham and would like to strongly object to the proposed sand and gravel excavation.
I have just moved to the area, a move generated by the quiet lanes and stunning countryside around Hingham. The quiet lanes are a huge attraction for not just dog walking and horse riding but for enjoying the varied wildlife that can be seen, deer, pheasants and other wild birds, and bats.
These animals are finding their habitats becoming smaller and smaller as the whole country is encouraged to develop our land for housing.
The lanes around the Woodrising road are narrow and only single track with few overtaking/ passing places, to allow large 20 tonne lorries onto these lanes would almost certainly lead to accidents.
Most of the dog walkers that I have observed using these lanes, are from Hingham itself and provide a quiet and peaceful environment to walk in. Only up the lane from us is a stud with youngstock needing to be turned out and race horses requiring exercise which involves using the Woodrising Road.
I appreciate a need for minerals and sand but this particular site is in the most attractive piece of countryside I have seen for a long time, and I would ask that you reconsider any excavation in this area, their may be possible light pollution in an area with no light pollution at all currently.
There would be constant noise, dust and air pollution and possible subsequent land fill.
There is also one of the few restricted byways adjacent to this proposed site for dog walkers and horse riders, no amount of screening would conceal the activities from either group and would destroy their enjoyment .
My understanding is also that once these sites have had their minerals/ sand extracted that they then become potential waste sites.
I write with reference to the above proposal at Woodrising Road, Hingham and would like to strongly object to the proposed sand and gravel excavation.
I have just moved to the area, a move generated by the quiet lanes and stunning countryside around Hingham. The quiet lanes are a huge attraction for not just dog walking and horse riding but for enjoying the varied wildlife that can be seen, deer, pheasants and other wild birds, and bats.
These animals are finding their habitats becoming smaller and smaller as the whole country is encouraged to develop our land for housing.
The lanes around the Woodrising road are narrow and only single track with few overtaking/ passing places, to allow large 20 tonne lorries onto these lanes would almost certainly lead to accidents.
Most of the dog walkers that I have observed using these lanes, are from Hingham itself and provide a quiet and peaceful environment to walk in. Only up the lane from us is a stud with youngstock needing to be turned out and race horses requiring exercise which involves using the Woodrising Road.
I appreciate a need for minerals and sand but this particular site is in the most attractive piece of countryside I have seen for a long time, and I would ask that you reconsider any excavation in this area, their may be possible light pollution in an area with no light pollution at all currently.
There would be constant noise, dust and air pollution and possible subsequent land fill.
There is also one of the few restricted byways adjacent to this proposed site for dog walkers and horse riders, no amount of screening would conceal the activities from either group and would destroy their enjoyment .
My understanding is also that once these sites have had their minerals/ sand extracted that they then become potential waste sites.