Object

Preferred Options consultation document

Representation ID: 98052

Received: 30/10/2019

Respondent: Julie Neesam

Representation Summary:

I am writing as Broadland District Councillor for Hevingham Ward regarding my concerns about the proposal for the Mansom Plantation, Shorthorn Road, Stratton Strawless.
I support the Parish Council and other local residents in opposing this proposed plan on the following grounds:

*The character of the Parish would be affected by this for a long time to come.
*The 20.3 Hectares extraction area will be devastated by the excavation of the minerals.
*The buffer/screening area will be insufficient to shield the site from view in the Autumn/Winter.
*An estimated 76 highway movements per day (vehicles entering and exiting the site), via Shortthorn Road and onto the A140 as the principal route. This will mean more traffic trying to access the busy A140. It may not prevent heavy vehicles travelling along Shortthorn Road.
*It is likely there will be a constant level of noise nuisance created by the extraction and mineral processing machinery, particularly for those living close to the boundaries of the site.
*There will be disturbance to a variety of wildlife and destruction of their habitats.
*Planning Permission has already been granted for a holiday lodge park on the site and a landscape plan to protect trees exists as part of this permission

Full text:

I am writing as Broadland District Councillor for Hevingham Ward regarding my concerns about the proposal for the Mansom Plantation, Shorthorn Road, Stratton Strawless.
I support the Parish Council and other local residents in opposing this proposed plan on the following grounds:

*The character of the Parish would be affected by this for a long time to come.
*The 20.3 Hectares extraction area will be devastated by the excavation of the minerals.
*The buffer/screening area will be insufficient to shield the site from view in the Autumn/Winter.
*An estimated 76 highway movements per day (vehicles entering and exiting the site), via Shortthorn Road and onto the A140 as the principal route. This will mean more traffic trying to access the busy A140. It may not prevent heavy vehicles travelling along Shortthorn Road.
*It is likely there will be a constant level of noise nuisance created by the extraction and mineral processing machinery, particularly for those living close to the boundaries of the site.
*There will be disturbance to a variety of wildlife and destruction of their habitats.
*Planning Permission has already been granted for a holiday lodge park on the site and a landscape plan to protect trees exists as part of this permission