Object
Preferred Options consultation document
Representation ID: 98058
Received: 28/09/2019
Respondent: Mr & Mrs G & S Bish
Number of people: 2
We are writing to strongly object to the above plan.
As we live directly opposite the Mansom Plantation and have done so for the last 36 years and within 100 metres of the site boundary we were surprised to find out about the proposed mineral and waste plan from a neighbour.
We chose to live in the countryside for a tranquil and peaceful life and at no point did we envisaged living opposite a dusty, noisy and unsightly gravel pit. There will be air pollution and noise pollution from extracting the sand and gravel from the site which may also contain a processing plant. The screening is totally insufficient so we will also have an unsightly view not to mention a huge increase in HGV traffic coming and going from the site, this just an utterly intolerable proposition. Mansom Plantation should not be used for this purpose out of respect for the residents who live on top of it. Personally we will be absolutely devastated if this plan goes ahead. With this plan our own back garden will no longer be a peaceful haven to sit in that we enjoy at the moment.
At present there is permission for a holiday lodge park which is subject to a 25 year landscape and management plan which is far more in keeping with countryside living. We have read in the proposal that the site could be returned to a state where it could then be made into a holiday park afterwards, personally we find that very hard to believe after extracting 1,000,000 tonnes of minerals!
There are several factors that should be taken into consideration:
. The well being of the village residents that live in close proximity
. The extra traffic it will create and mainly HGV vehicles daily
. There is definitely insufficient screening proposed to eliminate the site, sound and dust that will inevitably be created.
. There will be mass disruption to wildlife that live there and their habitats
. There are protected species that live in there a huge bat population and Great Crested Newts. It is very important for the local deer who live and cross through this woodland
. There is also an ancient woodland to the north of the site that needs protecting
. There has to be devastation to trees, which under the Lodge Park proposal need to be managed and protected for the next 25 years.
We must trust that you will take our health and well being into account when making your decision
We are writing to strongly object to the above plan.
As we live directly opposite the Mansom Plantation and have done so for the last 36 years and within 100 metres of the site boundary we were surprised to find out about the proposed mineral and waste plan from a neighbour.
We chose to live in the countryside for a tranquil and peaceful life and at no point did we envisaged living opposite a dusty, noisy and unsightly gravel pit. There will be air pollution and noise pollution from extracting the sand and gravel from the site which may also contain a processing plant. The screening is totally insufficient so we will also have an unsightly view not to mention a huge increase in HGV traffic coming and going from the site, this just an utterly intolerable proposition. Mansom Plantation should not be used for this purpose out of respect for the residents who live on top of it. Personally we will be absolutely devastated if this plan goes ahead. With this plan our own back garden will no longer be a peaceful haven to sit in that we enjoy at the moment.
At present there is permission for a holiday lodge park which is subject to a 25 year landscape and management plan which is far more in keeping with countryside living. We have read in the proposal that the site could be returned to a state where it could then be made into a holiday park afterwards, personally we find that very hard to believe after extracting 1,000,000 tonnes of minerals!
There are several factors that should be taken into consideration:
. The well being of the village residents that live in close proximity.
. The extra traffic it will create and mainly HGV vehicles daily.
. There is definitely insufficient screening proposed to eliminate the site, sound and dust that will inevitably be created.
. There will be mass disruption to wildlife that live there and their habitats.
. There are protected species that live in there a huge bat population and Great Crested Newts. It is very important for the local deer who live and cross through this woodland.
. There is also an ancient woodland to the north of the site that needs protecting.
. There has to be devastation to trees, which under the Lodge Park proposal need to be managed and protected for the next 25 years.
We must trust that you will take our health and well being into account when making your decision