Object
Preferred Options consultation document
Representation ID: 98133
Received: 29/10/2019
Respondent: Mr & Mrs Will & Hilary Campion
Number of people: 2
The initial proposal is to put this field on the minerals resources map for the purpose of gravel extraction.
We object to this because your department has a joint responsibility to provide for waste disposal as well as mineral extraction, and the one is almost certain to follow on from the other.
If planning permission were added to the application by the developers, several years of gravel extraction would be inevitably followed by many more years of landfill operations, to say nothing of a long-term rat infestation.
This would change the character of a large area - from mixed agriculture and forestry into something much more heavy - industrial.
From the higher end of the site there is at present a long, wide-open view over the fields to Southburgh. Along the North side of the proposed site there is an ancient public bridle path, much used by horse riders and walkers, including those walking their dogs. It has the best view of the traditional Norfolk landscape, and many people walk there to enjoy it, some from nearby houses, & others from further away.
We understand that the developers have offered to screen the site with trees. A recent hedge planted there by the previous owners, who, we understand, retain an interest in the development, does not promise well in this respect. It is only one metre from the tarmac of the Woodrising Road, and effectively precludes dog-walking on that side.
It is worth mentioning in this connection that the bridlepath sign was destroyed three times during the last five years, by heavy transport servicing the agricultural needs of this field. We had to repair the first two ourselves, and we can only imagine how much worse the situation would be after a change to industrial use.
The initial proposal is to put this field on the minerals resources map for the purpose of gravel extraction.
We object to this because your department has a joint responsibility to provide for waste disposal as well as mineral extraction, and the one is almost certain to follow on from the other.
If planning permission were added to the application by the developers, several years of gravel extraction would be inevitably followed by many more years of landfill operations, to say nothing of a long-term rat infestation.
This would change the character of a large area - from mixed agriculture and forestry into something much more heavy - industrial.
From the higher end of the site there is at present a long, wide-open view over the fields to Southburgh. Along the North side of the proposed site there is an ancient public bridle path, much used by horse riders and walkers, including those walking their dogs. It has the best view of the traditional Norfolk landscape, and many people walk there to enjoy it, some from nearby houses, & others from further away.
We understand that the developers have offered to screen the site with trees. A recent hedge planted there by the previous owners, who, we understand, retain an interest in the development, does not promise well in this respect. It is only one metre from the tarmac of the Woodrising Road, and effectively precludes dog-walking on that side.
It is worth mentioning in this connection that the bridlepath sign was destroyed three times during the last five years, by heavy transport servicing the agricultural needs of this field. We had to repair the first two ourselves, and we can only imagine how much worse the situation would be after a change to industrial use.