Object
Preferred Options consultation document
Representation ID: 98472
Received: 16/10/2019
Respondent: Mr & Mrs Franey & Linda Southgate
Number of people: 2
We wish to object in the strongest terms to the proposal that the Mansom Plantation in Stratton Strawless be used as a site for the extraction of sand and gravel.
The proposed location is not even on the edge of the village but is slap-bang in the middle - a fact which often gets forgotten, the village being bisected by the A140.
A number of local residents have up many hours of their time over the last two years to run Speedwatch checks on Shortthorn Road in the attempt to make this community a quieter, safer place to live. An increase in heavy vehicles would undo all of this hard work. The junction of Shortthorn Road with the A140 is bad enough at times so an additional 76 vehicle movements on these roads would further complicate the situation. As it is, we already have to tolerate the articulated lorries moving to and from Thomson Sawmills, when residents were assured that they would seek to use the Holt Road.
There would be constant noise nuisance created by the extraction and processing machinery, particularly for those living close to the boundaries of the site. The land would be devastated by the excavation of the said minerals, and there would be disturbance to a variety of local wildlife and the destruction of their habitat.
Stratton Strawless, as a non-sustainable village, has precious few amenities. Many of the residents choose to live here on account of the peace and quiet afforded by this location. If the proposal was to proceed, then how might this impact on the value of property in its vicinity?
When Planning Permission was granted for the holiday lodge park, it was proposed that pathways be created through the afforested area to link up with the 'Village Green', an area of common land that has yet to be developed. Is this still the case? As a part of that permission, there was a landscape plan to protect the existing trees which should surely be upheld.
We strongly urge the planners to reconsider this proposal and look elsewhere for their minerals.
We wish to object in the strongest terms to the proposal that the Mansom Plantation in Stratton Strawless be used as a site for the extraction of sand and gravel.
The proposed location is not even on the edge of the village but is slap-bang in the middle - a fact which often gets forgotten, the village being bisected by the A140.
A number of local residents have up many hours of their time over the last two years to run Speedwatch checks on Shortthorn Road in the attempt to make this community a quieter, safer place to live. An increase in heavy vehicles would undo all of this hard work. The junction of Shortthorn Road with the A140 is bad enough at times so an additional 76 vehicle movements on these roads would further complicate the situation. As it is, we already have to tolerate the articulated lorries moving to and from Thomson Sawmills, when residents were assured that they would seek to use the Holt Road.
There would be constant noise nuisance created by the extraction and processing machinery, particularly for those living close to the boundaries of the site. The land would be devastated by the excavation of the said minerals, and there would be disturbance to a variety of local wildlife and the destruction of their habitat.
Stratton Strawless, as a non-sustainable village, has precious few amenities. Many of the residents choose to live here on account of the peace and quiet afforded by this location. If the proposal was to proceed, then how might this impact on the value of property in its vicinity?
When Planning Permission was granted for the holiday lodge park, it was proposed that pathways be created through the afforested area to link up with the 'Village Green', an area of common land that has yet to be developed. Is this still the case? As a part of that permission, there was a landscape plan to protect the existing trees which should surely be upheld.
We strongly urge the planners to reconsider this proposal and look elsewhere for their minerals.