Object
Preferred Options consultation document
Representation ID: 98557
Received: 24/10/2019
Respondent: Mr Alan Bulmer
With reference to the above consultation I wish to comment as follows:
* Archaeolgy this area is potentially very rich in finds from Pre- historic to Roman and Medieval and any further undiscovered sites would be destroyed permanently by the Silica Sand Extraction project. In close proximity are Pentney Priory Gatehouse and the unexplored Cistercian Nunnery in Marham.
* With regards to the local infrastructure the obvious access to this site would have to be from either the road connecting Wormegay to East Winch which already denoted as "Unsuitable for heavy traffic" or the Spring Lane connecting Shouldham to Marham which is only a single vehicle roadway and in even worse condition than the former. It could, I assume, be accessed from the A 134 which has recently become a very busy highway for heavy transport from the A 1122 and from the A10. Use of any of these locations will be detrimental to local residents. There are a lot of children using the local school at Shouldham, and this school generates a lot of cars and some buses bringing children in from other local villages. There is also a large transport depot at the junction of the A134, Mill Lane and Runcton Lane. Any additional traffic generation to the mullti-businesses carrying freight particularly along the A134 is not recommended. This is without even considering the local residents that have to use these same roads use these roads to collect their weekly shopping from the local shopping centers of Downham Market and King's Lynn. I doubt whether this Community & Environental Service even bothered to find out that there are no shops in Shoudham, and other than the few minor shops in the RAF Marham Miitary establishment there are very limited number of shops at all in this rural area.
* The local Junior School in Shouldham that takes more pupils from the surrounding towns and villages than from Shouldham, It also attracts a lot of local traffic; and on a regular basis and there are a lot of children milling about the Shouldham village center, also lot of associated vehicles.
* This proposal does not address concerns about the devastating impact this development will have on our community, or the effect of on the well-being of the local residents for decades to come. Nor does it address the dust and noise this will generate. Have you considered the way this will affect the health of the local residents when exposed to prolonged silca dust over an extended period ?
* This development will undoubtably reflect in the reduction in the house values of the village of Shouldham. I have worked from my age of 16 (1962) until I retired in 1999 and over this period managed to save enough to buy my home in Shouldham: so why should some bureaucrat from Brussels be allowed to move in wherever he likes and affect my life. I will have been married for 60 years in 2020 so please tell these asset strippers to return to wherever they came from and allow me and my wife to live the remains of our lives in peace....
* It now appears the original letter refering to this development, dated 12 th August 2018, showed only the area desiganated SIL20, so it appears they now consider the residents of this area as stupid to notice that it now encompasses the remaining woodland of the warren.
* No assurances have been given that the site will not be abandoned which will leave this industrial site an industrial wasteland with no potential for either leisure or re-landscaping for any further use. It will leave the remains of this quarry, more than probably, a derelict hole in the ground.
* This site is unique to this area and these woodlands are irreplaceable and are used widely by the local residents for a multitude of leisure persuits not just from Marham and Shouldham but to resident such as Watlington, Finchham and similar local villages in this area.
* If we are short of glass in Norfolk could I suggest you tip all the discarded glass collected during our refuse collections onto the property of these developers, and save the wild life, fauna and trees of Shouldaham Warren for our future British generations
* I trust the Forestry Commission who are presently responsible for these woods are happy with all devastion you proposing?
With reference to the above consultation I wish to comment as follows:
* Archaeolgy this area is potentially very rich in finds from Pre- historic to Roman and Medieval and any further undiscovered sites would be destroyed permanently by the Silica Sand Extraction project. In close proximity are Pentney Priory Gatehouse and the unexplored Cistercian Nunnery in Marham.
* With regards to the local infrastructure the obvious access to this site would have to be from either the road connecting Wormegay to East Winch which already denoted as "Unsuitable for heavy traffic" or the Spring Lane connecting Shouldham to Marham which is only a single vehicle roadway and in even worse condition than the former. It could, I assume, be accessed from the A 134 which has recently become a very busy highway for heavy transport from the A 1122 and from the A10. Use of any of these locations will be detrimental to local residents. There are a lot of children using the local school at Shouldham, and this school generates a lot of cars and some buses bringing children in from other local villages. There is also a large transport depot at the junction of the A134, Mill Lane and Runcton Lane. Any additional traffic generation to the mullti-businesses carrying freight particularly along the A134 is not recommended. This is without even considering the local residents that have to use these same roads use these roads to collect their weekly shopping from the local shopping centers of Downham Market and King's Lynn. I doubt whether this Community & Environental Service even bothered to find out that there are no shops in Shoudham, and other than the few minor shops in the RAF Marham Miitary establishment there are very limited number of shops at all in this rural area.
* The local Junior School in Shouldham that takes more pupils from the surrounding towns and villages than from Shouldham, It also attracts a lot of local traffic; and on a regular basis and there are a lot of children milling about the Shouldham village center, also lot of associated vehicles.
* This proposal does not address concerns about the devastating impact this development will have on our community, or the effect of on the well-being of the local residents for decades to come. Nor does it address the dust and noise this will generate. Have you considered the way this will affect the health of the local residents when exposed to prolonged silca dust over an extended period ?
* This development will undoubtably reflect in the reduction in the house values of the village of Shouldham. I have worked from my age of 16 (1962) until I retired in 1999 and over this period managed to save enough to buy my home in Shouldham: so why should some bureaucrat from Brussels be allowed to move in wherever he likes and affect my life. I will have been married for 60 years in 2020 so please tell these asset strippers to return to wherever they came from and allow me and my wife to live the remains of our lives in peace....
* It now appears the original letter refering to this development, dated 12 th August 2018, showed only the area desiganated SIL20, so it appears they now consider the residents of this area as stupid to notice that it now encompasses the remaining woodland of the warren.
* No assurances have been given that the site will not be abandoned which will leave this industrial site an industrial wasteland with no potential for either leisure or re-landscaping for any further use. It will leave the remains of this quarry, more than probably, a derelict hole in the ground.
* This site is unique to this area and these woodlands are irreplaceable and are used widely by the local residents for a multitude of leisure persuits not just from Marham and Shouldham but to resident such as Watlington, Finchham and similar local villages in this area.
* If we are short of glass in Norfolk could I suggest you tip all the discarded glass collected during our refuse collections onto the property of these developers, and save the wild life, fauna and trees of Shouldaham Warren for our future British generations
* I trust the Forestry Commission who are presently responsible for these woods are happy with all devastion you proposing?