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Representation ID: 99147

Received: 04/11/2022

Respondent: Mr Anthony Brzeczek

Legally compliant? Not specified

Sound? Not specified

Duty to co-operate? Not specified

I refer to the current Norfolk Minerals and Waste Local Plan and in particular the land known as Lord Ansons Wood, North Walsham Road, Skeyton, reference in the plan MIN115, which has been ear marked as a possible site for the extraction of gravel.
I would point out that the roads around this site are no more than country lanes narrow in the most part with verges, banks, hedges and trees and are unsuitable for use by the large lorries which will be required to transport any gravel from the site. Should two of these meet they will be unable to pass. Should one of these lorries meet a car then it is likely one of the vehicles will have to mount a verge or bank causing damage to these and any growing vegetation or trees. Further there is no suitable exit or entrance into the site because of poor visibility.
Further the site is within an area of woodland and extraction of minerals at this site will do untold damage to the woodland and wildlife which inhabit these woods.
For these reasons I believe it would be wrong to include Lord Ansons Wood in the plan.