Initial Consultation document

Object

Representation ID: 91972

Received: 06/08/2018

Respondent: Fritton with St Olaves parish council

These are the main objections that we cited last year and still apply:
* Loss of the only woodland amenity for Great Yarmouth and Lowestoft.
* Biodiversity loss throughout the forest.
* Unique Archaeology loss of the newly discovered resistance hides.
* Water: Effect of development on Fritton Lake municipal water supply.
* Regular flooding of a large area of site.
* Desecration of the Broads Authority National Park.
* Effect on European protected species.
* Roads: No access available and A 143 already overloaded.
* Noise and dust producing property blight
* Loss of forest and carbon footprint unbalance
* 20,000 signed our petition, last time We have not petitioned this time but hundreds of people have supported us on media this time around.
* There was no technical or financial aid for a tiny village to compete with the might of a determined national mineral company.
These are the areas we are expecting to raise in addition to all of the above in respect of the new proposal.
The close proximity of the residential area with the inconvenience of:
* The dreadful dust effects on property and health 175 metres from New Road is nothing short of criminal. The tree screen there is bare, no leaves at all (see photos).
* Ionisation of dust particles buy the high tension cables that cross the entire area these bypass defences and stick in your lungs and would affect horses at Redwings.
Since the last application a new horse sanctuary has moved in to the land just below the site to the southwest Hillside Animal Sanctuary expects horse numbers to reach 1000 shortly with old and horses with special needs. These horses will drink from the lower dykes and be susceptible to run off from above. A mineral quarry is hardly a quiet sanctuary.
The lower marsh dykes have recently been cleared out at great expense to facilitate migration of eels from the river 'Waveney to Fritton Lake again there must be a run off concern
* Access route is upwind and adjoining the busy children's New Road playground.
* In five years it will be mandatory to adhere to the European limits for dust PM2.5s this will effectively close the mineral activities here. Bretts have no chance of having 22 years of extraction.
* Noise: 100 metres is insufficient to be a noise barrier. No mention of the noisy grading activities at all.
* Security lights for the compound will ruin our night sky in the area.
* Threat of diggers breaking through the artesian well cao with effects on local wells and Fritton Lake.
* The tree screens will not work due to turbulence and eddies over the forest. (See K. Nunn paper).
* Fire: The forest has always been a fire hazard; sparks from vehicles or machinery would be a danger in a tinder dry period. Four fires in four days recently. Average over 30 per year.
* The Broads Authority has spoken up to protect their National Park a mineral pit plus draglines and commercial machinery would affect tourism for the Broads and Fritton Lake Estate and Caldecott Hall both trying to promote their new holiday lodges.
* The number of HG Vs on the A 143 would increase by up to 50 more per day it is at present jammed up constantly.
* The depot and access is adjacent residential properties and near the busy New Road children's playground.
* The access road junction would destroy a lovely overhead tree canopy and due to the slope sand would collect and be a danger to motorcycles.
* The congestion and dangers on the A 143 where not all accidents are recorded. Local opinion disagreeing with Highway's stated position. This is from real people living adjacent to the road.
* Great Yarmouth Council agree this will not alter until we get a third river crossing.
* Our Parish Council has resisted noise and light pollution for 30 years separating us from Great Yarmouth, this would destroy our villages as we know them.
* The area floods more readily than Brett Suggested and the Staithe area has no embankment protection.
* Article 8 of the Human Rights Act should ensure that we have the right for quiet enjoyment of our home.
* Planning blight house values down. Several houses blighted now.
* We already have had poor water pressure and sewage trouble for the last five years. They admit to expecting to add to this.
* Suggested wetlands will go stagnant breed mosquitoes and encourage flooding.
* Forestry Commission is asking for more trees to sequestrate carbon not less.
* Suggested action area covers the resistance hides and would destroy them.
* A number of asthma sufferers in the villages (13 in New Road area alone).
* It was stated previously that Norfolk had now sufficient minerals without the unacceptable areas.
* New government policy should protect the National Park and take green local opinion more into consideration. We have plenty of that