Comment

Site Proposals document

Representation ID: 13339

Received: 27/02/2018

Respondent: Richard Pearson

Representation Summary:

Additional polluting factors to the flood risk militate against the development of the Deal Ground site which should be deleted from the GNLP

Full text:

Deal Ground GNLP0360
This site should be deleted. In addition to the stated flood risk issue there are further constraints as follows:-
1. Immediately adjacent and running the whole length of the site is the Tarmac production site. This emits noxious fumes (with planning permission for No2 emissions) on most working days and with a small chimney the Deal Ground suffers badly on many days. In addition there are constant noisy vehicle operations and dust. Combined,these factors will adversely affect the occupation of any buildings on the Deal Ground site.
2. At the western end of the site are open sewage/surface water holding tanks which take excess flow in heavy rain, with run off of raw sewage to the Yare in certain conditions. Unpleasant smells emanate from these open storage tanks and with prevailing winds from the west, the Deal Ground is affected.
3. The Deal ground is highly contaminated with, inter alia, buried (and visible) asbestos and with areas of Japanese Knotweed, all of which will substantially impact on the development cost of the site.