Object
Site Proposals document
Representation ID: 13925
Received: 13/03/2018
Respondent: Mr Richard Davies
Loss of important arable land (food security post-Brexit).
Several traffic issues - bottlenecks, weak bridge, accident black spots, many single-track lanes.
Loss of amenity and landscape; detrimental effect on wildlife.
Considerable destruction to install necessary services and infrastructure.
Noise and light pollution.
Insufficient resources in Wymondham to support additional population.
No development should be allowed between the B1135 and Silfield Road South-East of the All because:
1 The area is prime farmland and as we leave the EU, farm land should be preserved for national food-security reasons.
2 The bottleneck under the railway, identified elsewhere in the GNLP, cannot cope with additional traffic; the current approved sites either side of Silfield Road to the North-West of the A11 will make access to Wymondham highly problematical without further pressure.
3 The roads between the B1135 and Silfield Road are narrow country lanes, all single track.
4 The hump back bridge at Bridge Road has a weight restriction, is already dangerous as regards poor visibility and is only wide enough for a single vehicle.
5 There are no sewage services, no mains gas and limited piped water supply in the area and installing such services would be destructive to amenity and the natural world.
6 The B1135 is known as an accident black spot and gravel extraction and its attendant traffic have already made the road more dangerous. Additional houses would further exacerbate this issue.
7 The area preserves considerable amenity, supports a wide range of wild life and preserves the inherent beauty ancient history of a man-made rural landscape which would be lost if piecemeal development of small fields were to be permitted.
8 Noise and light pollution are already considerable issues for the area and additional development could only result in further deterioration.
9 There is insufficient parking, schools and general amenities in Wymondham town centre to support a further increase in local population.