Spooner Row Message Board

Date: Jul 10, 2013

Planning application re land Between London Road And Suton Lane: Public meeting

Date: Jul 15, 2013

It has to be good news that the Campaign to Protect Rural England (CPRE) is calling on the government to amend its planning reforms over concerns that greenfield land is under increased threat from new development (EDP 15 July). They are launching a new countryside charter to lobby the government for changes to the National Planning Policy Framework. The CPRE also calls for communities to have a much stronger say on the future of their area. "Towns and villages are being ground down by relentless developers who can afford to keep challenging cash-strapped councils on controversial developments". Let's hope this new campaign has some effect.

Date: Jul 16, 2013

CPRE won't save anywhere around here from south norfolks planning mismanagement. This is a deliberately engineered goldrush and the council are handing out the shovels when they should be policing the stampede. The CPRE are just ridiculed by recent events. Money and influence win out when the local development strategy has been so recklessly delayed and mishandled. As for this application seeking the publics opinion, they are surely smirking at the thought of us all being so stupid as to fall for this sham again and again and again. Can anyone give me an example of anywhere where local opposition has been even remotely been given any weight by our planning authorities.

Just watch tomorrows brushing aside of all of the objections to the housing over there in spooner row.

Everyone should boycot this public meeting. It is only done to manipulate the application more in favour of success, not to remotely care about existing residents. A totally empty hall and a protest outside would give a stronger message to the applicant and their obliging friends in south norfolks planning department.

Date: Jul 18, 2013

Are you saying then, that CPRE exist to go against their own policies??

Date: Jul 25, 2013

More prime agricultural land destined to go under concrete. http://info.south-norfolk.gov.uk/online-applications/applicationDetails.do?activeTab=summary&keyVal=MP96WVOQ00X00

How does this development fit into SNC's proposed Local Development Framework? (it doesn't) As for SNC's 5-year housing supply need (which most of the recent planning applications have been considered under), what exact number of new houses is required for this part of the parish under this scheme? Is there a limit on the number of new houses allowed under the 5 year supply for here? (or is it as many as they can cram in?) We haven't been told what the number of new houses is, or how this number is decided (or any information come to that), yet we live here! At this rate Spooner Row, Suton, Wattlefield (with its solar farm) and the rest of Wymondham are going to be turned into a big urban sprawl!

Date: Jul 26, 2013

You can sign the CPRE new charter which demands better protection for the countryside, a fair say for local communities in planning for the places where they live and work, and more housing, in the right places. The countryside will be lost if we do nothing. www.saveourcountryside.org.uk.

Date: Jul 31, 2013

I wonder how much money in total, South Norfolk District Council will receive from the Government's New Homes Bonus for this development and all the other unwanted local developments? The amount looks phenomenal. Look at this GOV.UK webpage: https://www.gov.uk/government/policies/increasing-the-number-of-available-homes/supporting-pages/new-homes-bonus

This Government link says, "Local councils can decide how to spend the New Homes Bonus. However, we expect local councils to consult communities about how they will spend the money, especially communities where housing stock has increased." (edited) South Norfolk Council should be following the Government's guidelines and start consulting with us as to how we want the New Home Bonus money to be spent.

Date: Aug 5, 2013

Worth noting that the details on South Norfolk Council's planning website for this major development are now under two different references. It initially went on their website as reference 2013/1171 (1st July) as a Screening Opinion and also as reference 2013/1399 (21st July) as a Scoping Opinion. Is this designed to confuse, I ask?

http://info.south-norfolk.gov.uk/online-applications/applicationDetails.do?activeTab=summary&keyVal=MP96WVOQ00X00

http://info.south-norfolk.gov.uk/online-applications/applicationDetails.do?activeTab=summary&keyVal=MQQQD4OQ00X00

Date: Nov 18, 2013

Looks like this has been issued as a new planning application with lots of new reports and documents in place. New reference number 2013/ 2011

http://info.south-norfolk.gov.uk/online-applications/applicationDetails.do?activeTab=summary&keyVal=MVY6PEOQ00X00

Date: Dec 3, 2013

Thanks for posting this really interesting documents. Lots of little boxes crammed into a small space next to a new cemetry - delightful! No mention of any new shops - more traffic on London Road - a slow creep toward Spooner Row....

Date: Dec 4, 2013

People will be dying to get in there

Date: Apr 2, 2014

This vast development at Suton is going to be decided soon. Only Wymondham Town Council and the Developer want this. Not even South Norfolk District Council and Norfolk County Council think this development is appropriate. Why didn't WTC include this area in its Wymondham Area Action Plan? Something sounds odd here. More urban sprawl and additional strain to an infrastructure that can barely cope, e.g. insufficient parking spaces in Wymondham Town and lack of high school places.

The Developer has provided a planning leaflet (document) for the Planning Meeting on SNC's Planning website:

https://info.south-norfolk.gov.uk/online-applications/applicationDetails.do?activeTab=documents&keyVal=MVY6PEOQ00X00

Date: Apr 3, 2014

Unless I'm missing something it appears that this application has been REFUSED today.