Spooner Row Message Board

the car park was extended only a few years ago. further car park extensions wouldn't cater for the large number of cars parking on the surrounding roads, there are just too many of them during the start and end of the school day. 

the playing field actually belongs to spooner row residents so we can all enjoy the green open space, the school is granted use of it only. more extensions to the school will erode our open space and bring in more cars.

maybe the Village Hall car park could be utilized at school  drop off and pick up times ? 

I may be mistaken but I think the house next door owns the driveway which gives access to the rear of the village hall, it is only a right of way. You would need to negotiate with the homeowner.

Would the homeowner and village hall committee want the extra costs involved with insurance, maintenance, liability, and organising the parking and traffic flow? It would also limit the times when hirers could use it. Just saying.

Absolutely no! Let’s keep the green space for Spooner Row residents please😊 

We surely need to keep as much green space as possible. The amount of houses and people in the village is growing. We need places to exercise, walk our dogs and relax.

You can use footpaths, and the school has been there years, clearly people will continue to moan about traffic but not consider any other options 

Why should my council tax go on this? other schools do not provide parent parking.

With the new primary in Silfield and prep at Wymondham College, how long does anyone think this school will last, it is too small and there are better sites.

5 years and it will be housing.

I think someone was just considering an option to make the residents of spooner row outside the school another option than to have cars parked all the way up the road causing daily issues, and making the whole situation safer. as it has been noted this page is meant to be constructive for the community however all it ever is is wingy people saying no to all options but still complaining about the problems. The school is a brilliant little school and an asset to the village, and the local children keeping village life alive rather than huge schools where no one knows each other as there are so many kids Churned through. 

Can I just say, today I was driving along the school road at drop off and someone had parked right up to the level crossing. Please parents /governer please pass this on as extremely dangerous.

i couldn’t get back on my side of the road , cars were coming the other way.This is just utter stupidity!

precisely why another option needs to be available to improve the situation 

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Can I just say, today I was driving along the school road at drop off and someone had parked right up to the level crossing. Please parents /governer please pass this on as extremely dangerous.

i couldn’t get back on my side of the road , cars were coming the other way.This is just utter stupidity!

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Safety is an issue for both School Lane and Station Road. There seem to be far more vehicles than normal on the school run this autumn. The worrying thing is that S.Norfolk Council has approved seven family houses on School Lane which would involve many more children walking on the highway to/from school amongst the traffic. This planning application has a legal requirement for a footpath as it is a selected site within the SNC's Local Plan (Policy SPO2) but cannot be delivered as the road is too narrow. There were many objections from residents, Wymondham Town Council (our parish council at that time), and NCC Highways were very clear with their highway safety concerns. What is very strange, I have been on the SNC planning website, and all the Consultee and Public comments have been removed/deleted, only the Developer's and SNC Reports remain - planning references 2016/0627 and 2018/1772. The unresolved safety issues are still ongoing as this site has been forwarded onto the emerging new SNC Local Plan (Site VC SPO3) so you would think these very relevant comments would remain on public view for reference rather than be removed. 

Yet another car parked right up to level crossing this morning !! 

The school needs to send out a circular to all parents asking for consideration with their driving and parking during the drop-off and pick-up times. The local roads werent built for this.

Parking also on Tuesdays and Wednesdays for the choir at the church,where I welcome the church being used .I do not welcome if you want to turn left in to chapel road cars parking right up to the junction.making it extremely dangerous trying to go round them.This also applies to people who use the pub ,who think parking on the pavement is acceptable.

Im not sure this thread was made to start throwing accusations at people and companies it’s was purely a simple comment to come up with a solution but well done spooner row usual outcome!! 

Andy wrote:

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To add to this my wife and I were nearly struck along station rd whilst walking our dog by a Newalls lorry. The lorry mounted the pavement to avoid a van coming the other way ! We were in clear sight ! The van was more important maybe 

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 I am not surprised. Station Road is ok until two large lorries need to pass then mounting the pavement seems to be the option of choice. I once took a photo of a large lorry that mounted the pavement close to me while I was walking among, he saw me and got quite aggressive.

Station Road is not suitable as a lorry route.

What about double yellow lines? I’m sure the poor people who have to live next to this parking may appreciate it. 

The death or injury of a person is not what I want to talk about , which could happen.

wheres the safeguarding for children , adults , who negotiate this everyday?

I’m sure this is a discussion abo school parking not lorry routes 

It beggars belief that developers working alongside the District Council want to build dozens of houses on Station Road and Bunwell Road, which will increase the highway use at school times on a lorry route. Where is the infrastructure upgrade? No bus service for the village, only a long walk with the traffic up to the London Road bus stop. Can you imagine how much busier it will be at school times? They need to invest in a new road system and proper drainage for the whole village first.

They should be building houses on the outskirts of Norwich where there is the infrastructure to cope rather than in rural villages where people will have no choice but to use their own transport causing a massive increase in car use.

Are these issues the community council should be dealing with .?

Then why not object, I hear people moaning yet as per usual noone does anything about it, they are also going through Bunwell and Upgate Street on a regular basis. Contact highways too.

http://eplanning.norfolk.gov.uk/Planning/Display/FUL/2023/0019

We  (Viv & I) did object to a previous application and have objected to the latest one now.

I do agree that more people need to make their objections known on the planning applications site.

What I can’t understand is people say the car park is ok, but it’s fairly full all day so who is that teachers - which then leaves no space for parents to park 

If it was done properly with a one way in/out system I can’t see there being an issue 

Paul wrote:

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We  (Viv & I) did object to a previous application and have objected to the latest one now.

I do agree that more people need to make their objections known on the planning applications site.

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 There are a couple of new objections about the lorries using Spooner Row.

There is still time for residents to object to the Newal planning application if you are concerned about more HGVs

https://eplanning.norfolk.gov.uk/Planning/Display/FUL/2023/0019

As Station Road is closed all week due to the flooding at the level crossing, the lorries are using an alternative route. Why can't this alternative route be the normal route they use?