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KCS development. How on earth do this company know, or anything to do with our area. 
through the landowner and local people/ person feeding them info etc

where are all the local company’s. 
talk about carbon footprint and saving the planet 

BBC News - New housing development near Wymondham proposed - BBC News

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cv2y725p1lvo

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BBC News - New housing development near Wymondham proposed - BBC News

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cv2y725p1lvo

 

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I've read the BBC News and see that Councillor Foster supports this development. It does not affect him directly. Has he engaged with all the residents that it does affect to find out what they think? He was elected to serve local people.

The old cliche that this development will keep the village alive is a stupid thing to say as everyone knows that Spooner Row has recently had several developments resulting in dozens of new dwellings. The village is not dying and this development is not needed to keep it alive.

What happened to the 15 affordable houses for Chapel Road? If the village needs these, then these should be built first. What is Councillor Foster doing about this?

I would suggest that the people that have objections to this development attend the SRCC meeting on Thursday and make their voices clear . we need their support. 

I’ve just had a look at some of the reports on the application, KCS claimed previously water would be managed on site and wouldn’t impact the rest of the village, however the environmental impact report states that the water will go into the ditch on bunwell road, the exact area that flooded last time! 

Did any of you anonymous's go the the community council meeting last night? If so what did they say on this matter please? I couldn't get there myself.

I understand that residents will have 3 weeks from the date of the site notice ( rather than the date of application validation ) to make comments to South Norfolk.

The date of the Site Notice is Monday 8th April 2024.

The placing of the Notice at the site has been chased and should be erected there very shortly. 

After speaking to South Norfolk planning this morning, apparently their system is down and they have over 500 emails in the inbox relating to comments on planning.There is also a staff shortage 😬 They are a good week behind. 

I still haven’t seen a site notice yet? If it’s 3 weeks from 8th April then 2 weeks have already passed without a notice in place, will this be extended? 

This development site is included in the new emerging South Norfolk Local Plan as Site/Policy VC SPO1. See the weblink https://southnorfolkandbroadland.oc2.uk/document/12/1228#d1760. If The Bunwell Rd site is included when the new Local Plan is adopted then any planning applications will just be a formality as it will be considered as an accepted site with legal status. The School Lane site, for example, has ongoing serious planning problems yet was still included in the current Local Plan (adopted in 2015), with questionable planning consent given a year or two later. I wonder how much communication goes on between the Council's planning policy team with the actual planning team during these site selection processes as why do problematic sites like School Lane get selected and included? Our late Councillor Julian Halls (who was very knowledgeable on this type of thing) had strong concerns with the School Lane site as did many residents.

At https://southnorfolkandbroadland.oc2.uk/document/12/1228#d1760 click on the green information button and you will see there were only three responses to VC SPO1 in the 2023 public consultation. These did not include any reaction from the public, which does beggar the question if people were aware of the significance of this public consultation. Anglian Water Service along with KCS Developments supported this site, while Historic England objected.

The Bunwell Rd site was also included in another recent public consultation (2024) for the Local Plan/Village Clusters changes as VC SPO1 REV with a question to increase the potential 15 new houses to 35 https://southnorfolkandbroadland.oc2.uk/document/17/3061#d3061  Currently the Bunwell Road site is not included as an adopted site within the current Local Plan, therefore, there is an option for the Council to still reject planning permission at this stage.

Ten years ago when the current Local Plan was being formulated it included an assessment that Spooner Row could support 15 new houses, yet no infrastructure improvements have been made since then but many houses are continually built here. 

Really disappointed with the Community Council’s response to this planning application. 

Whilst the official council response objects to the application, it only does so in its current format and essentially asks for it to be revised, not rejected. It was clear from the last council meeting that the overriding concern from all residents present was that relating to flooding, yet the Council’s response left the flooding concerns to the end in their objections. 

I also note that another Councillor from Spooner Row is actually supporting the application. 

It would also seem that the Community Council has “forgotten” that there is still a development on Chapel Road that hasn’t been completed which will give the village the affordable housing it so desires. 

I have to say that from my perspective, it would appear that the community council is not putting forward the views of the residents and their electorate.