Information from the Stopit 2 Campaign

Breedon’s Application for Gravel Extraction from the site at Crab Apple Lane

The application was submitted to Norfolk County Council (NCC) Monday 19^th December. Details can be found on link below;

https://eplanning.norfolk.gov.uk/Planning/Display/FUL/2022/0056

As an association Stopit2 will be submitting a robustly worded document to NCC.

But we would ask you all please to comment and object too, in your own words before the deadline of 4th February 2023.

Its easy to do, doesn’t take long and is vitally important we get as many OBJECTIONS as possible. (If anyone has issues or struggles with digital forms please let us know, we’ll help)

If you’re not too sure what to object to then the following are a list of prompts for potential areas for objections. Please look through the list and then in your own words object by explaining the impact on you and your family’s lives, or on the village as a whole.

• Vicinity – 55 Properties are within 250m, on the Northwest boundary of our village. Lack of appropriate year round screening making it highly visible, as well as creating a nuisance with noise and dust.
• Dust and Wind – Potentially lethal dust blowing across the village and our school and damage to health (silicosis). Damage to property (including drains and cars). Please read this link: https://www.fractracker.org/a5ej20sjfwe/wp-content/uploads/2022/03/silca-dust-facts.pdf
• Haddiscoe church is only 200m away and forms part of a cluster of churches with views from their church towers. This as well as the graveyard and War Memorial will suffer from the same nuisances and disturbances.
• The Norfolk Broads borders the development plan to the east and will be similarly affected.
• Nuisance – The impact on village life will be enormous from both a ‘day to day’ and leisure perspective. Residents live here and have moved here for peace and tranquillity.
• Loss of farmland through conversion to gravel extraction
• Light pollution from works, especially in winter
• Noise – Traffic, mining, diggers. Can you imagine living next door!
• Health – Physical, i.e. breathing problems, as well as mental health and wellbeing
• Impact on Wildlife – Animals, birdlife, bats, newts, etc. We are awaiting further reports.
• Impact on environment – Ecology, trees, soil, etc
• Heritage – Archaeological, history – see the reports, findings from Roman, Saxon and Medieval times, that require further investigation
• Traffic – HGV movements, threat of accidents, danger to children, single carriageway, weight of HGV’s, noise, pollution
• Amenities – Dog walking, horse riding, rambling, public rights of way crossing the proposed development area.
• Carbon Footprint – Extraction releases greenhouse gasses. Mining is a major cause of global warming.

How to object:

1.       Click on the planning application link above to submit your objection

2.       Click comment on this application

3.       Add personal details (multiples times if you have multiple occupiers and email addresses)

4.       Response type – OBJECTION from the drop down list

5.       Add comments and submit

Donations and Support

We are also looking to raise some initial funds and would really appreciate a donation of £10 (or more if you can) per household to enable us to prepare and have monies available to help us fight any planning proposals, and especially should we require legal representation. The funds will be held in a bank account under the association’s name and with the elected officers only as signatories. At the end of the process and should any monies be left; these will be offered to the Parish Council for any Haddiscoe community-based projects. The Bank Account details will follow shortly in a separate email. If you’re unable to process a bank transfer but would like to contribute then please let us know and we will find an alternative method. We will spend the money wisely!

HSBC Business Bank

Account Name: Stopit2

Account Number: 34463226

Sort Code: 40 35 09

Reference: Please add your surname

Please spread the word. Please tell all of your neighbours and friends, who are against these types of plans, to join our association by emailing us at stopit2haddiscoe@gmail.com and adding their email addresses to our members distribution email communications list.

We would welcome comments and confirmation of how many people in your household are on board with our STOPIT 2 campaign, we can be contacted via the above email address.

Any other ideas would be gratefully appreciated as to other ways we can fight this application.