Ormesby St Margaret with Scratby Parish Council

FIRST & LAST PLANNING APPLICATION

RE: 6/20/0278/F First & Last Public House NR29 3QG

 

I am pleased to say that I have today received feed back from Great Yarmouth planning department who have been very helpful and have confirmed the following:

 

1. The current planning application in its current format has been withdrawn from development control for next Wednesday.
2. The withdrawal has taken place following concerns that have been raised following formal responses from the Conservation; Strategic Planning departments and the Parish Councils as consultee.
3. We understand that the applicant is now checking to ensure the application complies with Policy E5 of The Local Plan Part 2

 

PHILIP STONE (Parish Clerk)

 

Copy of formal reply sent 3^rd December to Yarmouth council and all  councillors

 

Dear Planning department please see the parish Council’s comments on the aforementioned planning application as consultee

 

Planning application Caister South/Ormesby St Margaret

Application No 06/19/06766/0

Outline Planning Application Nova Scotia Farm Land at Jack Chase Way (West of) West Caister

Having thoroughly read and considered the full proposals the council wishes to make the following observation with regards to application Design and Access Statement and Section 15 Jack Chase Way.

Jack Chase Way is shown on all maps as the “Caister by Pass”

Prior to the construction of the bypass in the 1990’s during the spring/summer months (April to September) the main road into Caister was a permanent traffic jam, traffic would que through the length of Caister village out to the Old Coast Road and as far back as Thoroughfare Lane Scratby.

Journey time to Yarmouth were usually in excess of one hour and often more. This was not an occasional occurrence it was a daily occurrence.

The building of the bypass relieved Caister and the surrounding parishes of the misery of trying to drive into Great Yarmouth. Since that time there has been considerable development within Caister at Tessera Park and Pointers East in Scratby and more importantly developments in Hemsby that increase traffic flow.

The design and access statement discusses the proposed new junction at Princes of Wales Road and the new roundabout at length but careful examination of drawing no E19824-TLP_PA02 Rev A and the document no 15 (Jack Chase Way) clearly indicate that including the current two roundabouts, one junction and one crossing on Jack Chase way giving a total of 4 that this proposal will increase to 10 junctions /crossings and roundabouts on the bypass, also a reduction in the speed limit to 40mph will further slow traffic.

Local people will not wish to queue on Jack Chase Way will find routes via Ormesby St Margaret (or use the old Yarmouth Road taking high volumes of traffic into Caister village.)

We also believe that this proposal might seriously damage our holiday industry. Visitors to the northern parishes will have to queue for a considerable time to get into Great Yarmouth.

The issue is further complicated in that at the Tessera Park roundabout traffic heading towards Great Yarmouth has to give way to considerable numbers of vehicles coming from the A149 and the Norwich Road.

We believe as councillors and residents of this parish that this development will cause significant traffic issues within Ormesby in particular with Yarmouth Road. Station Road and Hemsby road becoming rat runs for vehicles wishing to proceed either to Norwich via Acle or North to the Broadland Way (NDR)

Local people knowing the situation will not wait and queue the length of Jack Chase Way

The document states that the design statement was prepared following a traffic survey may we enquire as to when the survey was undertaken? What were the outcomes in traffic flows and were any of the historical issues with traffic delays taken into consideration?

Have the developers considered any form of traffic calming measures on the roads mentioned above?

We also note that in the event that the school and or doctor’s surgery is not built that the developers reserve the right to build further properties on the site, this will add additional traffic.

In summary the council considers that this development has the potential to seriously affect the majority of the northern parishes (in particular Caister and   Ormesby) in a negative way. Jack Chase Way will no longer act as a bypass for Caister and request that there should be consultations with this parish council who represent the local parishioner before this application is approved. We would further state that we consider the effect on the environment with the removal of hedgerows along Jack Chase way should not be understated the loss of wildlife habitat cannot be underestimated we have seen nothing which proposes to deal with this loss effectively or minimise its effect.

Dear Parishioners,

Just to clarify the reason why the ducks cannot go to rescue or the RSPCA is because of the current Avian Flu outbreak in wild birds which means they also cannot be dispersed to parishioners to be looked after because of the potential of spreading the flu.

The Environment Agency have come back to me and state because of resources they do not see our issue as high priority or meriting their attendance. They say given time the oil will break down. Bearing in mind the environmental impact and the effect on the ducks this is not acceptable. I have discussed the question of the contamination with them at length and given them all relevant information, they state that the oil sits on top of the water and should have little effect on the water below, they recommend skimming and oil specialist removal. I am currently in the process of speaking to the Borough Council and ascertaining if this is something they could deal with for us and what cost implications there would be. I then intend to pass the cost details onto the party that caused the issue for the attention of their insurers.

Philip Stone

Parish Clerk

Dear Parishioners,

As Parish Clerk on behalf of the Parish Council I wish to inform the Parishioners of Ormesby St Margaret, Scratby & California of an environmental incident which has taken place and of which we were made aware of yesterday at 4pm. There has been an accidental contamination of the duck pond in Ormesby with engine oil from a parked van with a broken sump, the oil over a period of 2 days has been washed with the rain down to the pond and has entered the pond via the surface water drainage.

The current situation is that the water in the pond is contaminated, and the ducks have been covered in oil. I have been liaising with the RSPCA who were in attendance last night and at 8pm this morning. They state because of the current bird flu situation they are unable to take the birds to a rescue centre because of the potential risks involved if there were to be taken currently, they would have no alternative but to put them to sleep. The ducks are currently perky and none have been lost I have been asked to monitor the situation and they will attend again if needed.

As to the oil contamination I have been able to determine the van involved and the identity of the owner. I have reported the incident to the Environmental Agency last night and again this morning and I have asked them to liaise with me once they have attended and assessed the situation. My contact details have been passed to the local team and they have been asked to liaise with me.  However I have been told they won’t guarantee that they will liaise and generally that they do not give any feedback once an incident has been registered as to what action they take. I have stressed the importance of communication with me so that parishioners can be kept informed of the developing situation and what can be done to rectify the pollution.

As soon as an update is available it will be posted on the council’s website and Facebook page.

Philip Stone

Parish Clerk