NOT TO BE PRINTED_Draft Final TAAP comments duly

Mrs L Holmes Thetford 28 Policy TH 39 Comment
I live on the Redcastle Estate and to walk into town I go under the
Brandon Road underpass using the pedestrian/cycling route. This
underpass and its approaches are such a mess. I feel embarrassed
to walk there with anyone visiting me and my town for the first time.
The weeds are rife and even if sprayed are never removed, it is not
swept enough, it is usually covered in graffiti and the bin at the top is
often vandalised. I would like to live in an area I can be proud of and
proud to show off to my visitors too. Thetford has the potential to be
a great place to live. Please look after it - put more policing in this
area to ensure it stays that way. Please put posts in place around
Brandon Road Green so us local people can enjoy walking on it and
stop the gypsies living on it. Comments noted.
Passed on comments to the town
council and BDC's environmental
services team and NCC. Graffiti is
on murals - removing graffiti would
damage murals. Recently nothing
offensive so decided to leave graffiti.
Mrs Patricia Poel Thetford 28 Policy TH 39 Comment A mix of housing needed. No terraces to save space. Comments noted. Pass on comments to housing team.
Mrs Sarah
Wilson Thetford 28 Policy TH 39 Comment
T C Grove Thetford 28 Policy TH 39 Comment
Mr Paul Leeming Carter Jonas Harrogate 28 Policy TH 40 Comment
Linda Payne Thetford 29 Policy TH 40 Comment
Mr Ed Chambers
: I would not want to see ‘infill' on any existing housing estate, which
involves cramming as many houses as possible into one area. The
last thing we want is more concentrated housing. Schemes of ‘mixed
housing' sound good - until people change their minds at the last
minute - as seems to have happened at Sweyn Close. What
guarantees are there that plans for mixed housing don't get switched
to social housing by Breckland councillors at the last minute again? Comments noted. Pass on comments to housing team.
It is essential that the amenities of existing residents be fully
protected, everywhere in Thetford. The existing area of Croxton
Road should NOT be designated for redevelopment. The Ladies'
Estate was built with 559 dwellings. The buyers accepted the
terraces and garage blocks and parking areas in exchange for the
degree of openness not enjoyed elsewhere in the town. They paid
for amenity spaces to be maintained in perpetuity. The Estate
contributed to providing housing in the town where then school site
was sold as building plots. A valuable lung was surrendered. Any
proposals to fill in the smaller spaces that are an essential part of the
design of the estate would crab and cramp the area, some would say
like the former school site.
It would be criminally negligent to even contemplate crowding out
the Ladies' Estate. This would drag it down to levels endured
elsewhere in the town rather than bringing those areas up to
standards that are admired. Hopefully the implementation of the plan
will improve Thetford for everyone but absolutely not at the cost of
the existing open areas and children's play equipment.
For employment areas we would suggest that a range of ancillary
uses may be appropriate where these improve the function of the
employment uses - for example A3 uses for snack bars and cafes. Agree Amend policy as per rep.
what on earth does this mean? I am not unintelligent but have no
idea what this is about and I doubt many people will. Can't you use
simple English or is this a smokescreen for something? Comment noted.
Refresh policy taking into account
this comment.
Thetford Town
Council THETFORD 29 Policy TH 40 Agree Approved Support noted. No further action.
Mr P Dunnett Thetford 29 Policy TH 40 Comment
" The Council will investigate.............................existing employment
areas over time". This paragraph is totally meaningless to everyone
(except possibly planners) having been written using jargon that
members of the ordinary public do not understand. If comment was
expected it should either have been written in plain understandable
English or an explanation of it's meaning should have been provided! Comment noted.
Comment noted. There is a scale of interventions from minor
aesthetics to schemes involving 10's of dwellings. The capacity
for further development within the built up area of Thetford is
relatively limited however the Council needs to be mindful that
small to medium scale sites do come forward from time to time.
Additionally, Flagship Housing have embarked on a programme
of investment in the existing estates and this has resulted in a
number of schemes ranging from sites of 3 houses on former
garage sites through to more comprehensive redevelopments of
60+ homes. The Policy does not seek to give specific detail of
schemes, rather guide such schemes in recognition that further
development is likely. Core Strategy DC1 on Amenity and DC16
on design would be of relevance to future plans. Pass on comments to Housing team.
Refresh policy taking into account
this comment.
Mr Stuart Wilson Thetford Society Thetford 29 Policy TH 40 Agree Agree (ref. TH13 ) Support noted. No further action.
Mr Stuart Wilson Thetford 29 Policy TH 40 Agree Support noted. No further action.