FREEREEPHAM LIFE YOUR Community Newspaper www.reephamlife.co.uk No. 15 July/August 2014 New water main will mean Dereham Road closures ANGLIAN Water plans to install a new Townsend Corner and Smugglers Lane, imum of B-classified roads.” water main for Reepham, which will in- a second stage will be between Smug- There is no announcement of the tim- volve the closure of Dereham Road glers Lane and Park Lane, and the third ings yet, but Mr Bretton said Anglian Wa- (B1145). The work is scheduled to start will be between Park Lane and the Old ter will try to avoid road closures in De- later this year and extend into 2015. Cart House (formerly Blossom Barn), cember “for obvious reasons”. The company says this will help boost wa- some 100 metres west of Park Lane. The company said it will publicise the ter supplies for Reepham, making the town According to pipeline engineer Chris scheme nearer the time and will be mak- less dependent on its Salle works, through Bretton, Anglian Water is currently in dis- ing contact with local businesses and in- the investment in a 5-km pipe line from Fak- cussions with Norfolk County Council forming residents immediately affected by enham Road, Sparham, across country Highways regarding timings and diversion the works of the timings and “what they (crossing Marriott’s Way) to the town centre. routes, but confirmed that the official di- can expect”. As part of the works the plan involves version will be a long one, “as we can- The plans note that Dereham Road is closing Dereham Road in three stages. not divert onto smaller roads. B-road traf- “traffic sensitive” Monday to Friday, from One stage will be between School Road/ fic must be officially diverted onto a min- 7.30 am – 9 am and from 4 pm – 7 pm. Members of the Treasure found at Cawston Big Weekend committee with Cawston Big Weekend Kirsteen Thorne and Ian THE three-day Cawston Big Weekend, Forster (centre) from BBC Radio Norfolk’s which was held on 13-15 June on the Treasure Quest. Left to Oakes Memorial Field behind the Village right: Theresa Carman, Paul Wilkinson, Trudy Hall, had a surprise Sunday morning vis- Wilkinson, Stephen it from BBC Radio Norfolk’s popular Bridges, Laura Bridges Treasure Quest programme. and Jane Bridges On the Friday, a music event was held for young people called “Cawston Pres- ents”, where three Norfolk acts perform- ed: Comic Book Ending, Chief Rock as (DJ) and the Piratones. On the Saturday, popular local band Sounds Imperial played to a crowd of There was a range of different games ston Olympic Games) winning this year’s more than 300. such as a hobby horse race and snail rac- trophy. The Cawston Commonwealth Games ing, as well as classics like the egg and Adding to the excitement, BBC Radio was held on the Sunday afternoon. The spoon race and tug of war. Norfolk’s Treasure Quest ended the pro- village was split into four areas – Hobart, Everyone who entered the events re- gramme at Cawston. To get the treasure, Cecil, Agnes and Kett – which dictated ceived a medal and certificate. 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The plans are not fit for Reep- Printed by: Colour Print, Norwich ning chiefs that their plans for new hous- ham; they are full of errors, omissions and ing in Reepham are unsound. inaccuracies. EDITORIAL ADDRESS Speaking at a heated meeting on 27 “However, they can be made compli- Reepham Community Press May to discuss the Site Allocations De- ant with some simple changes to meet lo- Homerton House, 74 Cawston Road velopment Plan Document (DPD) and cal housing needs and develop a sus- Reepham, Norfolk NR10 4LT Development Man agement DPD, Rex tainable community.” Tel: 01603 308158 Warner said the plans are not legally and Mr Warner proposed that the allocation Email: [email protected] procedurally compliant, and called on the for Reepham be reduced to 50 units, Web: www.reephamlife.co.uk Council to make changes. which would mean building five hous- The views expressed in Reepham The meeting was convened just days es a year over 10 years to meet demand. Life are not necessarily those of the before the deadline for the latest con- He also suggested excluding large-scale Publishers or the Editor sultation, which proposes 100-200 new developments of more than 30 houses. All material is strictly copyright houses for Reepham as part of the Joint Phil Courtier, Broadland head of plan- and all rights reserved Core Strategy (JCS), which identifies ning, disagreed, saying: “We consider [the housing needs across the Greater Nor- document] to be sound. To be blunt, we All materials submitted for publication, wich area to 2026. are not going to throw it away and sud- including letters to the editor, may be Mr Warner said the proposed figure denly reduce the allocations. edited for reasons of space and clarity represents an over-allocation, and that “There is a growing need for new Reepham Life is a free monthly “Broadland has ignored the views of lo- homes across the country. The national newspaper supported by Reepham cal residents. We don’t want large-scale agenda is all about building as many Town Council and Broadland District estates of 100-120 houses; this is perverse. houses as quickly as we can. I think we Council’s Small Grants Fund “We are not against growth, but we do have the best solution for Reepham.” want the right houses in the right loca- Mr Courtier admitted that Reepham has tions – smaller developments built by lo- “punched far above its weight”, but cal builders who employ local people, added that larger developments will se- supported by economic and sustainable cure additional facilities and infrastructure, development. We will support [Broad- such as better roads. changes, the town will die.” land] if that can be delivered. While local pressure group Realistic John Walchester, head of spatial plan- “What you have put forward is not Reepham produced figures claiming to ning at Broadland, explained: “We have sound and not legally and procedurally show the town was heading for a 16-20% the JCS which we have to follow. We compliant. Further, [the plans] are not jus- rise in the total number of houses, for- have come up with what we think is the tified and not consistent with national pol- mer Broadland District Councillor Stuart most reasonable answer.