\n Concerns were raised by Norfolk County Council regarding flood risk\n<\/p>\n
\n However, objections were raised by Norfolk County Council due to a lack of supporting information regarding the local flood risk as well as impacts from the development that could have an adverse effect.\n<\/p>\n
\n The council, acting as the Lead Local Flood Authority, added that the surface water drainage strategy approach was “not acceptable” at full planning stage and that a confirmed one needed to be provided.\n<\/p>\n
\n A statement on behalf of applicants M&D Developments said the risk of flooding to the site has been “adequately considered” and that the development “does not pose an unacceptable flood risk.”\n<\/p>\n
\n It also said that excess water would be directed away from vulnerable buildings and infrastructure and that the surface water drainage of the site would be carried out in a sustainable way.\n<\/p>\n
\n Fakenham Academy on Field Lane (Image: Fakenham Academy)\n<\/p>\n
\n A mixture of terraced, semi-detached and detached two, three and four-bedroom houses are planned for the development.\n<\/p>\n
\n In a planning statement, the applicants confirmed that other facilities at the site, including the ATC Hall and the Duke of Lancaster Academy, will not be affected by the proposal.\n<\/p>\n
\n The statement added that the development “will provide a range of housing to meet the needs of different groups within the local community”.\n<\/p>\n
\n A decision on the application will be made by North Norfolk District Council at a later date.\n<\/p>\n
\n The plans can be viewed in full on the council’s planning portal, using the reference PF\/25\/2321.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The homes would be located on the site of Highfield House, on Wells Road, which was previously used…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":316825,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[22],"tags":[1397,90,56,54,55],"class_list":["post-340126","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-environment","tag-environment","tag-science","tag-uk","tag-united-kingdom","tag-unitedkingdom"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/340126","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=340126"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/340126\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/316825"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=340126"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=340126"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=340126"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}