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Rutland scheme given green light

Work to build 139 new homes on farmland behind a sheltered homes complex in High Road, Trimley St Martin, Suffolk, could start within two years.

Work to build 139 new homes on farmland behind a sheltered homes complex in High Road, Trimley St Martin, Suffolk, could start within two years.

Published: 5:30 AM February 11, 2021    Updated: 10:43 AM February 11, 2021 This brown arable field next to and behind Reeve Lodge in Trimley St Martin could see around 140 new homes plus primary school and early years centre - Credit: GOOGLE MAPS Proposals for around 140 new homes plus a new primary school on farmland at Trimley St Martin have cleared their first hurdle. Planners have decided that the project does not need an Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA) - cutting a huge swathe of work for the developers and clearing the proposal for the next stage of its planning permission ap...

Mr Snowling said studies had been carried out to assess the cumulative impact of new developments in the Trimleys and also of the traffic the 139 homes would generate. He said: "The scheme is predicted to generate 1,024 vehicles per day. However, these vehicle movements will be distributed across the surrounding network with 168 vehicles predicted to route via High Road North, 441 via High Road South and 415 via Howlett Way. The predicted trips on the A14 (North) and A14 (South) are 270 and 145 vehicles per day respectively.  "Existing traffic flows on the surrounding highway are 8,617 (High...