Co-op store landscaping leaves much to be desired

Co-op store landscaping leaves much to be desired

Although I do not object in any way to the construction of the new Co-op store in Reepham, I do have a serious problem with the landscape proposals – or lack of them.

The design consists of a single line of small shrubs along Station Road and Stoney Lane, supported by a few trees in a sea of bark mulch.

Since when does the planting of lavender fit in with indigenous planting?

Surely to specify planting that reflects the indigenous species found all around this site would have been the correct approach – and to fill the planting areas.

The residents who have had to endure these building works deserve better.

Was there a landscape condition attached to the planning approval notice?

Dennis Pitt, The Dial, Reepham