PLANS for road calming that go hand in hand with an application to convert a Bream bakery into homes mean a disabled woman is unable to get to a car.
And Brian Reeks, whose wife Bernice has suffered a stroke and heart problems, also wonders if most of Bream realises the how the proposals will back up traffic on High Street.
"I'm snookered," he told the Review, pointing out that the application for converting old buildings to seven apartments and creating three new homes had already seen access for his garage withdrawn.
"The nearest I will be able to park is over 100 yards away – if I can get in."
The plans will see a traffic-calming prioritised chicane right outside his house with double yellow lines stretching in both directions. The siting is in High Street a few hundred yards from its junction with the main road and next to a Chinese takeaway, which will also be affected.
The scheme forms part of the plan by Thurabread of Bream to expand its Yorkley bakery and create housing on the Bream site.
"I have lived here for 40 years and I always got on well with Downhams and later Kear (Thurabread). But when I heard of the plans I told them I had to object," said Mr Reeks.
"My wife cannot walk without assistance. I won't be able to park anywhere near. Local businesses will also suffer – I don't think they really know what is going on. I haven't seen any notices in the papers or anywhere else about the plans."
A long-standing agreement, annually renewable, for using the bakery drive to access his garage, had been legally withdrawn by the owners and he felt helpless about the situation.
He said he wanted everyone to know that the deadline for objection to the plans, which could be seen at the district council offices, was July 4 (reference No DF4987/L P708/02).