Object
Local Plan 2011-2031 Proposed Submission Draft
Representation ID: 1023
Received: 27/11/2016
Respondent: Ms Charlotte Cosson
Legally compliant? No
Sound? No
Duty to co-operate? No
Object to KB4: Lack of consultation, traffic, no firm commitment to education, no joined up thinking with other sites - developers have obligation over 500 homes but as the sites have been separated, this obligation has been overlooked (unless this was intentional;?)
Lack of capacity on Watton Road and Swangley's Lane for increased volume of traffice. There will be a loss of countryside and the open landscape setting. Knebworth will merge into Stevenage and the village identity will be lost.
The site KB4 has not previously undergone any consultation. This is against policy and verging on illegal.
Secondary schooling:
13.193 mentions an 'all-through' school. It uses the term 'possibly' and 'provides the opportunity to look at alternative approaches' .This is certainly nothing definitive.The developers would have no obligation to built a secondary school. It does not seem likely that a secondary school would be built; in fact there is not actually a shortage of secondary school places in Stevenage and so there would be no reason to provide a secondary school.