There is a lack of coherent strategy for Knebworth. Proposed planning policy is not effective. There is no connection between housing, cumulative development and infrastructure and facilities required to support the proposed development.

The housing development is housing for housing sake and is not a co-ordinated plan to provide sustainable planning policy for the health and vibrancy of the village of Knebworth.

Road networks, schooling, retail and leisure facilities are not considered. Narrow bridges, bottlenecks for traffic and resultant congestion causes danger to life - the inability of emergency vehicles currently represents a real life danger and increased housing and lack of infrastructure would further compound this genuine risk.

Planning policy should be welcomed and provide a vision for the local area and for Knebworth. The vision lacks foresight eating into green belt and agricultural land to provide housing but little else.