The proposals put forward and the resulting destruction of the Green Belt all around the village would result in the village coalescing with Woolmer Green on the Western edge and Stevenage on the Eastern boundary and would create almost continuous housing development between the towns of Welwyn and Stevenage. The development has been put forward with no regard to adjacent authorities or their proposals, Stevenage Council having already concluded that much of the Green Belt land in question makes "a significant contribution to Green Belt purposes". No measures are put forward to alleviate the problems of traffic (there being two narrow bridges under the railway with restricted view and already insufficient footpaths that are not able to allow large vehicles to pass under them) and one bridge over the railway with a weight restriction and no footpath. The danger to residents trying to use footpaths less than one meter wide is already considerable, with increased traffic this would only be heightened. There is also no reference in the plans to the lack of adequate commuter parking at the railway station, the impact the loss a substantial part of the village high street (being changed from commercial to residential) would have on the local economy or the volume of traffic along the high street resulting in loss of trade to local businesses as people are unable to access them. There is also no provision for secondary education that would be required when all current provision (in Welwyn Garden City and Stevenage) is already at capacity.