In Paragraph 9.28 of the plan the Council already notes that air quality standards are already close to being exceeded in Whitehorse Street/Hitchin Street. Also we live in Bygrave and chose to live in a village partly due to wanting cleaner air due to suffering from asthma. Not only will we be looking at c.7000 additional vehicles, but a new road being built very close to our houses. This can only further damage the air quality in and around Bygrave.

There are several species of local bird and wildlife eg. the Corn Bunting that will be adversely affected by this wholescale destruction of their habitat and no consideration appears to have been given to this aspect of planning