Object

Local Plan 2011-2031 Proposed Submission Draft

Representation ID: 1568

Received: 30/11/2016

Respondent: Mrs Jenny Harrison

Legally compliant? No

Sound? No

Duty to co-operate? No

Representation Summary:

Objection to KB4:
- Green Belt protects the gap between the edge of Stevenage to the north and east.
- roads are narrow
- development would change the landscape - long views into and out of the village which add to its character the land is actively-farmed and its loss to development would be contrary to the NPPF (paragraph 112), which seeks to protect the best and versatile agricultural land.
- Watton Road is a narrow Rural Road and this contravenes the Hertfordshire Local Transport Plan 2011 (LTP3) which seeks to protect Rural Roads
- loss of wildlife and trees.

Full text:

This is Green Belt it protects the gap between the edge of Stevenage to the north and east.
The roads are narrow and any development would change the landscape, there are long views into and out of the village which add to its character the land is actively-farmed and its loss to development would be contrary to the NPPF (paragraph 112), which seeks to protect the best and versatile agricultural land.
Watton Road is a narrow Rural Road and this contravenes the Hertfordshire Local Transport Plan 2011 (LTP3) which seeks to protect Rural Roads. loss of wildlife and trees.

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