This site is on land adjoining, on its western boundaries, the A1(M). This presents three issues.

Firstly, any new housing sited next to a busy arterial Motorway is surely undesirable and subject to regulation and constraint on the ground of noise and air pollution.

Secondly, and more importantly, the Government has announced in 2015 the
reinstatement of the Widening project for the A1(M) between J6 (Welwyn) and
J8 (Stevenage North). Clearly additional land to the East and West of the current Motorway will be required to allow for the widening and this will no doubt encroach into the site. The details of the A1(M) widening will clearly need to be taken into consideration before the proposals for this site can be settled.

Finally, the creation of this site will remove the Green Belt buffer between the village and the A1(M).

Knebworth is dissected by the London, Kings Cross to Edinburgh Railway line with the main road through the village, the B197, being to the east of the railway line. This proposed site is to the west of the railway line. Thus any / all vehicles wishing to go from this site to Stevenage or Welwyn (or further afield) need to cross over or under the railway line by one of three bridges on Gun Lane, Station Road or Deards End Lane.

All three of these bridges have narrow roadways that frequently mean vehicles have to wait at one end or the other as it is hazardous for vehicles to pass in a two-way manner.

Additionally, whilst the roads on these three bridges are narrow, the pavements for pedestrians are even narrower and, if being constructed today, I'm sure would be less than the safe permitted width. Pedestrians frequently have to step into the road to avoid one another and it is a miracle there have not been many accidents over the years.

The increased vehicle traffic from an additional 200 dwellings, will provide unwarranted congestion and danger to road user and pedestrians alike at these bridges.