Proposing to build 95 homes on the end of these cul-de-sacs is preposterous. The homes would be far to crammed in and small. The land has been used as a recreational area by local residents for years and as such, would be a great loss to the estate, and wider population, as a whole.
The access to the site could not safely be taken from Aleyn Way and/or Rhee Spring, as neither road is wide enough to accomodate the additional traffic from the development.
There is also an integrated proposal for an access/link road joining B656 Royston Road and Wallington Road (currently closed to traffic). This is set to cut straight across the base of the bund created for the existing Baldock Bypass. This is completely going against the assurance that we were given, when the Bypass was built, that there would not be development of any kind behind Aleyn Way. The building of this additional road, linking into this new development and the rest of the estate as a whole, would lead to it becoming a rat run for people cutting through to the south side of Baldock from the north, to try and avoid the major congestion at the Clothall Road/Whitehorse Street/ North Road/ Royston Road crossroads. This would lead to a real danger for the children and animals who live in the road and use the route to reach the open ground to the rear of Aleyn Way or the playground in the midst of the estate.
Also, should this be built, people would again lose access to a safe area of recreational land. Run off from this road would impact on the foundations and gardens of the neighbouring houses backing onto it. There are a number of indigenous creatures and plants which would be endangered. The impact on the local environment would be huge and detrimental.