Object
Local Plan 2011-2031 Proposed Submission Draft
Representation ID: 1849
Received: 30/11/2016
Respondent: Mr I Washington
Legally compliant? No
Sound? No
Duty to co-operate? No
Objection to KB4 on the grounds of:
- erosion of the Green Belt and risk of further erosion
- access is via narrow roads: need for widening for construction traffic and for after residential development
- traffic: at busy times and when problems on the A1(M) - would be exacerbated
- valuable and productive farmland
Site KB4 involves erosion of the Green Belt - this should not be permitted. The Green Belt was created for a reason. If this and other areas are removed under this consultation what will stop further erosion under future proposals?
Access to KB4 is via narrow roads. These roads would need to be widened to cope with construction traffic during building and residential traffic after building.
Knebworth is already choked with traffic at busy times, particularly when there are problems on the A1(M). Development of the village would exacerbate the situation.
Any development would be on valuable and productive farmland.