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Local Plan 2011-2031 Proposed Submission Draft

Representation ID: 2252

Received: 30/11/2016

Respondent: Mr Elliot Doughty

Legally compliant? Not specified

Sound? Not specified

Duty to co-operate? Not specified

Representation Summary:

Object to SP18 - GA2:
- Highway infrastructure, traffic and parking
- Access for emergency services
- Building on the Green Belt
- Loss of Open Space
- Wildlife and Biodiversity
- Over subscribed schools and GP surgeries
- Travel times during peak hours
- Developing a new Garden City

Full text:

I would like to OBJECT to the GA2 development in Great Ashby, Stevenage.

My objection is on the grounds that the roads chosen to gain access to this development are via existing roads in GA. These roads are already unable to cope with the traffic and parking without having a possible further 1000+ vehicles travelling down it every day. Emergency services currently already struggle to navigate their way down these streets.

I am also very unhappy that existing green belt land is being pushed further back, we will lose more open space. The wildlife living in the woods and surrounding areas will be forced away, or die off. The very reason we chose to move into this house/street is that there are open spaces and fields right next to us, it is quiet and a pleasant place to live. All this will be destroyed by a lack of foresight.

This development will cause further stress during and after the build, to us and other residents. It will lower our house prices, and cause further stress on our already over-subscribed schools and GP surgeries. The current infrastructure (and the one for the foreseeable future) absolutely cannot cope.
It currently takes nearly an hour to drive from here to the other end of Stevenage during busy hours, I cannot imagine how much worse this will become with this development.

I do hope you take my objections into consideration, I fully understand the need for housing etc, however further thought needs to be put into developing new villages/towns/garden cities, and not over-developing and adding on to towns already at bursting point.