A priority of Graveley Village Plan (published on the village website) is to preserve the village's identity as a village. Already the edge of Stevenage is only 2 fields away from the first houses in Graveley. This grade 3 agriculutural land is also a corridor for wildlife and a valuable and well used recreational resource. It is part of the Green Belt and fulfils all 5 purposes set out in current legislation. This proposal undermines the very identity of Graveley and will see it ultimately subsumed into Stevenage. I understand that the Green Belt should be built on only in exceptional circumstances and I remain unconvinced that these circumstances are exceptional.