I am writing to object to the proposed massive increase in housing contemplated by the Local and County Councils.

I agree that more housing is needed all over the country though now with Brexit on the horizon I doubt we'll need so many extra dwellings. But the watchword I feel is proportionality. The numbers proposed for Baldock are way above what would be wise and common-sensical.

For a Market Town like Baldock to be doubled in size at the stroke of a pen is going against common sense. Over many years and after resident's pleas we have had two by-passes. Now with this expansion we shall need a third. But....where shall we put it. We've run out of ways to go.

I have just returned from Plymouth where pleas from residents of a suburb were overridden and now, as predicted there is absolute traffic chaos. And who suffers - the people, the Tax Payers those who have worked hard and done their duty and then are failed by their appointed representatives. Those elected, who have made all sorts of promises to make their lives better.

If this development goes ahead we will be subjected to even worse traffic queues of proportions we have not yet seen. We already have huge hold ups in exactly the area where the traffic from this site would need to travel.

Sadly, profit is at the heart of this plan, many will become rich by the end of this exercise. All bow down to the God Mammon.