Object
Local Plan 2011-2031 Proposed Submission Draft
Representation ID: 400
Received: 22/11/2016
Respondent: Mrs Carole Ann Brown
Legally compliant? Yes
Sound? No
Duty to co-operate? No
Object to BA2: Adjacent to chalk downland Nature Reserve, home to slow-worms and chalk blue butterflies, too large, valuable as farmland and for recreation, traffic generation, insufficient infrastructure, impact upon present residents
The site is adjacent to the Weston Hills Nature reserve which is rare chalk downland and home to slow-worms and the rare chalk blue butterflies. The number of houses is too large for the site and for its proximity to the above. It is valuable farmland and an important recreational area.
This site will have an adverse impact on traffic through the town and will significantly increase congestion and pollution as most of the new traffic will pass through the town to access the A1M (north- and south-bound), the supermarket, and to get to other North Herts towns.
There is insufficient infrastructure to support the development of 4 sites in the Clothall Common area without detriment to the life of present residents.