Object

Local Plan 2011-2031 Proposed Submission Draft

Representation ID: 541

Received: 27/11/2016

Respondent: Ms Sue Phillips

Legally compliant? No

Sound? No

Duty to co-operate? No

Representation Summary:

Object to KB4:
- Impact on Landscape Character
- Infrastructure on Watton road/Bell Close cannot sustain the scale of this development
- Highway infrastructure and congestion
- Building on Green Belt land.
- increase in noise
- loss of security
- loss of privacy
- Character village

Full text:

The plan for KB4 is unfeasible given the existing road infrastructure specifically Watton Rd and local land drainage issues. The development will over-look our house at ground level and 1st floor. It will ruin our view and remove our privacy. We will be constantly intruded upon with the commensurate increases of noise and loss of security. This will have an impact on our house price. KB4 will also erode the edge of the village between Knebworth and Stevenage. It is an unacceptable reduction and use of Green belt land. Watton Rd and Bell Close already suffer due to the amount of traffic that use Watton Rd as a route to and from Stevenage. If 200 homes are built Watton Rd and Bell Close will become an on-going traffic jam as these roads cannot be widen without the destruction of mature trees and pavements creating unacceptable health and safety issues for people walking into the village or accessing the recreation ground. This will further erode the character of the village. The traffic issue is particularly true in the rush-hour or any time of day when lorries or vans come down Watton Rd. The roundabout at the top of Watton Rd/London Rd will be constantly jammed. The infrastructure of the village cannot cope with the present volumes of traffic and this increase in the number of dwellings is unsustainable.