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Local Plan 2011-2031 Proposed Submission Draft

Representation ID: 5648

Received: 30/11/2016

Respondent: Mrs Kendall

Legally compliant? Not specified

Sound? Not specified

Duty to co-operate? Not specified

Representation Summary:

Objection to Sustainability Appraisal in relation to BA1:
- sustainability assessment does not assess what is needed i.e. link road and additional bridge over railway

Full text:

There are already tailbacks at the Whitehorse Street junction and if BA1 contains 2800 more households, the traffic flow through this junction will increase significantly. The plan mentions that BA1 site is big enough to support a new link road, including an additional bridge over the railway, but the sustainability assessment does not assess what is needed. The Transport Assessment does not consider N of Baldock, only Baldock WITH Letchworth in traffic modelling. Local Plan Model Testing 60271338 says in para 2 Baldock and Letchworth have not been tested to date.