Object

Representation ID: 5880

Received: 28/11/2016

Respondent: Save Rural Baldock Group

Number of people: 3

Legally compliant? No

Sound? Not specified

Duty to co-operate? Not specified

Objection in relation to Baldock (Sustainability Appraisal):

SP3, BA10, SP5:cannot be justified as being the most appropriate strategy, when considered against the reasonable alternatives

BA1 and SP4:Sustainability appraisal notes (table 9) creates a high probability of adverse impacts on landscape and townscape character. The Landscape sensitivity Study (July 2013) identifies BA1 to have moderate to high landscape sensitivity.Cannot be justified as most appropriate strategy,given impact on town character and inability to solve integration issues.
-plan not justified as most appropriate strategy against reasonable alternatives.West of Stevenage should be reconsidered-delivery


D4:plan cannot be justified as most appropriate strategy, against the reasonable alternatives (Priory Fields)
-not consistent with national policy-air quality limits (NPPF paragraph 124)