The plan needs to be clear that the southern link road will not run alongside the existing boundary of Clothall Common and through the middle of site BA4, effectively cutting off the 'hill' (which is a highly utilised recreational space) from residents and placing the homes of site BA4 on a busy through route, but will instead run the road adjacent to the A505 all the way from the A507 Clothall Road (just after it crosses the A505) to the existing roundabout with the A505 slip road and Royston Road.

The Policy "Deliver, in combination with Site BA3, a southern link road connecting Wallington Road to B656 Royston Road" should be removed and replaced with "In combination with site BA4, a southern link road connecting the A507 Clothall Road to the roundabout with the A505 slip road and the B656 Royston Road will be delivered, which will not run through site BA4 or adjacent to existing boundaries or green areas".
The link road should not run through this site. To do so it would need to run from site BA3 along the eastern edge of Clothall Common - this would have a massive impact on the homes along that edge and takes no account of the existing strip of green forested land that runs along that edge between the existing homes and the ditch at the bottom of the hill to the east of Clothall Common. This strip of managed green is utilised by joggers, dog walkers and also by children in those houses - placing a (potentially very busy) link road along it would have a massive negative impact. It would also separate residents of Clothall Common and Baldock Town from the hill that rises to the east of Clothall Common, between the A505 and Royston Road. As already mentioned this hill is a highly utilised recreational space, used for a range of activities. It would also mean that the new homes at site BA4 would be built alongside a busy through route - by design - with all the noise and other environmental effects this would have on the site. Site BA4 lies adjacent to Royston Road and the relatively modest number of homes on this site can be accessed via Royston Road.
Instead the link road should run adjacent to the A505 from site BA3 (directly from the A507 Clothall Road where it passes over the top of the A505, and so avoiding Wallington Road and the roundabout with South Road, which is a very narrow road) up to the existing roundabout with the slip road for the A505 and Royston Road. This will dramatically reduce the impact this road will have on the residents of Clothall Common and the new residents of site BA4. It would maintain the quality of the green strip that runs through the eastern edge of Clothall Common and it would encourage the continued use of this 'hill' as a recreational space, contributing to the well being of residents and the sustainability of the plan.

A policy should be added to site BA4 as follows: "Incorporate alignment of the eastern edge of Clothall Common, running north through this site as a green corridor linking to the same that runs along the northern edge of site BA3 (the south-eastern edge of the existing Clothall Common)"
In addition, the plan should recognise the green forested strip that runs along the eastern edge of Clothall Common, in the same way that it recognises the green strip and footpath the runs along the southern edge (the old Walling Road footpath mentioned in Site BA3).