Local Plan 2011-2031 Proposed Submission Draft

So what obligations for parking along the narrow through roads in most settlements, Knebworth especially, will be imposed? Parking allocations get set for the houses, but never for the access roads; we know well, like the narrow Park Lane linking Codicote, Old Knebworth with Knebworth "Centre", the school, church, surgery etc there; wow, will those already dangerous access roads reaching the Centre need some big improvement!!You just try walking with a push chair and a toddler on the way to school etc through that railway "pinch-point"!!

Accommodation for Gypsies, as unwelcomed as they might be, really is critical. Name sites! I'd welcome one somewhere in the mix in Knebworth.

Orchard Way/Broom Grove in Knebworth, floods frequently. Not surprising, given these houses were built on a Chalk Bourne, one that appears on the National Risk Map. Apparently, the problem is exacerbated by the County building the A1 Motorway over the upper reaches of the Bourne without any sluices. Let's hope the regulations re-potential flooding are enforced more rigorously for the development that this Plan proposes!

Oh dear, we really do need this development for the future of the 'village' s ' economy, opportunities, homes for our children and grandchildren. But the worthies and unworthies of Knebworth will oppose, even so, if the associated infrastructure is not a commitment in the Plan, it will fail. I would then depart for somewhere more progressive.

It uses chunk of totally forgotten land. But a safe access to Park Lane in the South and Stevenage Road in the North is vital. So what is proposed?

Perfect site, but the access road is key. It seems to me, only a new road off the London /Road south of Knebworth, under the railway and northward to tis site is the only safe solution. It's costly, but vital, so needs to be defined in the Plan as an obligation.

This site s critical to a successful new Village Centre. Why not designate it special status; a mixed residential/retail off-road precinct, somewhere to sit, get coffee and cake sort of thing! The Plan talks about the importance of Settlement Centres...here's a chance to put some meat on that proposal.

Again, perfect site, as long as the access roads and junctions to the main road (or a by-pass) are assured in the Plan.

A purposeful Plan that demands that simultaneous infrastructural development and improvement appropriate to the ~30% growth are better defined and obligations placed on relevant authorities and developers.