Local Plan 2011-2031 Proposed Submission Draft

I wish to place on record my objection to the proposal to add a further 3,500 dwellings to Baldock as this number is totally disproportionate when compared with proposed expansions in all the other towns in North Hertfordshire. In addition to this, the suggestion that a significant percentage of these dwellings should be given over to accommodate "overflow" from Luton, which happens to be in Bedfordshire, would be to the detriment of the character and nature of what is still, at present, a small and pleasant market town.
The Council would have us believe that it would address issues of infrastructure by building more schools and surgeries. This is ignoring articles in the national press this year concerning the lack of both qualified teachers and General Practitioners in this country - so from where would these staff be found? Our existing schools are struggling to meet existing demands and the one surgery in Baldock has at present in excess of 12,000 registered patients!