Local Plan 2011-2031 Proposed Submission Draft

I object to this development due to the current issues with traffic, parking etc. The plans are to use existing streets in Great Ashby for access to this, this will not work! Emergency services already struggle to navigate down Mendip Way and several other streets, the issue would be made much worse.
There is also too much traffic already going through Great Ashby at present.

There are not enough places in schools and GP surgeries to accommodate the extra demand that will be placed on them.

I would like to OBJECT to the GA2 development in Great Ashby, Stevenage.

My objection is on the grounds that the roads chosen to gain access to this development are via existing roads in GA. These roads are already unable to cope with the traffic and parking without having a possible further 1000+ vehicles travelling down it every day. Emergency services currently already struggle to navigate their way down these streets.

I am also very unhappy that existing green belt land is being pushed further back, we will lose more open space. The wildlife living in the woods and surrounding areas will be forced away, or die off. The very reason we chose to move into this house/street is that there are open spaces and fields right next to us, it is quiet and a pleasant place to live. All this will be destroyed by a lack of foresight.

This development will cause further stress during and after the build, to us and other residents. It will lower our house prices, and cause further stress on our already over-subscribed schools and GP surgeries. The current infrastructure (and the one for the foreseeable future) absolutely cannot cope.
It currently takes nearly an hour to drive from here to the other end of Stevenage during busy hours, I cannot imagine how much worse this will become with this development.

I do hope you take my objections into consideration, I fully understand the need for housing etc, however further thought needs to be put into developing new villages/towns/garden cities, and not over-developing and adding on to towns already at bursting point.