Local Plan 2011-2031 Proposed Submission Draft

Firstly I talk for my entire family and since moving here 20 years ago the traffic NOISE from the bedford road is much so much more, and the traffic jams go all the way up to henlow every morning it can take me 10 mins to get onto the bedford road and then 30 mins to get to the college (normally a 5 minute journey. Plus your already adding to CONGESTION and noise by building a crematorium which will add to the traffic on bedford road, after rush hour drivers SPEED up and down the road doing 60 miles an hour or more the warning flashing sign post for speeding hasn't worked for 2 years I've nearly been run over a couple of times because of speeding drivers in both directions peoples pets and wildlife are always being killed because of them no doubt when a child or person gets killed someone might do something.
MY fourth point is FLOODING Ryder ave and ryder way and bedford road turnpike frequently flood adding all these extra homes to the area will cause more flooding and pressure on the existing drain system that cants cope as it is on rainy days you can smell sewer along the drains.
My fifth point is the WILDLIFE there are badgers foxes owls monkjacks deers red kites kestrals and many smaller animals that add to the eco system allowing the bigger ones to survive that you will killing and forcing out of their homes possibly to their demise .
plus the COUNTRYSIDE itself is under threat with all these houses been built in it surely it would make more sense to build within the town than the country side preferably somewhere that can handle to volume you require to build.
lastly community the local doctors are already overrun it can take weeks to get an appointment
same with dentist and as for hospitals that's sometimes months and you get sent not to your nearest any more as they too busy
plus where are all these children supposed to play Ickleford has nothing to offer no where to go the only thing it has is country side which you are taking that away too.