Local Plan 2011-2031 Proposed Submission Draft

As a resident of Codicote village I would strongly like to put forward my objections to the Local plan for additional housing proposed for over 200 new homes.

The village of Codicote does not have the road infrastructure to accommodate a vast increase in traffic. The busy high street is already impacted if the A1M is suffering from traffic congestion and rush hours in particular would bring Codicote to a standstill. I feel this put residents at risk of accidents and danger both to themselves and their property.

As Codicote is a village most residents work outside of the Codicote and therefore increased housing would increase traffic and Codicote cannot simply not sustain this potential hazardous impact.

As a resident of Hill Road in Codicote the farm land surrounding is of particular importance to our village and to lose this would be detrimental to us. Our children learn from it and livelihoods are maintained because of the land around us. If green belt use is changed there is no going back! NHDC does not have the support of local people to adjust the Green Belt boundaries and therefore the local plan fails to comply with the Government's National Planning policy.

Our local amenities cannot again cope with such a substantial increase in housing numbers. We do not have the infrastructure to cope with the additional people, vehicles, waste, water and power to name but a few, detrimental impacts the ludicrous proposed housing would require.

Our school is a village School and its reputation is built on just that - being a Village school and the benefits and educational excellence we are lucky to have. The Government strives for schools to achieve Oftsed visit results to the highest level and that is just what we have in Codicote with a school with Outstanding status. The local Doctors in Welwyn village is already a very busy surgery and appointments hard to get, therefore our medical care is also at risk.

Lister Hosiptal in Stevenage struggles immensely with too many patients how on earth can more pressure to this recourse be justified?

NHDC need to readdress their requirement for additional housing in the form of a new garden village/city built from scratch which can meet the requirements of the new residents with the infrastructure to support it.