Local Plan 2011-2031 Proposed Submission Draft

Secondary education in Baldock is already stretched to breaking point already. To accomodate the number of proposed houses would require a new school.

Astonia House Surgery already supports over 12,000 patients. The surgery has already had to make major changes to it booking systems to enable those who need appointments can have one. To add such large numbers of patients would break the surgery

I have major concerns about the provision for education in this plan. Currently Hartsfield School can not support all the children who currently live on the Clothall Common Estate. Currently children who live near Merchants Walk have not been able to attend.

Knowing the school layout well I have concerns about how the school could be extended to enable the school to maintain its current high standards. The school currently runs one class out of a mobile unit at the rear of the school. Families and staff who have worked from this unit talk about feeling segregated from the school.