Local Plan 2011-2031 Proposed Submission Draft

I have tonight examined the plans at the evening session for the Bellway Miller Homes and would like to raise the following points and observations for your most urgent response.

1. The proposed 2 entrance/exits onto and off the development onto The NARROW Great North Road is already busy enough with morning/evening queues of traffic, from Letchworth and the North and for those Stevenage residents going in the opposite direction to work.
2. You may be planning filter lanes but the road is simply not wide enough for the CURRENT volumes of traffic and the congestion shall be intolerable backing up still further into Gravely and will affect ambulances into and out of the Hospital and the secure mental institution.
3. I observe the operational high value homes are to be overlooking the meadow which we once overlooked and now it is to be blighted, which in turn may affect the value of our homes which what we aspired to owning.
4. I read that the latest population projection figures from the office of National Statistics predict an average annual natural population growth in the East of England of just 0.32%. Accommodating that growth in North Herts and Stevenage requires 5962 extra houses for the 2011 to 2031 period, but 6691 houses have already been built or have permission to build. So why are more needed?
5. There had been plans to build on the western side of the A1M and I ask why is that development not being proposed in place of this proposal?
6. The A1 M has always congested from 06.30 till 09.30 Southbound backing up to Junction 9 Letchworth and from 1600 to 1900 hours Northbound backing up before junction 6 at Stanmore Lakes to junction 8 Stevenage, as it only has 2 lanes in each direction. How will you accommodate the additional traffic on a already congested motorway?

I am terribly disappointed in what I have seen this evening and I am opposed to the development and I look forward to your response at your earliest opportunity.