Local Plan 2011-2031 Proposed Submission Draft

I would like to comment on the planning permission sort by the Rands (Farmers) for 100 dwellings 0n the BK3 Site Barkway. I have lived in Barkway for 19 years, and over those years the traffic in the village has become a big problem. If you know the village, and you should, if you are to make decisions on it, the High Street and Royston road are quite narrow with cars parked either side. We have six days of Ansty quarry lorries constantly running through the village also farm vehicles,bigger than ever moving through the village. It is also a Rat Run between the A10 and the 505 at Flint Cross. By adding these houses to Barkway there will be at least 300 more car journeys passing in and out.
I can not understand why there is a need for 100 dwellings, PLUS, in a village so small as Barkway. Perhaps that answers my question. The position of BK3 site will only extend the village. These New Houses will not be intergrated in to the Village. It will become a separate Settlement. As for 40% Social Housing included.IN a Village with no shop a Pub a the opposite end, and a Bus service if your lucky!
If you grant this application, your judgement should be closely questioned. The Rand Family have a lot of land that is Adjacent to the A10 that would be far more Favourable to house building than this plot in Barkway.
Barkway can take developments of 10 to 20 small development, but nothing of this size.