Local Plan 2011-2031 Proposed Submission Draft

I am logging my objection to the proposed Roundwood development by Croudace homes off Back Lane in Great Ashby Stevenage. Great Ashby has been built with the minimum of parking as most new developments seem to be. Already there is a massive parking shortage and the proposed changed to Bray Drive will only serve to compound this. Getting along Bray drive during the morning rush hour is already a significant challenge and at weekends and evenings it is even more so as everyone is home and hence there are cars parked on both sides of the street for the entire length of the road.
Equally getting out of Stevenage onto the A1 is a nightmare in the morning, there are already significant queues on Martin way leading to the roundabout. A lot of Great Ashby residents use the short cut via Weston to get onto the A1 at Baldock instead so whilst the works are going on and Back lane is closed the pressure of traffic trying to exit Stevenage will be added to massively.
There are usually significant queues along the road in Graveley too with commuters trying to get into Stevenage, too add a new set of commuters from the proposed Roundwood site tying to cross this trail of traffic to get onto the road to the A1 would just load an already loaded system significantly.
Another significant change would be the appearance of Bray drive, reducing the number of trees and green patches which we have little enough of anyway. Plus the increased traffic through Bray drive once the Roundwood site is complete would be disastrous to the existing community.

The local school is already saturated with additional aching spaces being found in every nook and cranny to accommodate the current number of students, is there a proposal as to where the children from this new development will attend school?

On a separate note, I often see deer and other wildlife on the early morning commute through Back lane, the effect of this new development on out wildlife and local ecosystems cannot be underestimated.

I consider myself a reasonably computer literate person but I have to say, trying to lodge an objection via the website has defeated me.