Local Plan 2011-2031 Proposed Submission Draft

We are objecting to the amount of building proposed for Ickleford.

The number of dwellings proposed are far too many for our village. I understand a 40% increase is proposed, this is far too many for a village of this size to absorb without extreme detrement to the lives of the villagers.

Most of the proposed development is to go on Green Belt. A character of Green Belt is openness and permanence, preventing the merger of close towns. How, I ask, is this possible when it will be filled with dwellings?

We have an over burdened Victorian sewerage system which already backs up sewage into Laurel way and Duncots close, so the building of sites IC1 and IC3 will surely only make matters worse.

The building of sites IC1,2,3 and LS1 would only add traffic to the already gridlocked roads. All roads to Hitchin from Ickleford are at a standstill at peak times on week days. There will also be much increased air pollution

The building of IC2, IC3 and LS1 would lead to the loss of farming or grazing land, thus permanently altering the character of the village.

Moving the school to development area IC3 will fracture the heart of the village, the triangle, formed of the church, the school, and village hall will be lost, another detremental change. A larger school will obviously lead to more children progressing to senior schools. I have not heard of any proposed enlargement of existing senior schools, where will they all go?

A lot of the land, especially IC3, is natural uncultivated habitat which is the home to much wildlife, this would all be lost. Another part of rural village life ruined for ever.

This development is wrong on so many levels, we strongly object to it.

We are objecting to the amount of building proposed for Ickleford.

The number of dwellings proposed are far too many for our village. I understand a 40% increase is proposed, this is far too many for a village of this size to absorb without extreme detrement to the lives of the villagers.

Most of the proposed development is to go on Green Belt. A character of Green Belt is openness and permanence, preventing the merger of close towns. How, I ask, is this possible when it will be filled with dwellings?

We have an over burdened Victorian sewerage system which already backs up sewage into Laurel way and Duncots close, so the building of sites IC1 and IC3 will surely only make matters worse.

The building of sites IC1,2,3 and LS1 would only add traffic to the already gridlocked roads. All roads to Hitchin from Ickleford are at a standstill at peak times on week days. There will also be much increased air pollution

The building of IC2, IC3 and LS1 would lead to the loss of farming or grazing land, thus permanently altering the character of the village.

Moving the school to development area IC3 will fracture the heart of the village, the triangle, formed of the church, the school, and village hall will be lost, another detremental change. A larger school will obviously lead to more children progressing to senior schools. I have not heard of any proposed enlargement of existing senior schools, where will they all go?

A lot of the land, especially IC3, is natural uncultivated habitat which is the home to much wildlife, this would all be lost. Another part of rural village life ruined for ever.

This development is wrong on so many levels, we strongly object to it.

We are objecting to the amount of building proposed for Ickleford.

The number of dwellings proposed are far too many for our village. I understand a 40% increase is proposed, this is far too many for a village of this size to absorb without extreme detrement to the lives of the villagers.

Most of the proposed development is to go on Green Belt. A character of Green Belt is openness and permanence, preventing the merger of close towns. How, I ask, is this possible when it will be filled with dwellings?

We have an over burdened Victorian sewerage system which already backs up sewage into Laurel way and Duncots close, so the building of sites IC1 and IC3 will surely only make matters worse.

The building of sites IC1,2,3 and LS1 would only add traffic to the already gridlocked roads. All roads to Hitchin from Ickleford are at a standstill at peak times on week days. There will also be much increased air pollution

The building of IC2, IC3 and LS1 would lead to the loss of farming or grazing land, thus permanently altering the character of the village.

Moving the school to development area IC3 will fracture the heart of the village, the triangle, formed of the church, the school, and village hall will be lost, another detremental change. A larger school will obviously lead to more children progressing to senior schools. I have not heard of any proposed enlargement of existing senior schools, where will they all go?

A lot of the land, especially IC3, is natural uncultivated habitat which is the home to much wildlife, this would all be lost. Another part of rural village life ruined for ever.

This development is wrong on so many levels, we strongly object to it.

We are objecting to the amount of building proposed for Ickleford.

The number of dwellings proposed are far too many for our village. I understand a 40% increase is proposed, this is far too many for a village of this size to absorb without extreme detrement to the lives of the villagers.

Most of the proposed development is to go on Green Belt. A character of Green Belt is openness and permanence, preventing the merger of close towns. How, I ask, is this possible when it will be filled with dwellings?

We have an over burdened Victorian sewerage system which already backs up sewage into Laurel way and Duncots close, so the building of sites IC1 and IC3 will surely only make matters worse.

The building of sites IC1,2,3 and LS1 would only add traffic to the already gridlocked roads. All roads to Hitchin from Ickleford are at a standstill at peak times on week days. There will also be much increased air pollution

The building of IC2, IC3 and LS1 would lead to the loss of farming or grazing land, thus permanently altering the character of the village.

Moving the school to development area IC3 will fracture the heart of the village, the triangle, formed of the church, the school, and village hall will be lost, another detremental change. A larger school will obviously lead to more children progressing to senior schools. I have not heard of any proposed enlargement of existing senior schools, where will they all go?

A lot of the land, especially IC3, is natural uncultivated habitat which is the home to much wildlife, this would all be lost. Another part of rural village life ruined for ever.

This development is wrong on so many levels, we strongly object to it.