Local Plan 2011-2031 Proposed Submission Draft

My family and I wish to voice our concerns over the scale of house building proposed for Knebworth and the lack of infrastructure to support it.

Our house backs on to Gypsy Lane and year on year with have seen an increase in the traffic and noise in the Lane; if a problem occurs on the A1M it becomes a 'rat-run' short-cut to by-pass the village which in turn becomes clogged. This situation happens at least once a month and any increase in dwellings would exacerbate the problem.

Since the traffic lights at Tesco have been installed traffic in constantly backed up the hill to Knebworth making the journey into Stevenage impossible at certain times of the day which in turn affects whether or not we take the journey and our lifestyle choices. An increase in dwellings would again exacerbate this.

The village is in a constant state of traffic stagnation at certain times of the day and increasing the population would only affect this further. Drainage is also a very real problem in our immediate area.

Finally our Gypsy Lane estate would effectively be marooned between two small roads which would become clogged as the residents in the houses built around us would need to get off their estates.

It beggars belief that this number of houses are being considered and that the lives of those already in Knebworth are seemingly not worth a thought. We urge you to give further thoughts to these proposals otherwise life in Knebworth will become intolerable.