Local Plan 2011-2031 Proposed Submission Draft

Building on Green Belt.
Sites IC1, IC2, IC3. The local plan is not sound. We are losing too much green belt land for housing.
Sewerage & Flooding
Sites IC1 and IC3. The local plan is not sound. The main sewer cannot cope with current demands as it is; Walnut Way often has problems when the main sewer in Turnpike Lane gets blocked and the need is to call out Anglian Water for the drains to be cleared. The extra demand will increase the burden on the sewers.
Traffic
Sites IC1, IC2, IC3 and LS1, The local plan is not sound. The traffic along the Bedford Road is horrendous at the moment, once the new sites are in place the noise and pollution will increase, the queues of traffic will also increase. Consideration should also be for the extra traffic from Pirton's new houses and the crematorium. There are also discussions on the extra housing at Lower Stondon and Henlow on the RAF Camp.
Turnpike Lane traffic will increase dramatically; Ickleford is already a cut through to Letchworth and other Bedfordshire villages.
Would not a by-pass around Ickleford be a consideration to help ease the increase in traffic flow?
We also support the Ickleford Parish Council's objections to the proposed submission local plans.

Building on Green Belt.
Sites IC1, IC2, IC3. The local plan is not sound. We are losing too much green belt land for housing.
Sewerage & Flooding
Sites IC1 and IC3. The local plan is not sound. The main sewer cannot cope with current demands as it is; Walnut Way often has problems when the main sewer in Turnpike Lane gets blocked and the need is to call out Anglian Water for the drains to be cleared. The extra demand will increase the burden on the sewers.
Traffic
Sites IC1, IC2, IC3 and LS1, The local plan is not sound. The traffic along the Bedford Road is horrendous at the moment, once the new sites are in place the noise and pollution will increase, the queues of traffic will also increase. Consideration should also be for the extra traffic from Pirton's new houses and the crematorium. There are also discussions on the extra housing at Lower Stondon and Henlow on the RAF Camp.
Turnpike Lane traffic will increase dramatically; Ickleford is already a cut through to Letchworth and other Bedfordshire villages.
Would not a by-pass around Ickleford be a consideration to help ease the increase in traffic flow?
We also support the Ickleford Parish Council's objections to the proposed submission local plans.

Building on Green Belt.
Sites IC1, IC2, IC3. The local plan is not sound. We are losing too much green belt land for housing.
Sewerage & Flooding
Sites IC1 and IC3. The local plan is not sound. The main sewer cannot cope with current demands as it is; Walnut Way often has problems when the main sewer in Turnpike Lane gets blocked and the need is to call out Anglian Water for the drains to be cleared. The extra demand will increase the burden on the sewers.
Traffic
Sites IC1, IC2, IC3 and LS1, The local plan is not sound. The traffic along the Bedford Road is horrendous at the moment, once the new sites are in place the noise and pollution will increase, the queues of traffic will also increase. Consideration should also be for the extra traffic from Pirton's new houses and the crematorium. There are also discussions on the extra housing at Lower Stondon and Henlow on the RAF Camp.
Turnpike Lane traffic will increase dramatically; Ickleford is already a cut through to Letchworth and other Bedfordshire villages.
Would not a by-pass around Ickleford be a consideration to help ease the increase in traffic flow?
We also support the Ickleford Parish Council's objections to the proposed submission local plans.

Building on Green Belt.
Sites IC1, IC2, IC3. The local plan is not sound. We are losing too much green belt land for housing.
Sewerage & Flooding
Sites IC1 and IC3. The local plan is not sound. The main sewer cannot cope with current demands as it is; Walnut Way often has problems when the main sewer in Turnpike Lane gets blocked and the need is to call out Anglian Water for the drains to be cleared. The extra demand will increase the burden on the sewers.
Traffic
Sites IC1, IC2, IC3 and LS1, The local plan is not sound. The traffic along the Bedford Road is horrendous at the moment, once the new sites are in place the noise and pollution will increase, the queues of traffic will also increase. Consideration should also be for the extra traffic from Pirton's new houses and the crematorium. There are also discussions on the extra housing at Lower Stondon and Henlow on the RAF Camp.
Turnpike Lane traffic will increase dramatically; Ickleford is already a cut through to Letchworth and other Bedfordshire villages.
Would not a by-pass around Ickleford be a consideration to help ease the increase in traffic flow?
We also support the Ickleford Parish Council's objections to the proposed submission local plans.