Local Plan 2011-2031 Proposed Submission Draft

With proposals for the railway services to/from Baldock and London set to be reduced, there is also no room for expansion of the railway station in Baldock or parking for it in the surrounding area to accommodate the increase in population that will result from the proposed housing allocation.

The public transport network would not be able to cope with the increase in population that would result from development of this scale in what is an historic market town. Whilst building a bypass road from the proposed site around Baldock will result in a lot of traffic using it rather than driving through the town, all the residents of the town would be more than likely to go into the town centre for their shopping and local facilities. There are queues to the crossroads with the A507 and Whitehorse Street most times of the day. The junction is already an accident blackspot. The very nature of the town will be destroyed by such a large scale development. Knights Templar School is one of the most sought after schools in the area. It does not have the facility/room to expand any further.