Local Plan 2011-2031 Proposed Submission Draft

I have again reviewed the plans for the proposed development of Baldock and wish to raise my objections. I think everyone understands the need to build more properties but the sheer scale of the proposed development around Baldock is ludicrous and will totally destroy the town and surrounding areas.
- If you look at the current traffic situation in Baldock it is a disaster. At certain times of the day you can queue from a mile outside Baldock and it can take 20 minutes to get to the junction on Station road. The whole town is extremely busy and cannot cope with anymore traffic. As well as all the local roads the A1 is total grid lock every morning and these vast amount of new houses will have more than one car and will make things drastically worse.
- The rail station at Baldock is tiny and during rush hour gets very overcrowded and simply cannot cope with a huge influx of people without it becoming extremely dangerous and simply unfit for purpose. Also the carpark and roads/junctions near the station are totally unsuitable for more people. Alongside the Great Norther trains are about the change the timetable to reduce the number of fast trains in 2018 which will only make things worse.
- The doctors, dentists and schools are all full and cannot cope with more people.
- The shops and recreational activities cannot cope with the current population of Baldock let alone thousands more.
- Baldock will become totally overrun and from being a very historic town with lots of heritage and history will be totally destroyed.

These plans need changing. The infrastructure and the residents cannot cope! There are areas in North Herts where brand new towns could be developed from scratch. These plans need amending or you will be destroying our town. Areas of Baldock are already be developed and the plans need to be much more realistic.

I have again reviewed the plans for the proposed development of Baldock and wish to raise my objections. I think everyone understands the need to build more properties but the sheer scale of the proposed development around Baldock is ludicrous and will totally destroy the town and surrounding areas.
- If you look at the current traffic situation in Baldock it is a disaster. At certain times of the day you can queue from a mile outside Baldock and it can take 20 minutes to get to the junction on Station road. The whole town is extremely busy and cannot cope with anymore traffic. As well as all the local roads the A1 is total grid lock every morning and these vast amount of new houses will have more than one car and will make things drastically worse.
- The rail station at Baldock is tiny and during rush hour gets very overcrowded and simply cannot cope with a huge influx of people without it becoming extremely dangerous and simply unfit for purpose. Also the carpark and roads/junctions near the station are totally unsuitable for more people. Alongside the Great Norther trains are about the change the timetable to reduce the number of fast trains which will only make things worse.
- The doctors, dentists and schools are all full and cannot cope with more people.
- The shops and recreational activities cannot cope with the current population of Baldock let alone thousands more.
- Baldock will become totally overrun and from being a very historic town with lots of heritage and history will be totally destroyed.

These plans need changing. The infrastructure and the residents cannot cope! There are areas in North Herts where brand new towns could be developed from scratch. These plans need amending or you will be destroying our town. Areas of Baldock are already be developed and the plans need to be much more realistic.

A very concerned resident

I have again reviewed the plans for the proposed development of Baldock and wish to raise my objections. I think everyone understands the need to build more properties but the sheer scale of the proposed development around Baldock is ludicrous and will totally destroy the town and surrounding areas.
- If you look at the current traffic situation in Baldock it is a disaster. At certain times of the day you can queue from a mile outside Baldock and it can take 20 minutes to get to the junction on Station road. The whole town is extremely busy and cannot cope with anymore traffic. As well as all the local roads the A1 is total grid lock every morning and these vast amount of new houses will have more than one car and will make things drastically worse.
- The rail station at Baldock is tiny and during rush hour gets very overcrowded and simply cannot cope with a huge influx of people without it becoming extremely dangerous and simply unfit for purpose. Also the carpark and roads/junctions near the station are totally unsuitable for more people. Alongside the Great Norther trains are about the change the timetable to reduce the number of fast trains which will only make things worse.
- The doctors, dentists and schools are all full and cannot cope with more people.
- The shops and recreational activities cannot cope with the current population of Baldock let alone thousands more.
- Baldock will become totally overrun and from being a very historic town with lots of heritage and history will be totally destroyed.

These plans need changing. The infrastructure and the residents cannot cope! There are areas in North Herts where brand new towns could be developed from scratch. These plans need amending or you will be destroying our town. Areas of Baldock are already be developed and the plans need to be much more realistic.

A very concerned resident