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Local Plan 2011-2031 Proposed Submission Draft

Policy SP14: Site BA1 - North of Baldock

Representation ID: 2812

Received: 30/11/2016

Respondent: Mr Richard Young

Legally compliant? Not specified

Sound? No

Duty to co-operate? Not specified

Representation Summary:

Object to SP14: Infrastructure, traffic, overdevelopment, visual impact, light and noise pollution, public transport capacity, lack of station car parking

Full text:

I'm writing this email to object to the proposed district council plans for North Hertfordshire, more specifically the Proposed site north of Baldock towards Bygrave! Having lived and grown up in the area all my life, I have seen in just my lifetime how the local infrastructure, more specifically roads has suffered with the increase of vehicular use and people traffic. While I would like houses to be built as is necessary with the ever increasing population, I feel the 2800 houses is clearly too many for Baldock to cope with whether it be overwhelmed or ruined by a competing site.
The proposed roads planned to cope with this increased demand are to be honest a complete poorly thought out joke! They will be an eye saw for miles around, they will increase sound and light pollution to Baldock and the surrounding countryside and effectively ruin what is and always will be my home and favourite place in the world!
Currently I don't use the train or public transport much, but when I do I cannot see in any plans how an increase in use of these will be effective in making them less crowded and easily usable as they already are! Parking at the station will increase but I cannot see any proposed plans to increase that, not that there is any space to anyway! Using the A1 will be a complete nightmare as it cannot cope now, traffic is already a nightmare even in off peak hours!
It seems the proposed plans seem an EASY WAY OUT for the district council to build, without actually looking at how it affects the surrounding area!
To finalise these plans have been poorly thought out with disastrous consequences inevitable. Questioning the decision making for this site!
I hope you make the right decision for this area I and many others call home!

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