Local Plan 2011-2031 Proposed Submission Draft

I object to the concept of building on green belt land which by law should be protected unless there are exceptional reasons and I don't think it has been shown that these are exceptional circumstances.

Graveley has a unique character and is largely a conservation area. Building houses and extending Stevenage right up to our cricket field is going to change the character of the village for ever. We will effectively be joined to Stevenage.

The large number of houses planned in NS1, GA1 and GA2 are going to generate a lot of traffic on roads that are already overloaded. The A1M is congested every morning. The traffic diverts onto the B197 through the village and it can be very difficult to get out, especially turning right out of Oak Lane with the Primary School traffic.

Martins Way is extremely slow and so the additional traffic from Gt Ashby is going to slow everything down even further.
The roundabout at J8 is extremely difficult to get out onto as we don't have our own traffic light control and on busy mornings is close to gridlock, the traffic backs up from Stevenage blocking the roundabout or sometimes the traffic going to Hitchin becomes stationary and does the same.

I object to the concept of building on green belt land which by law should be protected unless there are exceptional reasons and I don't think it has been shown that these are exceptional circumstances.

Graveley has a unique character and is largely a conservation area. Building houses and extending Stevenage right up to our cricket field is going to change the character of the village for ever. We will effectively be joined to Stevenage.

The large number of houses planned in NS1, GA1 and GA2 are going to generate a lot of traffic on roads that are already overloaded. The A1M is congested every morning. The traffic diverts onto the B197 through the village and it can be very difficult to get out, especially turning right out of Oak Lane with the Primary School traffic.

Martins Way is extremely slow and so the additional traffic from Gt Ashby is going to slow everything down even further.
The roundabout at J8 is extremely difficult to get out onto as we don't have our own traffic light control and on busy mornings is close to gridlock, the traffic backs up from Stevenage blocking the roundabout or sometimes the traffic going to Hitchin becomes stationary and does the same.

I object to the concept of building on green belt land which by law should be protected unless there are exceptional reasons and I don't think it has been shown that these are exceptional circumstances.

Graveley has a unique character and is largely a conservation area. Building houses and extending Stevenage right up to our cricket field is going to change the character of the village for ever. We will effectively be joined to Stevenage.

The large number of houses planned in NS1, GA1 and GA2 are going to generate a lot of traffic on roads that are already overloaded. The A1M is congested every morning. The traffic diverts onto the B197 through the village and it can be very difficult to get out, especially turning right out of Oak Lane with the Primary School traffic.

Martins Way is extremely slow and so the additional traffic from Gt Ashby is going to slow everything down even further.
The roundabout at J8 is extremely difficult to get out onto as we don't have our own traffic light control and on busy mornings is close to gridlock, the traffic backs up from Stevenage blocking the roundabout or sometimes the traffic going to Hitchin becomes stationary and does the same.