Local Plan 2011-2031 Proposed Submission Draft

There has been a total lack of thought in designating this area for housing.

Access - Current access is totally in capable of dealing with the existing population and the vehicles that go with that. Mendip Way is already already a ' rat run' that is too narrow for cars to park and pass safely, increasing the households with' primary access' from Mendip Way is utter madness. the weight of traffic will bring this area to a halt at certain times of the day during morning and evening peak periods.

There is no provision to prevent more HMO's in this area. The developers will inevitably build large family homes of 4/6/6 bed rooms. a number of these, especially the three floor town house style property, will lend themselves to investors turning them into multi let properties of 7/8/9 rooms. these occupants will all have their own cars. Public transport in this area is an absolute non-entity. It only runs through the day and stops early evening so people have no option to drive.

With these 857 properties being suggested, where are they all going to park ?

Where are they going to take the children to school or the doctors surgery.

This is an ill thought out plan just to satisfy quotas from central government.

By attracting more people into this area, there is no employment uses. People travel somewhere else to work.

Where are they going to park their cars when they go to the station for example in Letchworth or Stevenage? there is insufficient space now before these ridiculous expansion plans are implemented.

Developers only build for profit, they are not interested in the sustainability of an area if it gets in the way of profit.

There has been a total lack of thought in designating this area for housing.

Access - Current access is totally in capable of dealing with the existing population and the vehicles that go with that. Mendip Way is already already a ' rat run' that is too narrow for cars to park and pass safely, increasing the households with' primary access' from Mendip Way is utter madness. the weight of traffic will bring this area to a halt at certain times of the day during morning and evening peak periods.

There is no provision to prevent more HMO's in this area. The developers will inevitably build large family homes of 4/6/6 bed rooms. a number of these, especially the three floor town house style property, will lend themselves to investors turning them into multi let properties of 7/8/9 rooms. these occupants will all have their own cars. Public transport in this area is an absolute non-entity. It only runs through the day and stops early evening so people have no option to drive.

With these 857 properties being suggested, where are they all going to park ?

Where are they going to take the children to school or the doctors surgery.

This is an ill thought out plan just to satisfy quotas from central government.

By attracting more people into this area, there is no employment uses. People travel somewhere else to work.

Where are they going to park their cars when they go to the station for example in Letchworth or Stevenage? there is insufficient space now before these ridiculous expansion plans are implemented.

Developers only build for profit, they are not interested in the sustainability of an area if it gets in the way of profit.