Local Plan 2011-2031 Proposed Submission Draft

I strongly object to the proposed redevelopment plans on the following grounds:-

- the proposed development is on green belt land and there is no justification for overriding this status. There are alternative brown field sites within the Luton area that can be developed to provide additional homes, notably the area behind the Vauxhall plant. Even If there is a justification to use green belt land, the ares between Stockwood Park and the motorway up to the relief road would be a better choice with less environmental impact.

- 2,100 homes is an excessively large development (equivalent to a whole new town) that would totally change the character of the existing area, destroying valuable wildlife habitat and a leisure amenity for walkers and cyclists.

- the infrastructure of the area could not cope with the proposed development under these plans. The strains on the water, sewage and road systems would be huge and the plans to not adequately address how these problems would be overcome

In summary, this is a totally unnecessary destruction of green belt land that would have a material adverse effect on the local environment and which would put an intolerable strain on the local infrastructure.

These plans should be torn up and less destructive development of brown field sites should be prepared instead.