Local Plan 2011-2031 Proposed Submission Draft

Small villages are part of England's heritage and should not be extended.

Two additional houses each with adequate on-site parking space for at least three vehicles may, if sympathetically executed, be acceptable, but Breachwood Green does not have the infrastructure to support sixteen new houses. If built, this scale of development would further increase the serious congestion on The Heath and Heath Road resulting from on-street parking. It would also result in the loss of well used allotments further reducing village amenities: in an age when we should preserve our green village environment, this loss is unacceptable.

I don't believe that sacrificing green belt land in Hertfordshire east of Luton to accommodate the building of more houses can be justified when there are many sites within Luton boundaries that could be used.
For example, the proposed Power Court development in the centre of Luton, although containing some apartments, is predominantly a football stadium and additional retail outlets. This could be redesigned to contain thousands of houses which would benefit from being central and eliminate much car commuting. If protected land is to be sacrificed it should be Stockwood Park which is within the Luton boundary, not beautiful green belt land outside of the boundary.

The proposed development totally swamps three small villages which are part of England's heritage and should not have their character destroyed. Access into central Luton, Hitchin and Stevenage from this area is already congested at peak commuting times, the addition of more vehicles would obviously make it much worse, yet another reason for building within the Luton boundary.