Local Plan 2011-2031 Proposed Submission Draft

We would like to make my objections for the following reasons:

This site GA2 is on Green Belt Land and should be left as such. There are always brown sites available and more emphasis and attention should be put on using this land.

This green belt land is in very beautiful countryside and surrounded by ancient woodland and the associated wildlife which would be devastated by any development. Only in the last year we have seen a big colony of red kites comes into our area and we do not want to lose these. Also our bat colony is fantastic and would end up extinct.

This site abuts ancient woodland and it would destroy the character and valuable wildlife habitats of the area.

The access to this site has to be through Great Ashby, Stevenage, which does not serve the needs of North Herts.

The GA2 site is remote from all the retail and commercial centres of Stevenage and far from both road and rail facilities. The road going through Great Ashby is already totally congested at key times of the day. There is only one small shopping facility. It is deficient in terms of roads, sewerage and public facilities. Also how would the country road leading from Weston to Graveley be able to take any more traffic. It is already dangerous and not able to cope with large vehicles. It is a country road and not fit for any volume of traffic.

Another important note to mention is that our neighbours have been informed of the possibility of a large School being proposed on the field alongside Back Lane and opposite the driveway to Tile Kiln Farm & Barns. At no point in your report has the development been mentioned? Why is this?

We once again reiterate that we am strongly opposed to the plans and will do all we can to assist everyone in our community to fight this proposal.