Local Plan 2011-2031 Proposed Submission Draft

There appears to be no overall strategy - lack of consideration of the existing strain on local amenities and traffic congestion is apparent. The infrastructure in knebworth is already wholly inadequate - lack of sufficient school places, long waiting lists for Doctor appointments, severe traffic congestion particularly when the A1 is closed. The suggestion that there are plans for a new surgery, library etc is misleading as the existing ones are being removed.

The amount of proposed new housing will compromise the integrity of 'village' status - Knebworth will become a sprawling suburb of houses supported by inadequate facilities.

KB4 is a recent addition to the plans - this was not mentioned on the previous consultation. The addition of 200 homes will eradicate the narrow boundary of green belt buffer between Stevenage and Knebworth, merging the two. The recreation ground, which serves the whole village, will become surrounded by buildings and rural views enjoyed by all will be lost.
The proposal of a second primary school in the village is divisive and the village cannot cope with extra traffic delivering children to alternative sites.
Why has the Stevenage West proposal been put in reserve when this site is far better equipped to accommodate the extra homes with a decent infrastructure? Why has the proposed development of the brown field site at the Odyssey not been taken into account?

Conservation areas will be compromised.
Knebworth is already a 'squeezed' community with very tight boundaries between Stevenage to the North and East; the A1 to the west and Woolmer Green to the South.

There appears to be no overall strategy - lack of consideration of the existing strain on local amenities and traffic congestion is apparent. The infrastructure in knebworth is already wholly inadequate - lack of sufficient school places, long waiting lists for Doctor appointments, severe traffic congestion particularly when the A1 is closed. The suggestion that there are plans for a new surgery, library etc is misleading as the existing ones are being removed.

The amount of proposed new housing will compromise the integrity of 'village' status - Knebworth will become a sprawling suburb of houses supported by inadequate facilities.

KB4 is a recent addition to the plans - this was not mentioned on the previous consultation. The addition of 200 homes will eradicate the narrow boundary of green belt buffer between Stevenage and Knebworth, merging the two. The recreation ground, which serves the whole village, will become surrounded by buildings and rural views enjoyed by all will be lost.
The proposal of a second primary school in the village is divisive and the village cannot cope with extra traffic delivering children to alternative sites.
Why has the Stevenage West proposal been put in reserve when this site is far better equipped to accommodate the extra homes with a decent infrastructure? Why has the proposed development of the brown field site at the Odyssey not been taken into account?

Conservation areas will be compromised.
Knebworth is already a 'squeezed' community with very tight boundaries between Stevenage to the North and East; the A1 to the west and Woolmer Green to the South.