Chiswell Green-Greenbelt destruction that affects all...

Whilst it is evident that Hertfordshire needs to increase the number of homes in the county, careful consideration is needed of the impact that proposals have on the:
1. the ability of local infrastructure to cope with the size of proposed development
2. the local existing context
3. prioritising the use of brownfield sites before any thought of encroaching on green belt.

In the case of Chiswell Green, the current road and educational infrastructure is overloaded; as the A405/A414 are diversion routes for incidents occurring on the M1/M25, access routes into and out of St Albans through Chiswell Green (including use of Leverstock Green Road) are frequently brought to a standstill - let alone through normal traffic flows. We have overpriced development at King Harry where houses are not selling and there is insufficient social housing, the planned development on the brown field site in London Road, St Albans appears to have hit the buffers and is dormant, and there is the derelict land next to the A405 j/w M25 J21a that would be a better option rather than the green belt land specified, or event the Radlett Aerodrome site - better than rail freight idea.