- Will the development provide No new employment to serve local needs? 9/Social - Can the site be accessed by Yes, off Gaddesden Lane. Whilst this To improve safe and sustainable vehicular traffic? is a narrow lane, the exit point would movement around the parish and quickly feed traffic on to Hemel to the village by a range of modes Hempstead Road which is a larger road. However, this short stretch of Gaddesden Lane would need widening which may require third party land. - Will the site impact on any Foopaths 9a and 46 cut through the existing footpaths or other public site. They would have to be diverted rights of way (PROW)? around the boundary of any development. This would result in some loss of views from the footpath although the screening of the Grade I listed church by the mature treebelt means that this cannot be seen in any event. Footpath 45 runs along the boundary of the site. Development would not impact on it. - Is the site on a safe cycling route The site is on the edge of the into the village or does it create settlement but is still not far from the the opportunity to deliver a new centre for cycle journeys. The journey cycle route? would be reasonably safe and easy, albeit not on dedicated cycle paths. - Does a site, by virtue of its The scale of development would be location and scale, have a severe unlikely to have a severe detrimental impact on the existing highway impact. network? - Is the site within a desirable or Yes - desirable acceptable walking distance from nearest bus stop? Overall assessment The site has a number of constraints and issues relating to flooding, the loss of farmland, its distance from the centre of Redbourn, the need to divert PROWs, the potential need for third party land to widen Gaddesden Lane up to Hemel Hempstead Road and the limited potential to secure a range of housing to address Redbourn's needs. The site does create the potential to extend the cemetery to address burial needs. The site would open up the potential to develop (South-west of Redbourn) and therefore the decision to develop the site should more logically be
- Will the development provide new employment to serve local needs? No 9/Social To improve safe and sustainable movement around the parish and to the village by a range of modes - Can the site be accessed by vehicular traffic? Yes, off Gaddesden Lane. Whilst this is a narrow lane, the exit point would quickly feed traffic on to Hemel Hempstead Road which is a larger road. However, this short stretch of Gaddesden Lane would need widening which may require third party land. - Will the site impact on any existing footpaths or other public rights of way (PROW)? Foopaths 9a and 46 cut through the site. They would have to be diverted around the boundary of any development. This would result in some loss of views from the footpath although the screening of the Grade I listed church by the mature treebelt means that this cannot be seen in any event. Footpath 45 runs along the boundary of the site. Development would not impact on it. - Is the site on a safe cycling route into the village or does it create the opportunity to deliver a new cycle route? The site is on the edge of the settlement but is still not far from the centre for cycle journeys. The journey would be reasonably safe and easy, albeit not on dedicated cycle paths. - Does a site, by virtue of its location and scale, have a severe impact on the existing highway network? The scale of development would be unlikely to have a severe detrimental impact. - Is the site within a desirable or acceptable walking distance from nearest bus stop? Yes - desirable Overall assessment The site has a number of constraints and issues relating to flooding, the loss of farmland, its distance from the centre of Redbourn, the need to divert PROWs, the potential need for third party land to widen Gaddesden Lane up to Hemel Hempstead Road and the limited potential to secure a range of housing to address Redbourn's needs. The site does create the potential to extend the cemetery to address burial needs. The site would open up the potential to develop (South-west of Redbourn) and therefore the decision to develop the site should more logically be
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