Dear Sir,

Having studied the revised Vale of Aylesbury plan I have the following comments

Oxford to Cambridge expressway

The plan appears to have downgraded the plan so as to now take little or no account of this proposal. In particular its effects have been removed from the Spatial Vision and from the list of major infrastructure projects requiring cooperation. It is only considered in a vague manner as possibly being considered in the future.

This strategy does not seem to be one which has taken reasonable consideration of this agains of any other strategies into account.

HS2

D-AGT2 is stated as being dependent on the delivery of HS2. This project is under major review and as such no plan can or should be based on this highly contentious plan going ahead as there is a clear possibility of there being cancellation and in this important respective the plan doesn't meet objectively assessed development and infra structure requirements.


Housing needs

D-AGT1-4 and D-HAL003 all change housing needs from 'around' a figure to a 'minimum' of the same figure implying that the number of houses is likely to be increased. No alterations have been made to the transport assessment to take account of this likely increase. As any resident in Aylesbury and the surrounding area knows from their daily experience that the transport infrastructure is grossly overloaded and any extra housing will only add to this and is unlikely to be ameliorated by any feasible transport infrastructure. Extra housing is in direct contradiction of the frequently expressed views of the residents as opposed to the views imposed by central government.

In this respect I believe the plan does not seek to meet objectively the assessed development and infrastructure requirements.

Yours faithfully