RevIvel urges its Members and Supporters to participate in the on-line Growing Baldock consultation that runs until the 18th August 2025. Please don’t miss the deadline!
Please provide your feedback here https://growingbaldock.co.uk/welcome-back/
Follow the instructions on the “Growing Baldock” page and provide feedback and questions in each of the comment sections: Masterplan, Green space and nature, Transport, Homes and facilities, Sustainability, Bring it together, Planning to delivery.
Background
North Herts District Council plans to build 3,200 new homes on farmland to the north of Baldock on Bygrave Common. This will effectively double the size of Baldock and could have catastrophic consequences if Urban&Civic (the appointed developer) does not follow through on all the promises made to the local community.
The environmental impact on the upper River Ivel and Ivel Springs could be devastating. Building on such a huge area of farmland could dramatically impact the chalk aquifer that feeds spring water to the upper River Ivel.
Provision of enough drinking water and removal of additional sewage from 3,200 new homes must also be guaranteed by Affinity Water and Anglian Water before any construction work begins.
Your Feedback
Please read through each section of the Growing Baldock consultation page. Please provide your own comments in each feedback section. Think about these issues:
- What guarantees are Urban&Civic providing to ensure that every commitment outlined in the Growing Baldock master-plan is funded and fully implemented?
- What will happen if Urban&Civic, and other subcontractors fail to adequately fund and implement all the development commitments?
- Has Affinity Water guaranteed to Urban&Civic that it has the current capacity to provide an additional 3,200 new homes with a sustainable source of clean water? And without the need to abstract additional water from the local over-stressed chalk aquifer?
- Has Anglian Water guaranteed to Urban&Civic that it can remove and treat the sewage from 3,200 new homes without any further spills into the Ivel Springs Nature Reserve. Note – The last reported sewage spill took place on the 6th July 2025.
- What guarantees has Urban&Civic provided to ensure that all rainfall onto the new development will be absorbed back into the aquifer and not allowed to become stormwater runoff?
Your feedback is crucial as part of the Growing Baldock consultation. The development will happen. Every commitment towards the environment and sustainability must be more than intent. It must be guaranteed to happen! Thank you.