More housing developments, on “green field” land, have been approved in North Herts over the past few months.
- Baldock 3,000+ new homes
- Letchworth 900+ new homes
- Hitchin (east) 700+ new homes
- Little Wymondley 350+ new homes
- Great Wymondley 9+ new homes
- Graveley 26+ new homes
Additional sites are also being evaluated alongside the A1(M) south of Letchworth. And, this does not include the huge housing development to the North of Lister Hospital in Stevenage.
Where is all the additional drinking water coming from to supply these new homes?
North Herts District Council and the Letchworth Heritage Foundation both indicated that they are committed to protecting the environment. Yet, RevIvel has been unable to find any evidence that these developments will reduce water abstraction from the surrounding chalk aquifers.
5000+ new homes in N.Herts will require a lot more drinking water. Relying on existing chalk water aquifers runs a significant risk of reducing the groundwater levels for the natural springs that feed our local chalk streams.