One Baldock

The development will be as sustainable as possible, aiming to be net zero in operational carbon and minimise construction carbon emissions. This is important to how Baldock grows and is the priority of the County Council as landowner, and your elected representatives at North Herts Council. New technologies are being developed and we want to be able to incorporate these.

This part of Baldock has a very rich archaeological heritage dating back to Prehistoric and Roman times. We would like to bring this to life by creating a ‘Heritage Trail’, a footpath around the site that connects and shares information about the features of archaeological interest, so that people can learn more about the history of human settlement at Baldock.

We know that about half of the traffic going through Baldock is through traffic that does not stop in the town. Our plans aim to change this and to make it easier to walk and cycle through the heart of the town – this does mean that it will be harder to drive through the town on some roads. Some junctions and roads within the town centre will need to change, in particular at the North Road railway bridge, where we want to restrict the width of the road for vehicles and introduce a ‘shuttle’ system controlled by traffic lights.

We’re also suggesting preventing cars being able to move from Station Road to Icknield Way/ Football Close – this would stop rat-running, but would inconvenience some residents.

We want to introduce a ‘modal filter’ onto Norton Road where it joins with Icknield Way – this would prevent people avoiding the road under the railway bridge, but would mean you couldn’t drive along Norton Road.

We are looking at restricting some of the turns that can be made at the Whitehorse crossroads – including having a left-turn ban from Whitehorse Street into Station Road. This would stop people using Baldock to get to the A1(M) from Letchworth, but it would inconvenience some residents who would need to approach Station Road from Clothall Road instead.