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Berkhamsted High St/Water Lane redevelopment Alternative proposals     We do not wish to be negative about plans to improve our town. We make the following suggestions which would go some way to meeting our objections.     Leave the supermarket where is it but extend it back into the car park and west across Water Lane to give the area required. The underground parking under the whole building would go some way to replacing the car parking spaces covered. (There is road subsidence over the sewer in Water Lane which suggests that it needs attention).    The solid facade of the building would be hidden in part from the High Street like the present Tesco and would not need to be artificially divided to fit in.     This would leave a small triangular “square”, where Water Lane now crosses the footpath from the High Street,  which would be part of the market and would be a safe place for the town Christmas tree which is too near to the road at present     Move Water Lane westwards, possibly opposite the entrance to Greene Field Rd to give a one way road into, through and out of the car park. This would of course divide the market but the market is already divided by the  entrance to Water Lane into first and second class pitches.  It would in fact benefit the market and enable it to flourish if the division were nearer the middle.     Make corresponding alterations to the depth of the other buildings to re-balance the parking.     Build in “green” measures from the start to cut running costs and reduce environmental impact.     FE/VE. 13/08/07                                 * * * * *             Water Lane from the High Street