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Local Plan 2015-2030 Preferred Options for Consultation
Representation ID: 113
Received: 01/10/2013
Respondent: Mrs. Michele Ormond
Limited existing roads that are already at capacity at peak times. One route out of the village to the A128 and access onto the A127 is only towards Upminster. A127 and A128 junctions are already accident hotspots. The station car park is currently at capacity and there is not room to extend. The trains are already very busy C2C have no plans to increase the frequency of the trains that stop, 12 coach trains are the maximum and Fenchurch street only has 4 platforms. Increase for of 1500 will change the characteristics of the village.
West Horndon has limited roads and cannot support the proposed development of 1500 houses. The A127 in the morning is one traffic jam up to the Upminster and beyond with the route to Southend also being severely congested, then in the evening the situation is reversed. The village is already used as a cut through to Upminster and when the A127 is blocked it is impossible to get out of the village. It is difficult to see how the roads can be improved without as there is only one route out of the village to A128, and access to the A127 is only towards Upminster. Both the A127 and A128 junction are accident hotspots. There currently are very limited buses and the station car park is nearly always full as this services the surrounding areas. In addition C2C have no intention of stopping trains more frequently and it is difficult to see how longer trains could be accommodated at West Horndon or Fenchurch Street as this only houses 4 platforms. The existing shops are enough to support a village, but the proposed plan to triple the size of the village will mean that the village will cease to exist and the characteristics that it has will be lost. I personally chose to live in a village not a town and this plan is going to ruin the quality of our lives and my children who also have just moved here.