Object
Local Plan 2015-2030 Preferred Options for Consultation
Representation ID: 1177
Received: 09/08/2013
Respondent: Mrs. P.A. Walker
Object to the proposed based on the following:
- West Horndon village will be ruined by the overdevelopment of building 1500 new houses and the proposed Gypsy allocation.
- The character of the village will be lost and the quality of life taken away by the proposed development.
- Why does the proposed development need to take place right in West Horndon? Could the proposed housing not be moved to an area say between West Horndon and the A127, with some green areas and/or woodland planted in between with connecting road/footpath access into West Horndon for trains etc.
West Horndon LDP
Dear Sirs, we must add our feelings of total dismay that BDC would even consider ruining WH village by the over-development of building 1500 new houses, and the proposal of a gypsy encampment so close to such a special area is enough to make you want to slash your wrists! WH is not the most scenic of Essex villages, this we accept, but it is a proper village, with scores of local things going on, and that is why we choose to live here. If we wanted to live among thousands of other people, we would move to Basildon or Harlow. You do not have the right to take away the quality of life that we have in WH. If you lived here, you would realise just how special it is.
Ok, we accept that the borough does need to expand with new/and or/ affordable housing, and we do have the necessary road/rail links. If any new development comes to the area, why does it need to be right IN WH? Could the proposed housing not be moved to an area say between WH and the A127, with some green areas and/or woodland planted in between WH and the new houses, but with road/footpath access into WH for trains etc. The new area doesn't even need to be called WH, it could be anything linking the areas, New Hordon, Horndon Heath, Fields etc.
And as to the gypsies, this beggars belief. Is this really what BDC wants to be responsible for, trashing the boroughs reputation for village life, as we know the devastating effect of gypsy encampments on local communities. Travellers (well, they don't TRAVEL do they?) must have places to live and put down roots, like any other person, but surly to God there must be other places within the boroughs boundry where their style of life doesn't ruin others. Gypsies like to keep them selves private, for ALL sorts of reasons. They don't want to 'integrate' with 'country people' as we're called, so it must be possible for BDC to find them some isolation away from WH where they can lead the life that suites them.