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1. Major development & West Horndon - the scale of development would treble the village I chose to live in and change the complete character of it and we have been provided with no explanation as to why we should accept 43% of the borough's overall development. There is no real detail to support this allocation. No infrastructure delivery plan has been provided. No assessment of infrastructure has been don - why? We have been asked to comment on a proposal that only has an outline - how can we really comment knowledgeably on that?? The Council are attempting consultation prematurely based on the evidence we have received.

2. The local community has not been involved as the National Planning Policy framework says that it should be. - why not?

3. The Metropolitan Green Belt are in West Horndon which is a large part of the plan - according to the National Plan development here is inappropriate and harmful - why then is it in the plan?

4. Sustainable? We have very limited amenities, you can barely get on the train at rush hour, you need to schedule your illness in advance to get a doctor's appointment, although Brentwood is supposed to be our town centre unless you drive it's practically impossible to get to as the bus service is so infrequent, new residents means more cars also - this clearly shows that the village is not sustainable as a site.

5. Has there been any though given to the wildlife in the area at all? - no mention of it in the plan

6. Proposals areunclear as to the mix and proportion of land uses but appears to be mainly residential - reason to believe that there will be a harmful effect to the residential amenities of West Horndon

7. The junctions and roads as they are now are inadequate to cope with the traffic we already have - has there been any practical thought put into how this will be managed if we have transport for another 1500 homes? If there has been - it's not in the plan.

8. West Horndon according to the Environment agency (and most home insurance companies also) is considered as at risk of flooding - is it a good idea to build where there is a likelihood of flooding? - once again the plan doesn't appear to have been though through.

9. Where will the local business be moved too? How will the local people employed there get to work if they have no transport? - Local employment will be lost if this is not considered carefully!

10. The Borough based on the information I have seen does not provide a sound plan to be examined by the community and therefore cannot be seen to be responding to the communities needs and is therefore not really enough to go forward for any kind of approval - a serious amount of work needs to be done before this can happem

11. DM28 - How can we even consider this when the plan doesn't provide accurate locations or numbers for us to consider? How is that West Horndon once again could end up with the highest percentage allocation in the borough? Once again, this can't be considered a plan that is actuall ready for consultation - needs a lot more work before.

I have lived in West Horndon for over 40 years and chose to live here once I reached adulthood for the quality of life living in the village would provide, this would fundamentally change based on the Council's ill conceived plan. The Council really needs to start again with this and work with the local community so a complete and correct plan could be consulted on.