Object
Local Plan 2015-2030 Preferred Options for Consultation
Representation ID: 1230
Received: 09/09/2013
Respondent: Mr Russell Colley
I object to the proposed scale of the development, in particular:
- The proposed encroachment on Metropolitan Green Belt land.
- That West Horndon is being singled out to take an unfair proportion of the required new housing.
- As a commuter, that C2C and WH station cannot support an increase of this magnitude.
- The resulting deflation in property prices that could result from a glut of unsold new housing.
- The additional policing that 1500 possible new houses would require (and other services, such as doctors).
Whilst I understand the need for some development on the industrial estate, I strongly object to the proposed scale of the development, in particular:
a) the proposed encroachment on Metropolitan Green Belt land - how can this be justified when its very purpose is to prevent exactly this encroachment from happening?
b) that West Horndon is being singled out to take an unfair proportion of the required new housing - at the expense of its Village status (and the loss of its village atmosphere).
c) As a commuter, that C2C and WH station cannot support an increase of this magnitude - services that are already overcrowded will be made even worse. Parking at the station is also inadequate as it stands.
d) The resulting deflation in property prices that could result from a glut of unsold new housing
e) The additional policing that 1500 possible new houses would require - if we treble the size of the village, it will need more police resource (and other services, such as doctors, as the current surgery cannot cope with the numbers that exist at present).