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1. I object to the proposed size of the development as it will:
Destroy the fabric of current village life.
Cause unacceptable disruption to the current population, many who are elderly, over a sustained lengthy period.

Produce a community too large to be effectively policed by local resources.
Cause local flooding and infrastructure issues not currently experienced and demanding a dis-proportionate level of expenditure to manage.

2. I object in principal the siting of Travellers within or near the community of West Horndon.

The proposal of 14 pitches is clearly a strategic error.
The size of such a plot is practically too large. It will effectively create a no go area for effective policing, have a disproportionate impact on the current community re disruption, disturbance and an increase in fear of crime for the current community. The running of generators, movement of heavy vehicles, increased likelihood of fly-tipping in the area. ( Not necessarily by the occupants but others who will identify it as a site where the travellers would be blamed.)
To site any Traveller's within walking distance of public houses invites a potential increase in anti-social problems. The disruption to local schooling is unacceptable.
Any Traveller sites should be no larger than 3-6 pitches therefore affording a balance between rights of travellers and local residents, neither will be able to impose it's lifestyle on the other. The size of a smaller site lends itself to more self control by the residents and easier policing and management. The blot on the landscape is less impactive and easier to disguise.