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Local Plan 2015-2030 Preferred Options for Consultation
Representation ID: 1285
Received: 01/10/2013
Respondent: Mrs Deborah Richardson
The large scale of the development would change the small village character.
The building of new homes on the site will add to the traffic congestion already happening on the A128 towards Brentwood, where the current levels of traffic are close to breaking point.
Building 1500 homes will totally change the numbers of children in the school and will require extra classrooms to be built on our green leafy environment. This would require more secondary schools in the area.
I consider that the proposed development will spread onto Green belt land which is ill-advised and sets a dangerous precedent.
I am a resident in the small village of West Horndon and I am also a teacher at West Horndon Primary School.
I am most concerned about the proposals you have made to develop our small village community.
The large scale of the development you have proposed would triple the size of this village and change the small village character that we have here.
Why do we need to have 43% of the total number of houses proposed for the whole of Brentwood?
You have not explained why you consider West Horndon a suitable place for this development?
I recognise that a small development would be beneficial to the environment such as the change to the industrial site.
I live on Station Road and every night we have huge lorries coming past our home making the bungalow vibrate.
Taking the heavy industry out of the village would improve my life. It would also ensure that road safety to young people here would improve.
The building of new homes on the site however will add to the traffic congestion already happening on the A128 towards Brentwood where the current levels of traffic are close to breaking point.
In the morning when my daughter travels on the West Horndon School bus to Brentwood County High the traffic can back up across the Halfway House roundabout and further back creating problems for vehicles joining the A127.
Even more traffic that will be created from new residents in new homes in the village will increase this problem. If the development was to go ahead major improvements to surrounding roads would need to be put into place first.
As a teacher in the village school I am concerned that our small classes and ability to know every child will disappear if our school expands.
We currently have a "Good" school with "Outstanding" for behaviour(OFSTED) . This arises from small classes and a close community spirit
Building 1500 homes will totally change the numbers of children in the school and will require extra classrooms to be built on our green leafy environment.
There would also be an affect to the amount of secondary children needing to use our already over subscribed Brentwood schools.
I also consider that the proposed development will spread onto Green belt land which is ill-advised and sets a dangerous precedent.
The Green Belt is put into place to safeguard our countryside, we do not wish to have that safeguard destroyed by the building of a huge development.