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- Policy should be determined according to the views/opinions/wishes of the residents, if necessary by holding a legally binding democratic referendum, and not by Central Government dictate
- The Draft Plan only addresses "supply" and ignores "demands". The overwhelming problem is over-population - neither the world as a whole, the UK, nor Brentwood Borough can absorb or accomodate ever increasing population
- Any building should only be undertaken in the event of demonstratable need and not to satisfy pre-determined quotas
- In any case the Green Belt should be treated as irrevocably sacrosancts - in accordance with the original intentions of its founders
- No new building whatsoever should be permitted in rural/Green Belt locations - including on "brownfield" sites therein since this causes hideous impairment of the landscape viewable from many angles over considerable distance - as in Trueloves Lane
- Any compelling/imperative residential development should take place exclusively on "brownfield" sites such as redundant/obsolete industrial estates, eg. Water Way, West Horndon
- Any redundant/unoccupied offices and shops could be converted to residential use
- Town centre locations such as the Baytree Centre should be prioritised.
- Wherever possible, existing buildings (eg. shops) could be extended upwards with additional storeys to provide flats, residential accomodation
- Development/destruction/ruination of (inter alia) Officers Meadow should be eschewed in order to preserve green fields between existing communities
- The genuine concerns of existing residents should at all times take priority over the vested interests of developers
- All flora and fauna should be fully safeguarded at all times, in all circumstances, in all locations.