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The local plan does not seem to be very local to the rest of the borough considering of the proposed 5000 new homes 3000 are to be located in just 2 developments at the extreme edges of the borough. And relatively close to each other. So although these areas will have road links the people in them will not see themselves as part of Brentwood. They will gravitate towards other areas or centres. . These developments along with the proposed Enterprise areas in the A127 corridor will put too much strain on the junction of the A127 and the M25. The A127 is already congested. There is no provision for improvement whereas the A12 is being improved. The public transport from West Horndon to Brentwood town centre is infrequent and not fit for purposed if the size of the village is to be doubled. The Dunton Garden development although in the borough boundary will, to all intense purposes, be a development of Basildon (Laindon) and will have no connect physical connection to Brentwood and will have no identity with the Borough. So apart from achieving a quota of housing and gaining some local tax for the borough any additional economic benefits will fall to Basildon. The lack provision of school places in the local areas to these developments will lead to further traffic flows to and from the wider areas.

And in what order will the developments take place?

I would like to see the smaller developments take place first.
Organic growth will be much less intrusive and will allow the area to slowly digest the changes.
Only when these options have run out should larger developments on Green Belt land be considered. the used of Green Belt should be a last resort.