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I respond the the current consultation of the draft Local Development Plan.

1. I oppose the loss of any greenbelt land to meet housing needs.
2. I challenge BBC as to why they have not contested/objected to the levels of housing development outlined on the basis of the greenbelts special needs.
3. I do not agree to the transport-corridor approach that BBC has adopted, I do not see this as a fair way of apportioning development Borough wide.
4. I refute the assumption that the A127 corridor has greater potential to sustain growth than the A12 corridor or elsewhere in the /borough.
5. Not all brownfield sites are allocated for housing redevelopment. Why?
6. I note that certain locations/areas of the Borough have requested some controlled development but this is being ignored. Why?
7. I vehemently oppose the proposals as set out for West Horndon.
8. I align my response with that as submitted by West Horndon Parish Council.
9. From an earlier consultation on the Dunton scheme, 84% of respondents opposed this. Why hne is it still being put forward?
10. West Horndon is being targeted with almost 60% of the entire Boroughs housing requirement. This is an increase on the 43% proposed in the 2013 draft! This increase is still being proposed despite the 84% objection rate to DGS.
11. DGV as proposed is not sustainable. Once again BBC has produced insufficient assessments to justify such a proposal.
12. Adjoining Authorities including Basildon and Thurrock objected to DGS as did Essex County Council. With such united rejection of the proposal, why does BBC persist with it?
13. Neither ECC nor Highways England have plans to upgrade the A127, again rendering the DGS proposal unsustainable.
14. I do support again in alignment with WHPC, for limited and controlled residential development of the current West horndon Industrial sites. However, this support would be subject a full transport.highways appraisal as the current entrance/exit to the site could absolutely not support 500 new homes with the additional traffic congestion this would bring with it!
15. Neither C2c or Network Rail have any scope to improve the current rail link. In fact recent changes to the timetable have in fact backfired causing WH residents more travel problems.
16. There are no assurances that the loss of employment land would be offered up at the new BEC.
17. Whilst Green Transport routes are mentioned in the document, here again there is no detail to support the intention for these routes.
18. West Horndon has a primary/junior school which already operates over capacity. Its doctors surgery is near capacity, any development simply has to come with the guarantee of amenities and infrastructure upgrade not just a proposal for it!