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I am writing to inform you of my objections to the proposed building of 1,500 houses in West Horndon. The village already needs money spent on it as most of the pavements are unsafe and a potential trip hazard and like quite a few residence I have to walk in the road especially at night to feel safe from falling over - when money is being spent on new houses and roads I'm sure these old problems will be over-looked. The village has already been flooded this year and when you take away the fields and put in concrete it doesn't need a trained engineer to see what will happen. I also feel that existing houses and bungalows could quite possibly be demolished to make way for more roads that will be needed to make movement of more than 1,500 more cars possible in the village (which by then will be a town). The school and the Doctors are at capacity therefore more land will be needed to build a bigger school and possibly a medical centre. The village at present has an elderly population and if they wanted great changes and upheaval later in their lives they would like the opportunity to do this themselves and not have it put on them from their local council. I realise that houses are always needed but surely not this many in such a small place.