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The site off Priests Lane is wholly unsuitable for any housing as the local infrastructure cannot handle the increase in traffic. I strongly believe that the danger to people who walk to school/work/station along Priests lane would be greatly increased by any number of houses. The path is small and if you use the area you will know at peak times it is already overcrowded. Adding to that traffic and most households now have 2 cars on average is in my opinion both dangerous to people and would completely jam up what is no more than a country lane where at points two cars can not pass each other in opposite direction without being dangerously close. Greenfield sites like this should NOT be built on. The councils lack of forward planning re housing should not be to the detriment of the local people. Just because BBC now is under pressure to build houses does not mean it should be pushed through on a greenfield site so increasing traffic to a dangerous level, pollution to an already pollution hotspot. Increased school spaces and doctors (not provided by BBC). You (BBC) are turning a beautiful rural area (Shenfield) into a London style area. What I mean is we will all sit in cars and go nowhere fast, bringing all of the negatives that brings as per above comments re pollution. Keep Shenfield rural and look for sites where you CAN add the infrastructure needed, such as new wider roads (Shenfield choice of vehicles seem to be big and wide, totally unsuitable for the likes of Priests Lane), new schools, new doctors surgeries. Lets concentrate on the areas we can add the required infrastructure and build in these areas and not just Jam houses into totally unacceptable areas just because BBC are being threatened by the Government.