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Putting an additional 125 homes at this location will have a detrimental effect on the character of the local area. Brentwood is a town made up of villages and by building this volume of new housing in this location will urbanise the area and completely change its character. The proposed area is currently a large green space adjacent to a narrow lane. Therefore, it will have a negative visual impact on the landscape as instead of looking at a large green space all you will see is a large development of housing. By adding 125 homes in this location will increase traffic generation as there will be a minimum of 125 additional cars using Nags Head Lane and the surrounding roads. Not only will the traffic increase on Nags Head Lane, changing it from a quiet road to a busy through road, there will also be a negative impact on noise and disturbance resulting from increased use. On a separate note Nags Head Lane is a narrow country lane which ultimately would not be able to cope with an increase in traffic volume as it is not a main road and consequently not designed to cater for high levels of traffic flow therefore putting highway safety at risk. Traffic will also increase on Brook Street the main route into Brentwood from the A12 and M25 which is already a busy and noisy main road. By adding 125 houses near Brook Street will increase the traffic volumes using the road therefore increasing noise and traffic volume which will ultimately reduce highway safety. Already if there are problems with the A12, M25 or the Brook Street roundabout the road comes to a standstill. Putting an additional 125 cars minimum onto an already congested road will result in chaos and ultimate grid lock. This is clearly the wrong location to put 125 new homes and I trust that with closer inspection you will come to see this and seek an alternative location.