Object
Preferred Site Allocations 2018
Representation ID: 17979
Received: 24/02/2018
Respondent: Mrs Debbie Weekes
Please Stop this proposal for the sake of the protection of green belt, the environment, wildlife.
The current infrastructure is already at capacity.
The surrounding roads are already dangerous and over crowded.
Protect the environment and the safety of the local residents by looking at alternative sites.
I strongly object to this development being built in a Green Belt area with natural habitat and wildlife. I thought the current government were trying to protect the greenbelt.
With this proposal there are going to be no borders and green belt left between towns and it will just be one continuous concrete jungle. I have lived in Essex all my life and in this borough for near on 20 years and the countryside is being eroded every day. Whilst I understand the need for more houses with the growing population, I think more brown field sites need to be considered and building where there is better infrastructure and more can be done to the surrounding roads and transport. Having traveled on C2C for over 25 years that line cannot take the numbers of new commuters that are likely to utilize it should this go ahead.
In addition the infrastructure in the surrounding area is already at capacity. The Lower Dunton Road has already seen many accidents in the last few years and 2 fatalities recently. In the bad weather the road is very dangerous and cannot cope with the current volume. In addition the A127 for at least 4 hours a day and surrounding roads in rush hours is also fit to burst at the seams. This new development in its current proposed location is just going to increase the traffic problems, increase pollution and put lives at risk.
I do not believe that the current proposals contain enough additional community services which are also at breaking point.