Object
Preferred Site Allocations 2018
Representation ID: 18374
Received: 12/03/2018
Respondent: Mr Paul Gabell
I object to the fact this is in the wrong area, and will overcrowd and already overcrowded A127 and C2C, destroying Green Belt (that the consultation has wrongly labelled as strategic allocation). It will kill wildlife, increas pollution, increase congestion, and fail to meet the need to spread development across the whole BBC area.
This proposed site completely fails in the mandate to spread growth across the Brentwood area, to allow for growth from families, and employment generation, as well as making it a feasible site. Not only that, but it has been completely misrepresented, because it fails to mention that this is in fact vital Green Belt, that is there to prevent urban sprawl from London. This will wipe out almost all of the Green Belt in this area, along with the wildlife that it sustains, as well as the necessary clean air that it provides in an area already known to be polluted. The other Green Belt sites in the plan are clearly labeled as such, yet BBC has misrepresented this site to people reading this proposal, as it is labelled 'strategic allocation'. The only thing stratagic about it is the fact that it is dumping all of the required development on Basildon's doorstep, to avoid the problems that increased housing causes. The A127 and C2C line are heavily overcrowded, without room for expansion (only half the size of Brentwood's A12 and Crossrail services). There is no secondary school, so all children will increase traffic through Herongate and Ingrave, and beyond, every day.