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I am writing to object to the Honeypot Lane site being included in the Local Development Plan.
- The traffic caused by 200 extra houses plus a care home would cause a dramatic increase in traffic in all local roads. Traffic at peak times is already very heavy and causes long tail backs at all junctions onto London Road. It will cause heavy traffic on surrounding residential roads such as South Weald Road, Hill Road and Hillside Walk which are already used as rat runs. Honeypot lane is already used as a cut through from London Road to Weald Road and traffic still speeds through the road ignoring the 20 mile limit. As a daily user of this road I regularly see traffic mounting the pavement to drive through the narrowed single lane section of Honeypot Lane to avoid slowing or stopping for oncoming cars.
- This is an important Metropolitan Green Belt land and I feel strongly that such land should be protected.
- Local schools and doctors surgeries have no capacity to support additional residents.
- Site was previously rejected as it did not meet the Council's Spatial Strategy - nothing has changed.
- The development would cause flooding and drainage problems in the area. The gardens in some houses backing onto the site already experience problems.
- The development would lead to the loss of rural character of the area and gardens adjacent to the development would then be overlooked.
Please take my views into consideration