Object

Preferred Site Allocations 2018

Representation ID: 18415

Received: 13/03/2018

Respondent: Mr. & Mrs. T Llewellyn

Number of people: 2

Representation Summary:

Current infrastructure does not exist to support the proposed development - schools and GP surgeries are already at capacity.

Full text:

I am writing with regards to the Honeypot Lane development. As a family we are strongly opposed to this. I live in Brook Road. We moved to the area 7 years ago from South Woodford and one of the main attractions was the large open space around the immediate area. We moved here from South Woodford. We bought our house in South Woodford taking into consideration the area around and unfortunately a large development was built on the land behind our house. I can't even begin to describe the difference in the through traffic, the effect on parking, the noise and the overall negative effect it had on what we used to enjoy about the area we lived in and this was the main reason we moved to a different area that offered all of the things that were no longer offered to us. Brook Road is already becoming a bit of a traffic through road, a lot more so than it used to be since the local pubs and restaurants started charging for their car parks to stop the people in the offices in Spital Road parking there all day. They now use Brook Road to park their cars. More traffic as a result of this development will cause more disruption and make it even more unsafe for our children in the whole of the Homesteads development. There are lots of children who live here and to potentially put them in more danger is unacceptable. The increased traffic will also have a huge negative effect on the state of our already very dangerous roads. I have lost count of the number of potholes and cracks and the general state of our roads in the Homesteads which is unsafe for both vehicles and pedestrians. More traffic will just add to this problem. This is both unfair and unacceptable. What will become of St Peter's school? Where will the residents of the new development send their children? There simply isn't the infrastructure to cope with this. Where will the new residents see a GP? All of the surgeries in Brentwood are full to the brim and find it difficult to cope with what is already a struggle to see patients in a timely manner. In the high street, where will everybody park? With the proposed developments on Chatham Way and William Hunter Way car parks it's going to be a huge challenge and have a huge impact on the already struggling businesses in our rapidly declining High Street. We strongly oppose this development.