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I object to this revised local plan for the reasons as follows :-

The green fields around West Horndon are designated as Metropolitan Green Belt, put in place to stop the London sprawl.

Too much housing planned for Dunton Garden Suburb this planned housing should be distributed in the North of the borough as well as the South. We have a two track railway here C2C. Shenfield has more than double that number of tracks. With the additional benefit of cross rail.
The north of the borough also will benefit by the expansion of the A12.
The increase of traffic on the A127 (which is already at full capacity) and other local roads will cause traffic chaos in the area.
This higher level of road traffic will also be the source of much higher air pollution in the local residential area.
There will also be a much higher demand for school places and appointments at the doctors .
The added threat of flooding with the possibility of the surface water going into the Mardyke river from the huge development planned for Dunton Garden Suburb. Where as a much smaller development here and spreading the rest of the housing through out the borough would be a more sensible approach.



Basildon hospital and the small inadequate doctors surgery in West Horndon will not cope with the volume of people that you propose to house in this area. Especially as there is much more land available in the North of the borough and hospitals in nearby Chelmsford.

Whilst I agree with the development of housing on the Industrial site in West Horndon I am appalled to learn that you plan to leave and move parts of the Industrial Estate still within this location. We have had to put up with huge juggernaut lorries speeding through this village on roads not designed for this type of transport. Also to put a travellers site within the village, with all the problems this could cause. Who will want to purchase a house with that next door. The people in Crays Hill have had huge problems selling their homes and all the village children were taken out of the local school. Having recently experienced some members of the travelling community whilst visiting a Tesco store helping themselves to groceries and then leaving with out paying, it fills me with despair that you want to place them in this village.