Object
Preferred Site Allocations 2018
Representation ID: 18451
Received: 12/03/2018
Respondent: Mr. Andrew Burton
No space for this development to be built. The increasing traffic which has occurred over the years, which will only increase further with new developments. In addition, as the congestion worsens, it will result in loss of amenity for residents, environmental degradation and pose yet more threats to the safety and health of other road users such as pedestrians and cyclists by discouraging them from travelling anywhere other than by car - this at a time when there is so much concern about obesity and lack of exercise especially in children.
I write with regard to the above proposal, part of the local plan for Brentwood. In my view there is no place for opportunistic developments in greenfield sites such as this. In the many years that I have lived here there has been a constant rise in the volume of local traffic and developments such as this (together with all the other building plans) will merely add to this problem and also result in increasing levels of pollution and congestion especially at the Shenfield Common junction, the town centre itself as well as in local adjoining roads, many of which are now already used as "rat runs". In addition, as the congestion worsens, it will result in loss of amenity for residents, environmental degradation and pose yet more threats to the safety and health of other road users such as pedestrians and cyclists by discouraging them from travelling anywhere other than by car - this at a time when there is so much concern about obesity and lack of exercise especially in children. I do not believe the Planning Authority in Brentwood should want to be implicated in contributing further to such problems.