Object
Preferred Site Allocations 2018
Representation ID: 18522
Received: 15/03/2018
Respondent: Ms Devjani Das
Traffic congestions is already an issue (mitigation required). This site is greenfield and should remain. Build on brownfield instead. Current infrastructure and services cannot cope with the additional 1000 homes planned for Shenfield. Construction will require work vehicles to use roads which are currently in disrepair and make it worse. Pollution will significantly worsen - no mitigation plans have been put in place.
1. Priests Lane is already severely congested / a bottleneck for traffic travelling between Shenfield and Brentwood - at the junction of Priests Lane / Middleton Hall Lane - the new Local Development Plan (LDP) does not take this into account nor offer mitigants for the issue worsening as a result of new homes being built 2. Priests Lane is the only Greenfield site - why not opt for brownfield sites? Surely it makes more sense? 3. Development means an additional 1,000 houses in Shenfield alone - how much extra strain will this put on local services such as hospitals, GP surgeries, schools - all are already running at maximum capacity 4. Too few entrances to the site mean that works vehicles (lorries etc) will ruin the roads even further. As it is, the roads are in a total state of disrepair with potholes 5. Pollution will significantly worsen if the proposed works go ahead. Again, no mitigants have been put in place to address this