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I would like to express my objection to the above proposed plans, for the following reasons: The proposed site is on a critical stretch of green belt land. Dunton Hills is an area The Brentwood Green Belt Review has already shown to meet the criteria for green belt - so should not be considered for development before other areas of Brentwood. The proposed development would be sited next to the A127, a road already extremely congested at the best of times. The structure of road surface is already suffering, due to a combination of council funding cuts and poor weather, additional heavy traffic will only serve to exacerbate this. Surrounding, alternative roads are also already suffering from extreme traffic, with routes regularly heavily congested, or blocked due to avoid to avoid the A127. Neither the A127, nor the surrounding supporting roads, are main trunk roads, none are in good condition to start with. Any additional traffic will make any repairs even more difficult to arrange, and would cause yet more disruption. C2C is the railway line servicing the local area. Again, the line is already extremely over-subscribed, and getting to the station via local roads, as above, is a struggle for commuters. The rail line itself may be able to expand capacity a little, but the fact remains that is is only a two line track, which means very little room for expansion. Contrast this with the large investment in Crossrail along the A12 corridor, and the benefits Brentwood is receiving from this investment. Th Government would not have approved this upgrade, unless it anticipated an increase on the Liverpool Street line, which then helps to unlock housing plans in that area of the borough. Healthcare facilities are already vastly over-stretched on the area. With the planned demolition of Orsett hospital, accident and emergency cover in the area is likely to be further strained. There simply is no capacity, especially since there seem to be no plans to increase capacity - rather the opposite, with plans to combine service as a cost-cutting exercise. Additionally, there already are long waits to see a GP, any further housing in Dunton Hills will simply service to make bad matters much worse. Included in the plans for Dunton Hills is provision of 30 traveller's pitches - but the Government has recommended that the maximum size is 15 pitches, half the number proposed. It does not seem likely that this would suit either the needs of the travellers, nor of the permanent community. To re-iterate - the above are my objections to the proposed Dunton Hills Garden Village.