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I am extremely concerned about the development of this site because: 1. It is already very difficult to exit from my road onto Priests Lane in the rush hour as the queue of cars from Shenfield Common stretch beyond my road and I have to wait for a kind motorist to wave me out. This would be exacerbated by your proposal to use Bishop Walk for access to the sites. The road is too narrow and winding for cyclist and the uneven footpath is very narrow in places. It is quicker to walk to schools or the high street than drive but having to breathe in the exhaust fumes of the cars in damaging to health. The development would increase cars and pedestrian traffic volume to this street network. Add to this they are often digging up the roads to repair some underground pipes which poses safety risk for pedestrians/cyclists. 2. This is a protect open space Green Belt and not a brownfield site. There are a number of specimen trees planted at intervals along its boundary and the meadow is frequented by a wide range of birdlife including heron and pheasants, butterflies, muntjac deer, badgers, foxes, shrew and wildflowers. This development would destroy their habitat. 3. Although I welcome the reduction from 130 homes to 95 since the last consultation a year ago, it does not go far enough to accommodate future expansion of the two adjacent schools to cater for all these new homes in the borough. 4. Access by emergency services would be further restricted with knock-on effects on health and crime. 5. The schools, police and the NHS services are already overstretched, yet there is no concrete plans to address the infrastructure. ^. The provision for sports and leisure facilities has been dropped from the plan despite objections from bodies like Sports England.