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1. It would be wrong for Brentwood to build right up to the Basildon borders as there should be a border, without development, to prevent the townships from merging. 2. The proposed number of houses to be built will quite obviously produce more vehicles being used in the area. These will produce noxious gases along the A127 where it has already been proven that safe limits are exceeded. This will have a negative impact on health to local residents. 3. I use the A127 and the roads leading to it from Great Berry on a daily basis to go my place of work in Havering-atte-Bower. I have never been able to use the A127 for the majority of my journey due to the fact that there is so much traffic on it and it is usually at a standstill during the rush hour periods. Instead, I am forced to use country lanes, far less safe, in an effort to reach my place of work, or my home at the end of the day. Your proposals are going to bring many more vehicles onto the A127, a road which already is at breaking point and is being mooted as a Toll Road! Do we have assurance that there are funds available for major upgrades to the A127 in particular? I doubt it!!! It often takes me 15/20 minutes to get from the Tesco roundabout in Langdon Hills onto the A127! During term time, the A128 is not an option as this is also regularly at a standstill! 4. I understand that there is a history of flooding in the area where these houses are proposed. How is building more houses going to prevent this? It is something which must be a consideration. 5. Trains from Laindon Station has been cut in recent years and it is almost impossible to get a seat to travel to London during the rush hour when boarding at Laindon. The increase in housing can only be detrimental to the rail network in terms of its inability to carry even more passengers when it is virtually unable to cope at present. 6. Coupled with (5) above, where do commuters park? There is no more land around Laindon Station and there is already a lot of disquiet from residents in the local area regarding parking in residential streets. This will not improve with more houses being built and will also, I am sure, impact West Horndon station and car parking. 7. When trying to make a routine appointment at my local GP surgery, I am almost inevitably met with a suggestion of an appointment in three or four weeks time. More housing will add to the numbers on the lists of Doctors and Dentists in the area. These services are almost at breaking point now. How on earth do you think that building more houses is going to improve this situation or even keep it stable? 8. In line with (7) above, there will be increased demand on an already massively overstretched Basildon Hospital. It doesn't take much insight to realise that the people already living in the area are going to find it harder and harder to get hospital appointments, to park in the car park at the hospital and to access A&E in a reasonable time frame. something which is not even easy to do now. 9. Schools! An obvious one to bring up in opposition of your suggestions - the Langdon Hills area of Basildon has needed a new secondary school for 20 years now - we don't have one. The Primary Schools are over-stretched and building new homes will not help the problems that exist with school places in the area. Are there funds available for the provision of more schools/places within the area? 10. The Greenbelt!!! Yes, those lovely fields and forests that we all moved into the area to be near. You are proposing a concrete village that is going to disrupt everything that people in the area hold dear. It is disgraceful that the greenbelt is even considered in any building planning. I also believe that there are protected species in the areas on which your proposals rely. I would hope that this is being taken into account. I am vehemently opposed to the building of new homes on the greenbelt. There are other places that these houses can be built without causing the disruption that your proposals suggest. This is purely a case of bad planning and little forethought, any easy option!