brentwood.gov.uk

Having reviewed the documents we have found it necessary to respond once again as residents living around Sawyers Hall Lane, Bremtwood.
We are aware of the proposed building sites in the vicinity of Sawyers Hall Lane an area which is already over congested due to traffic and excess building and recent building and planning proposals eg schools, Sawyers Hall Church and the Local Plan which includes Wates Way.
Our concerns are two fold:
1. Wates Way. Unless sensible traffic control measures are put in place this will mean Sawyers Hall Lane and Burland Road being used as a 'Rat Run' to access the new housing site and eventually the new estate. As the residents of Brenwood North we have not been listened to in the past especially by the Highways Department, the situation in an already congested Sawyers Hall Lane and we might add a dangerous road will become worse.
2. Hopefield Animal Sanctuary, Sawyers Hall Lane. At the moment Tesco's the owner of the this land are applying pressure to sell the land for housing. Although we note this land is not currently a site proposed for development within the Local Plan we have a fear that as the Council are under pressure from Central Government to find building sites this will be all too easy to be considered as a viable option. The consequences are a road being cut thorough at the end of Sawyers Lane to access any potential site, taken account it would also be a convenient route in gaining access and joining up with the proposed development either side of Doddinghurst Road.
We therefore ask you give serious consideration to our concerns.