brentwood.gov.uk

Dear Sirs

I am writing to you in response to your letter seeking representations to the draft local plan.

I have looked through the plan and would like to oppose it.

Having looked at the proposed sites, it seems you have given absolutely no consideration to the local residents in the area. We have had a considerable about of development and new homes in the area in the past few years, and yet you want to remove even more land for new homes.

I understand the need for homes and using brownfield sites is preferable, but with one exception you are planning on using every car park in the vacinity of the town and high street, where do you expect people to park? Local residential streets are already over flowing with cars, causing chaos on certain roads, particularly those around the train station and Rollason Way. Likewise the station car park - where will commuters park? You state that the issue of commuter parking will need to be considered but you don't say how or where, how is that a legitimate plan? Surely you need to have a plan for this too? Or all those cars, and the car park is full on most days, will again be parking on local roads.

My main concern however is for facilities in the area. I already have to wait 4 weeks for an emergency GP appointment at Beechwood surgery, your figures already state that the surgery is below average in terms of numbers of GPs and nurses per resident in comparison to the UK average. With hundreds and hundreds of homes on the plan for Warley, how is this one surgery going to cope when already you have to wait 4 weeks for an emergency appointment - yes emergency!

If your development plan actually had a plan to accommodate these issues it would be easier to accept. But in the past you have continually built new homes without adding in any new facilities, despite saying you will, as such our facilities are already completely over stretched and not fit for purpose.

Realistically how can you propose to build even more homes before you fix the problems caused by the last round of building?

I look forward to your response.

Regards

Ms Miller