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I am resident in Ingrave and wish to voice my absolute disapproval of and dismay at the plans to build residential housing on any Greenbelt land.

If this proposal is given the green light, a very dangerous precedent will be set and we will find ourselves part of yet another "urban sprawl". Should this precious land be built on, there is no going back and we'll have lost it forever.

The Greenbelt aside, I cannot fathom why this proposal is even being considered given the fact there is no infrastructure to accommodate such large numbers of new dwellings in the area.

My main concerns are:

. An enormous strain will be put on the surrounding roads - the A128, A127 and A13 - already overcrowded for several hours from early morning and then again from late afternoon.

. Whether a new train station is built or not at or near to the proposed site at Dunton, how on earth can the C2C line into Fenchurch Street accommodate commuters from even a fraction of the planned 1000s of new dwellings? Also the car park at West Horndon station is full to capacity on most weekdays.

. How can there be any hope of extra trains being added given that Fenchurch Street has only one line in and one line out of a station that has only four platforms?

. Although it is anticipated that there will be new schools, doctors surgery/health centre (etc), how on earth can Basildon Hospital support a potential 6000 extra families?

With my thanks in anticipation of your attention to my comments