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6,000 new homes in bentwood will put an intolerable strain on the already creaking infrastructure in Brentwood. The traffic jams especially along the Ongar road at Peak times are already unacceptable. The planning of housing on the Hopefield Animal Sanctuary site which has one road in and out, cannot have been carefully considered because the impact on the traffic when there are already Four schools along this road, will cause chaos. Parking in Brentwood at peak times is difficult. All the car parks are full. I cannot understand why then houses are going to be built on the William Hunter Way car park, so where are shoppers expected to park, this has to be a terrible decision. Brentwod is a small town! Most of the housing will be unaffordable for young people when flats are being sold currently for at least £350,000.!

Green belt land will be disappearing, traffic jams worse which in turn will lead to a decline in air quality, our open spaces we currently enjoy will be lost and our wildlife under threat which means a destruction in the quality of life for Brentwood's inhabitants. The only reason I can see for this badly planned housing strategy is that someone is going to be making a lot of money out of it.

I have no reservations in expressing my anger at Brentwood councils housing plans, they need to be rethought as a matter of urgency.