brentwood.gov.uk

Firstly I strongly object to the building of homes or anything else on Green Belt Land anywhere.
Theresa May recently said the 'Protecting the Green Belt is paramount.'
Our Green Belt is the buffer we need between towns/villages and the countryside. We need open spaces, even if they have been temporarily utilised by nurseries etc. They are still open spaces.

My husband and I live in Ingatestone at the Mountnessing end of the 'village' where all of the proposed sites are situated. I feel that the impact of quite a large number of new homes will cause considerable problems with the nearby roads and junctions with the A12.
Traffic moves faster than it should along Roman Road and the introduction of many hundreds of new car drivers driving to and from the proposed new homes and employment site will be a danger.

You will say there would be speed slowing measures, but the speed limits are ignored now and would be in the future. People drive far too fast and recklessly, proven by the idiot who some years ago drove down the exit road from the A12 from Chelmsford across Roman Road and literally flew into the front garden of a house in Roman Road. As extreme example, but valid nonetheless.

As an Ingatestone resident I am particularly concerned about the impact the recent and proposed future housing developments will have on our doctor's surgery. At the moment I feel the doctors, along with their support staff, are doing a valiant job of caring for their patients, but it getting more difficult to get a quick appointment. I find we are waiting far too long to see if any medical problem 'goes away' before asking for an appointment. By then it is a much more serious matter and we get an immediate appointment as it has become what the receptionists determine is an emergency. The problem becomes more serious and takes longer to cure. Not cost effective for the NHS.

At the moment the surgery is responsible for new patients up to the McDonalds roundabout. This includes the development called The Elms at Mountnessing.

If you put too heavy a strain on our doctors we will lose them. They will move away to another less stressful surgery or retire.

Unfortunately Mountnessing has no support infrastructure of it's own.
It's residents usually come into Ingatestone for health and schooling etc.

There should be more services provided in Mountnessing itself, not expect Ingatestone to pick up the considerable slack.

At the moment parking in Ingatestone is becoming difficult. At a doctor's appointment recently my husband, who walks slowly with a walking stick, had to park in the Market Place and walk to the surgery.
That shouldn't happen. He has a Blue Badge but there were no parking spaces at all. More development will mean more cars and lorries, making it even harder to find a parking space.

In conclusion:

1. There should be no building of anything on Green Belt Land.

2. The proposed new housing in Ingatestone - 128, 079A and 106 and the
new employment 079C will dangerously overburden Roman Road and
the areas around the A12 ingress and exit slip roads.

3. Our GP surgery should not be expected to absorb the considerable number of patients from the present new builds and your proposed new builds in the future.

4. Parking which is already a problem will be considerable worse.

If you adhere to the premise of number one, which was implemented for many excellent reasons many years ago, numbers two and three are unnecessary.

Yours faithfully,