Object

Preferred Site Allocations 2018

Representation ID: 19457

Received: 09/03/2018

Respondent: Mr Philip Linsey

Representation Summary:

The idea of putting 1,000s of house in Brentwood is absolute madness.
We live near the site in Doddinghurst road due to have 200+ houses built on a horse field, the traffic in this area ie Doddinghurst Road and Ongar road at rush hour and on Saturdays is appalling and makes going to the Town a bad option.

Full text:

I strongly object to these proposals.
The idea of putting 1,000s of house in Brentwood is absolute madness.
We live near the site in Doddinghurst road due to have 200+ houses built on a horse field, the traffic in this area ie Doddinghurst Road and Ongar road at rush hour and on Saturdays is appalling and makes going to the Town a bad option.
I also understand that some of the houses are being built on "Green belt" land, how is this even being thought of as ok? I understand brown land as it is already occupied but not on green belt, surely this goes against all of your own and government policies? As our local council i believe that you should be taking care and listening to your residents rather than just deciding that you can overrule your own rules?
These "Green belt" areas were fought to be kept by the wartime generation and is now a great legacy.
Definition of Green belt in the Collins English dictionary:
A green belt is an area of land with fields or parks around a town or city, where people are not allowed to build houses or factories by law.
(your own law)

In Elizabeth road alone you have spent many thousands of pounds putting up wooden barriers to protect the "green wards", as you will set the president i would say if you build on greenbelt then anyone can do the same and all residents will have the right to remove such barriers protecting the "green wards" or any other open space for that matter to use this area as they please. I object to these plans and will continue do so to the highest level possible.
I look forward to a reply and some answers if possible
Yours sincerely