brentwood.gov.uk

Having a consultation, I wish to object to the amount of housing that you are planning to build accessing Chelmsford Road, Shenfield.

An amount of 845 dwellings are planned which is totally disproportionate for the existing infrastructure.

This is made up of 510 on Officers Meadow (misleading by saying that it is off Alexander Lane which is a country lane),
Land east of Chelmsford Road which is nothing more than an extention of Officers Meadow.215
Land north of Chelmsford Road 100
Eagle and Child, Chelmsford Road 20
Total 845

This is totally excessive for this Road to take, as you know the A1023 which is the Chelmsford Road is considered by ECC as a trunk road.
When an Accident/ Incident occurs on the A12, London bound, traffic diverts onto this road and brings the town centre to a halt at Wilsons corner, now add to all the traffic that will be accessing onto this Road particularly during both rush hours and you will have gridlock. Add to this the increase of cars sales year on year by about 5% and what do you have but chaos.

You also plan to build 55 dwellings in Crescent drive, again some of these will be accessing Shenfield Road a continuation of the A1023.

You have just built 91 dwellings at Mountnessing roundabout and if you build 161 dwellings at/next to Ingatestone garden centre, residents from their will want to access Brentwood.

This is far too many dwellings all in one place and is just not acceptable.

Please look at this again, the existing road struggles every week day to cope as it is and their is no mention of improving the infrastructure.

Yours sincerely.