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Plot 250:

I was born less than 200 yards from this land and was brought up in my birth house in Chelmsford Rd Blackmore. Over the following 65 years I frequently played around and in the land and walked past daily in school days and later when starting work and still pass the land regularly. I can categorically state that the land has never ever flooded or even showed any signs of excess water nor has any nearby land flooded. The land is on high ground.

I refer to your Councils Statement of Reason deeming the Land Unsuitable for Development. You State Discounted - Surface Water Flooding Issues.
I say to my knowledge and belief:

1. I have lived in and been familiar with the area some 60 years.
2. There has never been any surface water flooding nor accumulating/ponding of surface water.
3. The only place flooding has occurred over the years is around the pond some distance away down Chelmsford Rd and much lower land.
4. There has never been any flooding of adjacent properties around Plot 250.
5. The stream running along Chelmsford Road side of Plot 250 is unmaintained so even if there were any flooding issues rectification measures could be carried out.
6. 2 other plots Identified as suitable for development being Orchard Piece/Redrose Lane and Woollard Way/Redrose Lane are totally similar to Plot 250.
7. The Councils Strategic Flood Ask Assessment Report by Entec dated January 2011 makes no reference to any flooding in the area.

For the foregoing reasons I believe Plot 250 is together with the other 2 plots adjoining referred to, totally suitable for development.