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To whom it may concern,
I vigorously object to the revised local 2018 for the following reasons.

The first thing that occurs to me when reading through those parts of the LDP that will impact on West Horndon is the obvious disparity of building new housing on a large scale and at the same time providing Traveller sites not just near to this development but within the same proposed site.
It is a fact that cannot be denied that that the presence of Traveler sites in an area , especially such a high number of sites will have a negative impact on the desirability of any property nearby therefore having an adverse effect on the property sale prices.
Obviously this not an aspect that potential developers will be attracted to, quite the opposite they may not wish to build houses with Traveller Sites anywhere near the development. Almost certainly it will also affect the number of potential buyers.

I also ask the very obvious question which is why in such a large Borough are so many undesirable developments being directed towards West Horndon ?
We have , possibly, new housing on sites in and around West Horndon that number in the region of 4000 which will bring with them all the associated difficulties
ie.
1/. extra traffic on roads both local and trunk which already suffer from long tailbacks and jams.
2/. more rail journeys on a line that is already overcrowded with the operator not having any plans to increase the capacity.
3/. Extra demands on all emergency services 4/. Greater demand on GPs that are already struggling to cope with demand.
5/. Higher demand for school places at our local school. Our school is at the moment rated as Good, but I fear that if these developments go ahead as planned it will adversely affect the school and it will have a negative affect on educational standards.

I feel that the village of West Horndon in the borough of Brentwood is being unfairly treated in as much as a disproportionate level of development is being proposed here while the rest of the borough gets away with only small developments.
When it comes to investment in areas the North of the Borough gets improvements to the main trunk road (A12) and a brand new rail line (Crossrail) could this be anything to do with the number of Councillors/ MPs ? I wonder ?
I understand that this area is designated as Metropolitan Green belt land ?
This proposal will erode the green belt and have the effect of encouraging s urban sprawl.
What's the point of having Green Belt Areas if they can be ignored at will ?
Before long Chelmsford will be a borough of London !