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The Council is broadly supportive of the proposed housing allocations within the draft Plan but suggests that Brentwood Borough Council should satisfy itself and the Inspector that the cumulative impacts of planned and unplanned growth on local and strategic infrastructure can and will be mitigated, both within Brentwood Borough and across South Essex as a whole. In particular, the extent and location of growth proposed should not place undue pressure on the strategic highway network, including the A127, unless adequate mitigation or improvements can be secured. Brentwood Borough Council must ultimately demonstrate that the level of growth planned is both deliverable and sustainable