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Unsound:
* The Transport assessment is inaccurate as it has excluded traffic along Priests Lane and was taken at times that excluded a large proportion of school traffic despite Council assurances that a traffic assessment would be done for Priests Lane.
* The Transport Assessment dies not account for the increased usage of Priests Lane from the proposed development of 1000 houses in Shenfield travelling to the A127, nor does it account for the impact of the Elizabeth Line.
* The plan fails to address safety of residents; the technical submissions of residents that new road accesses along Priests Lane are hazardous have not been addressed, nor concerns that the road design is hazardous for increased traffic movements;
* The site does not meet current sustainability conditions notably access, transport networks, mitigation of impact on local services, and unacceptable effect on health due to increased pollution.
* The Priests Lane sites have been rejected previously as the land was deemed a valuable open space.
* No account has been taken of the increased pollution along Middleton Hall Lane and Priests Lane, the junction of which is a pollution hot spot.
* The Lane was never designed to be a main distributary road which it has now become. Residents have pointed out that as such it does not comply with the Essex Design Guide with respect to road and pavement use.

NPPF Compliant Local Plans should address not only housing but traffic concerns, healthcare and education needs.
* The sustainability review refers to traffic as a concern, but no mitigation options have been identified.
* No specific or robust argument has been made as to what a viable access point is possible.
* When considered against reasonable alternatives these sites cannot be deemed justified and there is nowhere in the plan which allows for the enhancement of infrastructure as a result of development
* There is no provision for the increase of educational and health. The expansion of Hogarth School is op meet current demands and there is already a low level of GP's per head. Schools further afield which may have places will require a car journey to attend, exacerbating the already dire traffic situation.
Removal of the sires in Priests Lane for the reasons stated above.
I have an interest in the development as a resident and any development will affect me directly.