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The principle of residential development in the vicinity of Red Rose Lane is wrong. Blackmore is an isolated village with modest services and infrastructure. There is already limited parking available in the area, bus services are infrequent and local school and doctors are at capacity. The narrow access to and from Red Rose Lane is not suitable for the volume of traffic that will result from development. This will add to motor traffic using the lanes connecting Blackmore to neighbouring areas which are dangerous and unsuitable for sustainable forms of transport such as cycling and walking. The proposed sites are liable to flooding and building on this land will also increase the flood risk elsewhere in the village which is already prone to flooding. There is no clear strategy for the villages in the north of the borough, including Blackmore. Brentwood Borough Council has not consulted adequately with neighbouring authorities, e.g. the construction of circa 30 properties at the top of Fingrith Hall Lane and its impact on the village. There are far more suitable and sustainable locations for development adjacent to the urban area of Brentwood and other brownfield sites should take priority over the development of greenfields / green belt land of off Red Rose Lane. Brentwood Borough Council has not demonstrated that the required level of housing can be accommodated by increasing density of other allocated sites.