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Leave Blackmore alone, let the residents continue to enjoy their way of life. If building needs to be done look for brown belt sites in more suitable areas first before greenbelt areas are considered. Many of which I understand have been identified but rejected.

1. Blackmore is a small village and as such has just enough amenities to support the number of people living here at present.
One local store, two public houses, hairdressers and a garage. At the moment parking in the centre of our village at times can be a nightmare, extra cars in the village will just add to this. Parking outside the local shop at present is now dangerous. In the event of an emergency will emergency vehicles manage to get past the often double parked cars?
The new development on the ex riding stables by Epping Forest council in Fingrith Hall Road can only add to the problem as traffic will use Blackmore as an access route and drive down to use the local shop.
Has BBC consulted with Epping Forest District council on the impact their developments have on our village?

2. Can our doctors practice cope with more people? Try getting an appointment, you have to wait weeks now. This can only get worse.

3. Can our local school cope with all the extra children any development would bring to the village?

4. We moved to Blackmore to be surrounded by green fields. Leaving our house at present within minutes we can enjoy the open countryside looking across farmland and walking along reasonably quiet country roads. We enjoy taking our dog around the village and especially along Red Rose Lane en route to our park. What will it be like in the future? Instead of green belt open countryside, urban development and our narrow lane turned into a busy access road. It certainly is not suitable for the volume of traffic any new development would create.

5. If this development does go ahead, how many years of disruption through our village. Large lorries hurtling through our country roads, breaking up the road surface. Noise, dust, road works when new sewers, pipes etc. for the essential services are required to be laid.

ALL OF THE ABOVE WILL HAVE A SERIOUS ADVERSE IMPACT ON THE QUALITY OF OUR LIVES AND WILL CERTAINLY DAMAGE THE UNIQUE CHARACTER OF OUR BEAUTIFUL VILLAGE. THE REASON WHY WE LOVE LIVING IN BLACKMORE. THIS IS A SMALL VILLAGE...KEEP IT THAT WAY.

What needs to be done........Leave Blackmore alone, let the residents continue to enjoy their way of life. If building needs to be done look for brown belt sites in more suitable areas first before greenbelt areas are considered. Many of which I understand have been identified but rejected.