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No modification would address my concerns. The only plausible form of action is to stop the current Local Plan and protect the modest green belt that is left in Blackmore. More suitable sites should have and could have been identified.

I consider the Local Plan to be unsound because:-

1.There is no clear 'strategy' for the Villages, including Blackmore, in the north of the Borough

2. BBC has not consulted adequately with neighbouring authorities, e.g. Epping Forest District Council (and the construction of c.30 dwellings at the top of Fingrith Hall Lane, and its impact on the Village)

3. The principle of residential development off of Red Rose Lane is wrong - Blackmore is an isolated village with modest services and infrastructure.

4. There are other more suitable (and / or sustainable) locations - e.g. urban extension to Brentwood - and so the locations in Blackmore do not promote sustainable development

5. BBC has not demonstrated that there are other brownfield sites that are available and which should take priority over the greenfield (and Green Belt) land off of Red Rose Lane

6. BBC has failed to demonstrate that the required housing could not be met by increasing housing density on other (allocated) sites

7. There has been no 'Housing Needs Survey' to demonstrate why Blackmore is included in the LDP

8. The access off/from Red Rose Lane is entirely unsuitable for this volume of traffic movements

9. The proposed sites are liable to flood, and building on this land will also increase the flood risk elsewhere in a village that can be prone to severe flooding.

10. The local services including Doctors surgery waiting times, limited parking and local schools are already struggling to meet the demands of the existing Blackmore Population. Increasing this would be adding to this problem.

11. The impact on local wildlife e.g. adders, slowworms, grass snakes, great crested newts, voles and a variety of birds.

No modification would address my concerns. The only plausible form of action is to stop the current Local Plan and protect the modest green belt that is left in Blackmore. More suitable sites should have and could have been identified.