Object
Schedule of Potential Main Modifications
Representation ID: 29681
Received: 09/11/2021
Respondent: Mr Dave Kingaby
Legally compliant? No
Sound? No
A12 corridor is a red herring - unless access roads are created it will not help transit within the Borough in any meaningful way. Furthermore it will exacerbate already harmful levels of pollution in those areas. Finally, the specific proposed development off Doddinghurst Road alongside the A12 will introduce even more traffic to an already overloaded junction with Ongar Road and thence on into the Town Centre - I can find no reference to any traffic planning; it will also have an adverse impact on wildlife.
Section 3.11 refers to development along the A12 corridor being supportable due to access for sustainable mobility. There appears to be no consideration of providing access directly from any developments on this corridor to the A12 so referencing it is a red herring to say the least. Furthermore, areas alongside the A12 already have some of the worst air quality in the Borough and adding further development there will do nothing to reduce that and will probably exacerbate it.
Turning specifically to one area proposed for development, the two discontiguous areas of land either side of the A12 off Doddinghurst Road. These areas are currently offering diverse habitat to a wide range of wildlife from Crested Newts to Badgers - what provision is made for them? The large umber of properties proposed for these plots will also introduce a large amount of additional traffic to Doddinghurst Road's junction with Ongar Road that is already stressed with long queues at peak times - I can see no traffic planning of this impact unless, of course, an additional junction with the A12 is being proposed. Any such junction itself would cause issues with more traffic exiting the A12 there since it would be closer to the town centre which, again, would add more traffic to already overloaded roads (either Ongar Road or Doddinghurst Road), and a further deterioration in air quality.