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I query whether the A127 Corridor has greater capacity for growth thant the A12 Corridor. The Dunton Garden Suburb option is 'preferred' to all other sites in the A127 Corridor as development on this site (site 200) should create less harm. Site 200, if treated sensitively, has the potential to provide Brentwood Borough Council with the required level of residential development whilst creating a self-sufficient, sustainable development. It should also provide access to levels of infrastructure funding that would offer the best chance for a positive outcome for existing and new residents of the A127 Corridor. It should also enable residential development in and around West Horndon village to be limited to the existing industrial estates. This, if undertaken appropriately, could still enable the village to retain its current 'small community' feel, with the preservation of surrounding famland, open spaces and nature.

However, an appropriate buffer zone needs to be incorporated on the western edge of the development up to the A128 to prevent future urban creep and to minimise the impact of development on existing residents. A woodland area reaching from the west of the Garden Suburb up to Thorndon Country Park would be ideal.

Co-operation with Basildon Council is important but also with Thurrock Unitary Authority, especially in the prevention of development south of West Horndon. Sites 037, 038 and 126 are Green Belt and development of these and any south of the village is strongly opposed. Flood alleviation is not referred to with regard to these sites but is essential that it is addressed.