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I would like to comment about the local development plan but do not feel that I would be able to adequately express my views by completing the questionnaire and so hope that my e mailed comments will be added to the responses you receive.

I appreciate it is a difficult task trying to find locations for new housing in the area whilst still protecting what it is we all love about living in that area.

I am very strongly against the very large proposed sight to the side of Herongate. What makes Brentwood so special is the beautiful villages that surround it. If the proposal went ahead in this area you are essentially joining Herongate and Ingrave to Hutton and destroying two villages.

The proposed site does not have the infrastructure to cope with a housing development of the size suggested. The roads are barely wide enough for two cars to pass at present and the junction from the Billericay Road onto the A128 is inadequate and extremely dangerous for the already very, very busy roads in the area. The A128 is already unable to cope with the volume of traffic that travels into Brentwood during rush hour. The fact that from my understanding the Dunton Garden City is looking very likely is going to put the already inadequate roads under immense pressure. I know there are plans to expand the A127 into a 6 lane highway but I have seen no mention of the impact this Garden City will have on the traffic through the villages. To add a further housing estate in Herongate will be catastrophic to the traffic on the A128 and I see no way of improving the A128 to ease this.

I sincerely hope that this site was just flagged up as a possibility by the working party employed to find land in the borough and that the council will throw this proposal out instantly. If it does not it will illustrate that the people involved in making the decision have lost complete touch with its constituents and what makes Brentwood and it's villages special. I can tell you that you will face extreme resistance from all residents of Herongate and Ingrave who will not allow this to go ahead without a huge fight. We appreciate that houses need to be built but fiercely believe our Green built should be protected. Herongate and Ingrave are already going up suffer when the Dunton Garden City goes ahead and so we feel that we have done our bit and that other sites need to be chosen over the site in Herongate.