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The green belt land around the villages of Herongate and Ingrave should not be viewed as potential sites for housing. Firstly the land is green belt which should mean something. It is not an area for building but an area to continue preserving the diversity of communities. It should remain green, it should preserve the practice of farming, it should allow the villages to continue as villages (there are so few left in the area already). This area has already endured a major road being developed right through it's heart, which means at certain times of the day that one side is nearly cut off from the other. The traffic generated from more housing will only exacerbate the issue further. There is also not enough in the way of provision for so many new residents in all sectors: health, education or transport.Another other obvious problem is the loss of habitats and species from the Green belt land - we cannot afford to allow this to happen, it should be green belt land not urban land. we need to look after our world, starting with that which is local to us especially.