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Having studied the proposed development for West Horndon I would like to strongly oppose the number of new dwellings involved. The proposal would change the whole nature of the village and turn it into a small town. The present infrastructure is totally inadequate -take for example the capacity of the railway station and the present doctors surgery. I would like to bring to your notice that there are already several sites in the village where planning permission already been granted but no building has taken place. Also in regard to the development of flats at the junction of Thorndon Avenue and Station Road several of these are still remain unoccupied.
The roads at present available in the village are not adequate for the amount of type of vehicles that use them and they would be totally unsafe in the event of a major incident. Station Road for example is not suitable for the number of extremely large lorries which use them i.e. they have destroyed the surface of the road and have become extremely dangerous.
The Station would be inadequate for the increased number of residents who would wish to travel for their place of work and for pleasure. Granted we have a station but the present bus availability is pitiful and as stated above the road network is totally unsuitable for the increased population to be able to access their places of work.
Also the proposed site for the new build is green belt and therefore unsuitable.
A further point to be taken into consideration is the potential flood risk and we have already been subject to flooding and covering the available green belt land would seriously increase the danger of serious flooding in the future.
Surely a proportion of the new population would be of school age and the present school would be totally inadequate.
Such new development would seriously impact on the present wildlife in the village.
I do, of course, understand that in order for the village to prosper we shall need some new development but the numbers proposed by Brentwood Borough Council is totally disproportionate. There are surely other less populated and therefore more suitable sites in the Borough.