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Q1: No.

Q2: No. See evidence on West Horndon. Very busy traffic already through West Horndon plus much flooding on roads and fields with heavy rain.

Q3: Yes. Housing future needs is a matter for the whole of Brentwood, not just the quiet small village of West Horndon. On moving here 57 years ago we had only a train and so set about getting built our church and village hall plus school, all we needed. Any other building would change West Horndon beyond recognition.

Q4: As far away as possible from the Green Belt of West Horndon.

Q5: As long as far away from West Horndon, which needs to remain as it is: a quiet village providing all we need.

Q6: Once you release Green Belt land any builders will have a precedent to keep appealing to build on the land.

Q7: No. It depends, there is plenty of employment already in the village.

Q8: No. No point if housing mainly south of the A127, unreliable bus service.

Q9: Don't know.

Q10: 10/10. We moved to the village for village life and being surrounded by Green Belt and its peacefulness 57 years ago.

Q11: Houses: 4
Commercial / Industrial Buildings: 4
Nature Reserves / Wildlife: 4
Farmland: 4
Woodland: 4
Degraded / Derelict / Waste Land: 1
Infrastructure: 4
Leisure / Recreation Facilities: 4

We saved up our money to have built our village hall and church - village hall fully used 7 days a week for all the activities young and old need.

Q12: Yes. Quality of life in this beautiful, quiet village, we have all we need here, to which we moved to get away from busy, noisy towns and all the problems they bring.

Q13: A great deal of money spent across every category, green space, education, health facilities, transport and room for it, community facilities.