All Ashingdon options encroach on green belt land which should be avoided. If green belt land has to be coverted to housing, that nearest the town centre should be used first.

The road infrastructure to support any of the Ashingdon options is insufficient. Ashingdon road is already overloaded. and even if thoughput could be improved there are bottlenecks at each of the railway crossing points to access main roads out of the area.

Telecommunications infrastructre also needs to be considered in any developments is this area. Broadband internet services currently operate at an unacceptably low speed and additional housing can only worsen the situation unless cabling and exchange services are uprated.