Re: Planning application from Andrew Martin Associates for 150 Dwellings off Brays Lane

I am writing to OBJECT against the planning application to build 150 new homes off Brays lane to the North & South.

I have only just recently moved from Hockley to get away from traffic and being surrounded by houses. At present, where I live at the moment is surrounded by trees and several greens and farm land, just how I experienced my childhood and I wanted the same safe and clean environment for my children. Especially as my solicitor confirmed the fields around us was GREEN BELT!!!

After living hear for 10 month's I am horrified to learn that I could have my lovely GREEN BELT view destroyed by a new development. I would like to point out the following factors why I think you should TURN DOWN THE APPLICATION.

1) If all 100 dwellings were kept to the South Side, then Brays land would act as a very strong defensible green belt boundary. Where as any development on the North side would create an INDEFENSIBLE BOUNDARY.

2) If all 100 dwellings were kept to the South side there would then only need to be on additional access road off Brays Lane, NOT TWO, as Brays Lane is a DANGEROUS road due to its heavy use by HGV traffic.

3) Keeping the development to the South side only, would also mean less impact on the wildlife in our green belt for our future generations.

4) In recent years much development has taken place on the North side of Brays Lane, Trafalgar Green & Golden Cross Mews (approx 80 dwellings).

5) If all 100 dwellings were kept to the South side this would then mean that school children would not have to cross over Brays Lane and contend with the heavy HGV traffic.

6) Obviously any large-scale development is going to create a vast amount of traffic filtering out onto an already EXTREMELY congested Ashingdon Road.

7) Although we do need to improve our schools facilities for our children to grow and progress in life, but also the surrounding are in which they live must also play a part in how they develop and the tupe of people that they become. Ashingdon is a nice GREEN place to live, lets keep as much of our GREEN BELT as we can for the sake of our future generations to live in. We must fulfil the needs of local people with minimum impact on their lives and not just the needs of the development companies who are NOT apart of this community.

I hope you reconsider this application VERY CAREFULLY as once the GREEN BELT has been built on there is no going back especially for the wild life. A copy will be sent to my local MP Mark Francois for his help as he has stopped other developments going ahead on GREEN BELT in this area.