We have lived in this village for over 40 years. We have seen many changes, some of them good and now there seems to be a plan to change a nice place to live into an over populated town which will be desperately short of school places, doctor's appointments and just getting in and out of what is at present a village into a place that is difficult to arrive at. At present with the extra unwanted development going on in the village it is near impossible to get to an appointment without being in a traffic queue. We haven't yet seen the impact of impending present development, Bullwood Hall, Folly Grove, Waters and Stanton plot, and all the other single plots being developed into oversized flats.

The amount of pollution created by this increase in stationary traffic will have an adverse affect on our health and it is a very worrying scenario to think of our young people who will be facing health issues due to this increase when there will a shortage of doctors/hospital appointments.

We live in Folly Chase which is under threat of extra unwanted development when we already have the inconvenience of having large heavy lorries speeding on the wrong side of the bends In Folly Lane to get to the development on Pond Chase. This will in turn cause more traffic to arrive at the main road making more congestion. Folly Chase is as the name suggests a private lane, not wide enough for two cars and especially has no pavement. We worked very hard to obtain our property in a nice area and it seems the Council are adamant in ruining our local area. We have only just heard how the extra planned properties on the Pond Chase site was increased at the Council's request and were very annoyed no thought was given to the area or traffic congestion.

I am glad to say our grandchildren will be out of local education by the time this extra development is finished as schools at present are just adequate and we will soon be at the stage where there will be no room for our children to attend their own local school.
We believe ours should be a forward thinking council not one that gives quick fix solutions that will surely cause problems in the areas that they are currently thinking of developing. Thought should be given to look for a site to the east of the district where plans can be made to provide all amenities schools, doctors, services, sufficient roads etc.It could be planned properly from scratch rather than trying to alter an already overcrowded area which will be detrimental to large parts of the community.

We understand Redbridge Council has fought the government to reduce extra development there and suggest this should be a consideration as so many of our residents are angry over this issue and believe some consideration could be given to them.

To summarise, extra unwanted development will cause:
More pollution
More traffic queues
More pressure on present Doctors for appointments
No places for local children at schools
New settlement east of Hockley the best option.