I live at XX Sandhill Road, Leigh-on-Sea, SS9 5BY. I have reviewed the Spatial Options document and interactive plan, following receipt of your flyer regarding the new Local Plan. I would like to put forward an objection as follows.

I note from the Spatial Options interactive map that the field at the end of Sandhill Road is being considered as promoted development land. I do not consider this viable for a number of reasons:
1. Firstly, Sandhill Road is a single-width road, not suitable or safe for the increased traffic which would come with erection of 20 new houses. There would inevitably be issues with parking, which would make it unsafe for emergency vehicles and refuse collection vans to pass down the road;
2. Sandhill Road and its surround are currently very quiet areas, home to lots of widelife and providing amenity areas for the community. Development would disrupt the current landscape, bringing more noise pollution and traffic;
3. There is insufficient parking in the area. If 20 new houses are erected, and each homeowner has 2 cars each, that means 40 new cars that will be fighting for parking on the development, and inevitable spilling out into Sandhill Road. This is likely to cause all manner of disputes (some potentially legal), since Sandhill Road is currently unadopted. Each current homeowner owns up to the middle of the road pursuant to the principle of ad medium filum, and if cars end up parking on paved areas fronting existing properties, this will effectively amount to trespass.
I should be grateful if you would acknowledge safe receipt of this objection and confirm that it has been passed to the relevant department(s).