I am writing to raise some concerns over the Local Plan.

I realise that the planning officers have a particularly difficult job to do in making decisions about future building requirements & locations for housing. I broadly feel that the officers are doing the best they can with a difficult scenario and feel that the inflammatory language being used by many objectors is unhelpful. However, I would hope that careful thought is being given to the need for this AMOUNT of new housing. The literature I have received by a consortium of objectors states there is a need for fewer than 6000 new houses by 2030 & cites the fact that the council is proposing 12000! Do we really need that amount or could the area be kept a little smaller? I would also expect that due thought is going into the extra infrastructure needed alongside the housing to sustain the level of development?

With kind regards for difficult deliberations.