I am a resident of Burton Green (Red Lane) and would like express my support for the Council's preferred site for a large housing development in Burton Green at Burrow Hill Nurseries. I believe that this would provide a much needed focus for the village, desperately needed new housing stock for young families in particular who are priced-out of the area, and - by creating a cluster of homes with a local store - will create more of a village community feel.

Burton Green is at present a number of roads with ribbon housing which merely act as a through-route/'rat run' for commuters. (My only concern would be that, because of the heavy through traffic along Red Lane/Cromwell Lane at rush hour, having the site entrance on the Red Lane side would cause considerable travel disruption during the build. Perhaps an alternative would be to create a site entrance off of Cromwell Lane end, between the junction with Red Lane and the school, which would avoid delaying traffic on the main route but I'm not sure if this would be possible.)

Burton Green has an increasingly ageing population, as young families have been priced-out of the area in recent years. However, there are many young families who feel their needs and views as residents are under-represented. There are a small number of vocal opponents of the Council's scheme, who have claimed to represent the views of the majority here. As far as I am aware, this simply isn't the case. For this reason, can I suggest that the Council also refer to the Burton Green 'Blogspot' (here: http://burtongreen.blogspot.co.uk/2014/01/additional-housing-in-burton-green.html#comment-form) run by the Residents' Association which features a further five comments from residents in support of the Council's proposal, as well as a poll which shows 84% of residents are in favour of the Council's preferred site option.