The Hockley Heath Residents Association do not consider that site 25 should be included as an allocated site. We represent the views of the residents and as such have taken evidence from the Neighbourhood Plan survey conducted in Summer 2018. The survey received an excellent response rate for a survey of this type (50% of the village responded) and its findings will form part of the evidence base for the forthcoming Neighbourhood Plan. Key data that leads us to this conclusion includes:

- 87% of respondents indicated that highways changes were required to School Road even bore further development is considered (see above)
- The top priority for village residents in terms of natural environment was to protect the views of the Green Belt land and green spaces from inappropriate development (92% of residents). This is entirely consistent with SMBC's own wording in para 187 "The Green Belt is also valuable in the settlement's overall environmental quality and contributes to its semi-rural setting'.
- In particular, 69% felt that School Road should be protected from development (the highest response)

The draft concept masterplan for the site indicates a density of housing that is out of proportion to the village as a whole. 100 homes would mean an increase of 12.6% in the total number of homes in the village and this is in addition to 19 homes built in 2018 and further developments that are taking place on the parish boundary, e.g. Aylesbury House, and in-fill developments along Aylesbury Road, residents of which will use the parish of Hockley Heath as their main centre. This is an unsupportable percentage given the limited range of facilities and infrastucture within the village as highlighted in para 192 of the consultation document and further outlined above.

The Hockley Heath Residents Association do recognise that site 25 does offer a more defensible green belt boundary than other sites in the village and agree wholeheartedly with SMBC that should other sites be released (particularly in the north of the village) this would more likely lead to future erosion fo the green belt. However for the reasons stated above, we feel that the release of the specific site should be avoided. We want to state strongly that this view is made on the assumption that should this site retain its green belt designation, that another less favourable site would not be "released" to compensate.