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APPX A

Extracts from emails sent to The Committee of the North Cray Residents Association

“This kind of intensive development in the centre of a quiet residential area is wrong...”

“The ground rises and the scheme would overlook my property, mainly the bedrooms and
bathroom”

“My friend [an octogenarian] has lived in St James Way for over 50 years and is frankly
mortified that he will see the trees cut down and replaced with houses close to the bottom of
his garden which will look down into his house, plus the fact that his peace will be shattered
by the building of a road 1.5 metres away from his garden fence...he has asked me to register
his outrage at and resistance to this development proceeding. There is also the thought of
having to endure 18 months of disruption, effectively being forced to reside on a noisy
building site. He is also fearful of the fact that the bungalow's [No. 20 St James Way]
demolition will fundamentally change the character of the road and be the not so slim end of a
wedge in terms of the future urbanisation of North Cray”.

“I live at 18 St James Way. Our house is sideways on to the development. [My concerns] are
my ancient lights law to my lounge, kitchen and bedroom by plot 1; the old wall foundations
that goes all along the boundary of the development; and the old tree and its roots”

“This is a very quiet area and we enjoy the privacy of our back garden and the view of the
many mature trees in that plot of land. We are not in favour of this development and the main
objections are:

-there are too many houses crammed into a small space. The piece of land is not as big as
the layout depicts.

-since all the very large and mature trees will be cut down, the rear of the houses will
overlook our garden from the elevated land. The peace, privacy and natural surroundings
will be eroded

-security will be an issue. It is not easy to get in and out of that land as it stands now
completely enclosed, but with this development it will feel less secure, even more so for
those with the proposed access road at the back of their gardens

I have spoken to my neighbours about this and we, and several others affected, are very much
against this development”.

“I dont like the idea of all back gardens being cut in half to accommodate more houses...The
Development will obviously cause a lot of noise and mess with lorries going and out...I also
have sympathy with the houses in The Grove as their gardens are not very long anyway, so
the build will be quite close...”