Like my brother and father, I am not a lawyer, but the decision to pre-populate the representations form in a way is that is most favourable to the Council is likely to be deemed as maladmininstrative by the Local Government Ombudsman. I share his view that a consultation exercise that encourages respondents in a particular direction could possibly be considered as reasonable and proper. The correct process, given the likely outcome of an Ombudsman investigation, would be to halt the current exercise and start again.

Given that we have drawn this to your attention, any decision to proceed without re-visiting the representations form would also likely to be judged as maladministrative.

In respect of legal compliance, the correct process - given the likely outcome of a Local Government Ombudsman investigation - would be to halt the current exercise and start again.

I share my family's concerns about the extent to which, in regard to BEX9, the irreversible environmental impact upon a site of international importance and protection has been respected.

However, as a cyclist, I am particularly concerned about the potential dangers of the egress onto Barnhorn Road and the impact upon residents of Meads Road, Spindlewood Drive, Maple Walk and Maple Avenue, all of which are totally unsuitable for very heavy traffic volumes. The DaSA does not seem to have acknowledged the 'rat run' effects, nor the impact upon private roads like Maple Walk that have no pedestrian footways.

Like all cyclists, I am particularly concerned by the impact of potentially many more cars on air quality. The DaSA is ineffective and unjustified because it makes no mention of air pollution. (It also seems not to mention light pollution or noise pollution.)