Comment
Strategic Growth Options
Representation ID: 11271
Received: 17/02/2015
Respondent: EA Strategic Land LLP
Agent: Iceni Projects Limited
To establish the extent of housing capacity of the proposed DGS, EA Strategic has commissioned an assessment of the appropriate densities of the development area identified in the DGS consultation document. It has been prepared to establish a more accurate picture of the extent of land required to accommodate 4,000-6,000 homes and the associated density assumptions. The Basildon portion of the site could accommodate somewhere close to the 2,300 homes anticipated in the Basildon Local Plan Preferred Options, at a density of c. 30dph. The DGS land within Brentwood could accommodate the remaining 1,700 homes at a density of circa 25-28dph. This basis capacity assessment does not allow for the provision of land to accommodate the necessary educational facilities, to deliver the employment opportunities through provision of new commercial / industrial land, new gypsy and traveller pitches, community facilities or any potential new railway station. The provision of land for these facilities would have significant potential to reduce the overall land available for residential development.
See attached documentation.