Comment
Strategic Growth Options
Representation ID: 11283
Received: 17/02/2015
Respondent: EA Strategic Land LLP
Agent: Iceni Projects Limited
The SA makes the fundamental assumption that DGS will have a new railway station, when it is understood that this is not necessarily the case. This could have a significant effect on the ranking of DGS for both climate change mitigation and air quality. The location of growth around West Horndon would focus development around existing transport infrastructure with capacity to expand, and local services and facilities reducing the need to travel far afield. The option of enhancing existing infrastructure in West Horndon seems to be disregarded by the SA, which instead concludes that DGS would have the greatest potential to offset the increase in car travel locally by supporting more sustainable patterns of travel. This conclusion is reached without explanation, and it is not clear how this could have been reached given the presence of existing employment and transport infrastructure at West Horndon.
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