Object
Local Plan 2015-2030 Preferred Options for Consultation
Representation ID: 1129
Received: 30/10/2013
Respondent: Mr Paul Jeater
I wish to comment and reject the Council's preferred choice for development (Alternative Option 2)
Firstly I object to the revised target of 3500 new dwellings, a number that can only be achieved by building on green belt land. By the Council's own admission this is greater than suggested in the earlier East of England plan. A smaller number of dwellings could be accommodated by using town centre and brownfield sites.
I wish to comment and reject the Council's preferred choice for development (Alternative Option 2)
Firstly I object to the revised target of 3500 new dwellings, a number that can only be achieved by building on green belt land. By the Council's own admission this is greater than suggested in the earlier East of England plan. A smaller number of dwellings could be accommodated by using town centre and brownfield sites.
The proposal to build 1500 new dwellings at West Horndon will completely alter the nature of the area, and can only be achieved by reducing land in the metropolitan green belt. This land is valuable both as green space and in ensuring that a barrier of land exists between communities such as West Horndon and the outer edges of London. Any reduction in green belt land increases the chances of parts of the borough becoming consumed within an enlarged conurbation.