Comment
Strategic Growth Options
Representation ID: 12742
Received: 17/02/2015
Respondent: Martin Grant Homes
Agent: Pegasus Group
This site has not been identified as an allocation, it is adjacent to the urban edge of Herongate, which was identified as part of the 2013 Preferred Options, Draft Assessment as a Larger Village. We recognise the proposition that most new development will be focused upon Brentwood and Shenfield, the scale of the future housing requirements arising in the period to 2030 will inevitably require the considered release of land from the Green Belt in Larger Villages. Our client's site (land between Heron Close and Billericay Road) would provide an appropriate scale and balance of development in this vicinity which would meet the longer term needs of the Borough as identified in the objectively assessed needs study. A limited release of land on the eastern side of the settlement between Heron Court and Billericay Road would not be in conflict with the Green Belt purposes identified at paragraph 80 of the NPPF.
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