Comment
Strategic Growth Options
Representation ID: 12835
Received: 30/04/2015
Respondent: Crest Nicholson
Agent: Bidwells
The potential for a new rail station on the Essex Thameside line has been identified to serve the Garden Suburb site and this appears key to support sustainable residential development in this location. The viability of a new rail station would be dependent upon its impact on journey times and line capacity, and its delivery is therefore questionable in lieu of an assessment being undertaken by Network Rail and c2c. Should this prove unviable, the land within Brentwood Borough would be some 3.5km 'as the crow flies' from the closest accessible rail station at Laindon; this compares to a 2km distance between land east of Nag's Head Lane and Brentwood rail station.
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