Object
Draft Local Plan
Representation ID: 13503
Received: 23/03/2016
Respondent: Mrs Helen Gabell
Re: Dunton. NPPF says Green Belt to prevent urban sprawl. Building there would virtually join Havering to Southend. As natural road barriers prevent travel to Brentwood, and no existing public transport there, any residents would be denied access to health and education, until a long time into the development process (if ever). Easier to build in pockets out of the large supply of Green Belt North of the Borough, and add one extra GP as necessary, than to deny residents in a new development access to basic services.
Re: Dunton area. This is an area of Green Belt, and there is not enough evidence put forward to show why over 1/3 of the Borough's allowance should be dumped where it goes against the rules of Green Belt, preventing Urban Sprawl, etc. Developing there, and the 500 homes planned for West Horndon, together with the unspecified number of traveller sites, etc, means that there will be virtually no Green Belt left between the London Borough of Havering and Southend. The case has not been shown that adequate facilities would be put in place for any development, prior to people living there, so they would rely heavily on the neighbouring borough of Basildon. This means that there is no more supply of facilities than anywhere else across the borough, and it is probably easier to add one extra GP to an existing surgery, etc, than to build a new surgery before anyone lives in a location. The natural barriers of the A127 and A128 means that residents would be denied medical and school facilities until a long time after they had moved in, if they are ever provided in sufficient numbers. There is no guarantee the age or health of residents, and the site does not even have any existing public transport to take residents to facilities further afield.