Object
Draft Local Plan
Representation ID: 13965
Received: 07/04/2016
Respondent: Ms Linda Jarvis
Over the years I have lived in Brentwood, the high street has slowly become an uninteresting place to shop. The retailers we used to have are gone, most of them because of the high rents, and have been replaced generally by charity shops and a ridiculous number of restaurants, bars and cafes - how many does one small high street need ?! Now with the development of the Baytree Centre looming, it will fast become a housing estate too ! Before any consideration is given to a completely new retail development in William Hunter Way, which we have heard about so many times before, surely it would be intelligent to want to fill the empty units first by at least lowering the rents even by a small amount and getting some interest back into the high street so that we can have good quality shops that we and visitors to Brentwood really want to look at. Surely this isn't rocket science. It would be really nice to have some shops that don't just cater for the youngsters ! This really has been a lesson on how to ruin a high street !
I wish to strongly object to the proposed new housing development in Honeypot Lane. Having lived in Weald Close for over 20 years, I can say without any doubt that Honeypot Lane and Weald Road cannot take further traffic. This is totally unrealistic. Aside from this, it will spoil a little rural idyll which we are very fond of.