Object
Draft Local Plan
Representation ID: 14292
Received: 06/04/2016
Respondent: Mr Ian Blackburn
The Spatial Strategy is dependent on two seriously flawed ideas that find expression in several places through the Plan (especially 7.6) and is therefore flawed itself:
A- The idea that eroding Green Belt by virtue of an urban development protects it. A well planned designed and executed development is better than one that is not but it doesn't contribute to the Green Belt purpose of restricting urban sprawl.
B- The idea that infrastructure routes such as the A12, A127, A128 and railway being defensible boundaries to unrestricted urban sprawl. One of the main purpose of the Plan is to decide where development will or will not be permitted to occur, therefore it is entirely in Brentwood Borough's gift as to how much land on the currently undeveloped site of a road or railway should be released. It is abundantly clear that roads, railway lines, etc are not inherent defenses.
See attached.