Object
Draft Local Plan
Representation ID: 14641
Received: 20/04/2016
Respondent: Mr Kevin Mate
Scenario 5 looks at expansive growth, defined as being greater than that anticipated by the first four scenarios. Such a level of growth has been put forwards by BBC in the latest draft of its LDP. It would involve a much larger development on open Green Belt land such that the Parish would increase from around 700 dwellings to around 3,700. The village itself would increase from around 700 dwellings to around 1,300. Given the location of West Horndon at a distance from larger centres, and the current strain on services and facilities, such a scenario scores poorly in respect of social, environmental and economic dimensions. Out of the 11 elements of the sustainability framework it scores 5 reds, 6 ambers and no greens. It would be disproportionate and unsustainable.
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