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On 15th March this Council's Neighbourhoods and Communities Select Committee considered a report on Brentwood Council's Draft Local Plan Consultation. The Committee agreed the following recommendations as this Council's formal response:
a) To support Brentwood Borough Council's spatial strategy which
i) concentrates new housing and employment development in the A12 and A127 corridors; and
ii) allows for limited release of Green Belt for development, and limited development, including infilling, within rural villages;
b) To support the aim of Brentwood Borough Council to make provision for its full Objectively Assessed Housing Needs (7,240 new houses) entirely within its own area;
c) To suggest that the final version of the Local Plan should include
i) direct reference to the Duty to Co-operate and related future arrangements with neighbouring authorities; and
ii) consideration of the potential for joint working with neighbouring authorities to make sufficient provision for the needs of the travelling community, with particular reference to paragraphs 4(d), 10© and 16 of "Planning policy for traveller sites" (2015).