Object
Preferred Site Allocations 2018
Representation ID: 18703
Received: 21/03/2018
Respondent: Mr Danny Lovey
As previous objections were ignored, object because this will cause convergence of Basildon and West Horndon contrary to aims of the Green Belt. This is because Brentwood want to dump development as far away as possible from Brentwood residents impacting on the overstretched infrastructure of the south Essex area.
Having responded in some detail of my objections in the previous consultation, and those being ignored, I will keep my objections to the Brentwood Local Plan, precise and to the point.
South Essex has a Metropolitan Green Belt in order to stop convergence of the towns in order to have open green space between them. In Brentwood's proposals they plan to deliberately cause convergence by placing this development between West Horndon and Basildon in fact right up to the border with Basildon, with whom they wanted to conspire with and have complete convergence in their original proposals, which Basildon resisted. Of course I understand Brentwood's reasoning, and it is called dump it south of Brentwood as far away as possible in order not to upset residents of central and northern Brentwood, where of course there are many options for development north of the A12.
Add to this objection in principle of defending the Green Belt, and the convergence issue, the infrastructure in south Essex is at breaking point already. Be it roads, railways, NHS, Schools, Doctors whatever, without guarantees of improved infrastructure is another reason why this proposal should not go ahead.