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Preferred Site Allocations 2018

Representation ID: 19758

Received: 12/03/2018

Respondent: Mrs A. Topham

Agent: Strutt & Parker LLP

Representation Summary:

The SA states that the site is within an "amber" distance to the Green Belt, the assessment is binary in its approach - if a potential site falls within the Green Belt if will be given an "amber" score. Whilst the methodology notes that the Green Belt is not specifically a landscape designation, and as such potential effects on the setting have not been appraised, a blanket "amber" score on anything seems arbitrary. With Brentwood being predominantly Green Belt, further assessment on the site individual effects on the openness and permanence would provide a more useful and fair assessment.

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