Object
Preferred Site Allocations 2018
Representation ID: 19882
Received: 10/03/2018
Respondent: Wiggins Gee Homes Ltd
Agent: David Russell Associates
The LPA's reply set out four main reasons to explain why it has taken so long to produce a
Local Plan:
Brentwood's Green Belt location
Historic completion rates
Revisions of the OAHN
Dunton Hills Garden Village proposal
The LPA's full response mentions the need for public consultation on a Green Belt Assessment following recent legal advice. There was nothing to stop the LPA from carrying out such an assessment when the local plan process started. Given Borough's location entirely within the Metropolitan Green Belt, it is surprising that this was not one of the very first evidence collecting operations.
See attached.