Object
Brentwood Local Plan 2016 - 2033 (Pre-Submission, Regulation 19)
Representation ID: 22190
Received: 03/03/2019
Respondent: Mrs Helen Whalley
Legally compliant? Yes
Sound? No
Duty to co-operate? Yes
The development of around 30 houses at the top of Fingrith Hall Lane is within Epping Forest District Council area but close to Blackmore and will impact services and infrastructure. Consultation between the two boroughs has not taken place.
Developing the greenbelt beyond the edge of Blackmore village is not appropriate to the rural setting of the area. It will change the rural nature of the village. This development will increase pressure on already stretched infrastructure and services; limited buses, one shop, drainage at capacity, Doctors with no non-emergency appointments, traffic and parking a problem, no places in local School.
Take account of nearby development in Epping Forest District.
Consult with Epping Forest District Council on housing development.
Protect the rural nature of Blackmore village.
Avoid further impact on stretched village services and infrastructure.
This site is close to the current development of around 30 houses at the A414 end of Fingrith Hall Lane. That development is within the Epping Forest District Council area but is closer to Blackmore than other villages and will impact on housing, the doctors' surgery, Blackmore school, drainage and traffic. Consultation between the two boroughs on this development has not taken place. The number of houses there must be taken into account in any proposal to build housing in Blackmore as they will have an impact on the village and hence on the LDP.
Developing the greenbelt land beyond the edge of Blackmore village is not appropriate to the rural setting of the area. It will change the rural nature of the village. Section 2.10 of the LDP states that 'Development should be appropriate to the rural setting of the area'.
This development will increase the pressure on already stretched infrastructure and services. This small village has a limited bus service, one shop that also serves as post office, drainage at full capacity, a Doctors' surgery where, at the time of writing, there are no non-emergency appointments available (for the next 6 weeks), and where traffic and parking in the centre of the village are already a problem. Blackmore Primary School is full and recent new residents have had to send their children to Doddinghurst school.