Object
Brentwood Local Plan 2016 - 2033 (Pre-Submission, Regulation 19)
Representation ID: 22195
Received: 02/03/2019
Respondent: Mrs Cath Kenyon
Legally compliant? Yes
Sound? No
Duty to co-operate? Yes
Site access at the proposed point would be hazardous to other road users and pedestrians alike.
There is not sufficient visability due to road furniture positioning and the hedges which are proposed to be pruned are not owned by the site and it is not quaranteed that these will be maintained regardless.
There are 2 other potential accesses but even so, any access must exit onto Priests Lane which, at any point would be dangerous.
Remove the Priests Lane sites from the plan.
The Priests Lane Neighbourhood Residents Association provided a very detailed technical analysis of the problems with access to the Priests Lane sites suggesting that such an access would not comply to Essex Design Guide specifications. Additionally, a brief review of the Manual for Streets would indicate that the minimum visibility requirements are unlikely to be met due to the positioning of lampposts, telegraph poles and BT boxes, so it should not be assumed an access at this point would be safe. This is extremely concerning as the visibility for cars entering onto and exiting off the Lane is extremely limited, to the extent that at some points the addition of any access point is highly dangerous. While the road has a speed limit of 30mph, vehicles invariable exceed this, particularly at this point meaning additional visibility is required. No specific reference or any robust argument has been made that a viable access point is possible