Object
Brentwood Local Plan 2016 - 2033 (Pre-Submission, Regulation 19)
Representation ID: 22343
Received: 17/03/2019
Respondent: Dr Norman Randall
Legally compliant? Not specified
Sound? Not specified
Duty to co-operate? Not specified
The houses are needed, but the density is far too high and the design of the homes should be similar to existing Crescent Drive properties in size, quality, parking capability and existing greenery.
POLICY R18: Land off Crescent Drive, Shenfield
To whom it may concern.
I have a copy of The Brentwood Development Plan and I am writing to comment specifically on the proposal POLICY R16: Land off Crescent Drive, Shenfield.
The proposal suggests " a provision for around 55 new homes of mixed size and type, including affordable housing" are to be built on an area of 1.39 Hectares.
Your Standards for new housing also require in Policy BE23 that you should :
" a) consider the location and context of the development, including the character of the surrounding area"
The houses in Crescent Drive are generally :
* With substantial size
* Well built
* 4 - 5 bedrooms
* Situated back from the road
* Gardens sized from ΒΌ acre to 2 Acres
* Mostly double garages and adequate drives to hold several cars off the road
Crescent Drive is not a wide road and, as its name implies, it have several curves in it and a hospital with an entrance on one of the curves, which already brings danger to cars exiting the hospital.
The road is extremely busy every day with cars using it as a rat-run at school times and hospital clinic times conflicting. The road is often full from end to end.
We are in favour of providing extra housing in Brentwood, but it should be in line with your principals by "considering the location and context of the development, including the character of the surrounding area"
We consider that to have high density habitation of 16 per Acre compared with the average Crescent Drive density of about 6 per acre. A more reasonable amount of houses to build on the Blood Bank site would be nearer 30.
Parking: The road is regularly blocked with cars and parking is controlled from 9am to 5pm, so unless the building site has an absolute minimum of 2.5 times the number of homes, there would be serious problems with car parking on the site.
Building and site quality. A single road on the site could be dangerous for the inhabitants should there be a car accident or fire if there is parking on the roads and emergency vehicles need to get by.
The houses fronting Crescent Drive should be built to a similar size and design to match the others in the road.
Trees and shrubbery:
Crescent Drive is a very green area and all existing trees and bushes need to be retained.