Object

Brentwood Local Plan 2016 - 2033 (Pre-Submission, Regulation 19)

Representation ID: 22444

Received: 18/03/2019

Respondent: Essex County Council

Legally compliant? Yes

Sound? No

Duty to co-operate? Yes

Representation Summary:

3. Effective
4. Consistent with National Policy.

ECC welcome that BBC has recognised the importance of ensuring that this site allocation should provide well-connected road layouts which allow for good accessibility. However, such a size of development should also be seeking to ensure that such layouts can accommodate passenger transport. This would be consistent with other policies contained within the Local plan including Policy BE14, and in line with paragraph 102 of the NPPF.

Criterion B. e. of Policy R02 should therefore include reference to passenger transport.

Change suggested by respondent:

Amend Policy R02 B. e. as follows -

provide well-connected internal road layouts which allow for good accessibility including for passenger transport;

Full text:

3. Effective
4. Consistent with National Policy.

ECC welcome that BBC has recognised the importance of ensuring that this site allocation should provide well-connected road layouts which allow for good accessibility. However, such a size of development should also be seeking to ensure that such layouts can accommodate passenger transport. This would be consistent with other policies contained within the Local plan including Policy BE14, and in line with paragraph 102 of the NPPF.

Criterion B. e. of Policy R02 should therefore include reference to passenger transport.