Object
Brentwood Local Plan 2016 - 2033 (Pre-Submission, Regulation 19)
Representation ID: 22500
Received: 18/03/2019
Respondent: Mr Martin Skinner
Legally compliant? No
Sound? No
Duty to co-operate? Yes
The Council has consistently refused to discuss relevant evidence and representations from respected organisations that disagreed with their view. They have provided a tick box approach to consultation with respect to this site and ignored meaningful evidence that did not support their position.
The site should be excluded or the house numbers significantly reduced.
The proposed number of houses at R19 is not sympathetic to the surrounding area. The road access onto Priests Lane has limited visibility and is likely to be unsafe according to evidence provided in line national guidelines. The road already has heavy congestion at peak times, and suffers from speeding traffic at other times. There have been a number of accidents along this road. This has been a Protected Open Urban Space being an ex-playing field, and is adjacent to two schools which already need space for development. Overdevelopment of the urban centre is undesirable. The Council has ignored representations from several groups including the local water authority, significant evidence and statistics from the Priests Lane Neighbourhood Residents Association, Sport England and has conveniently produced evidence that contradicts previous reports produced by the Council around open space and playing field provision. The traffic mitigation proposal to provide an information pack to residents is laughable. In my opinion the Leader of the Council has provided misleading and incorrect statements about the process of the consultation in an attempt to avoid dealing with the evidence provided by the residents.