Object
Brentwood Local Plan 2016 - 2033 (Pre-Submission, Regulation 19)
Representation ID: 22517
Received: 18/03/2019
Respondent: Miss Sophie Skinner
Legally compliant? No
Sound? No
Duty to co-operate? Yes
The Protected Open Urban Space designation was valued by the community as there are very few greenfield areas in the town, and some open space should be retained.
Traffic congestion has been shown to be a significant problem here and new road junctions will cause increased risk to our safety, but this evidence has not been considered. If R19 was treated consistently with other sites, it should be removed from the Plan.
The site should be excluded as inappropriate due to traffic problems and access risks, or the number of houses should be significantly reduced.
This site used to be a school playing field. Previous audits have recommended that this site should not be developed. The original proposal included leaving some of the land as open space for the community, and this was in line with recommendations by previous open space audits which said that the Council should try to increase public open space in this area. However, this was taken out at the request of the developer. It is a shame that the Council has ignored its own evidence.
Priests Lane already has a lot of traffic congestion, and the new roads will make his worse especially with the other new housing in Shenfield. There is only one narrow pavement for pedestrians and no room for a cycle path. It can be difficult to cross safely as the crossing points are on blind bends.
The Council has excluded other sites because of traffic congestion, to be consistent R19 should also be excluded due to congestion and traffic risk.