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The Local Plan is not compliant per the below:
* NPPF Sect 2 8.a.b.c - to meet local need, accessible services -does not comply
* NPPF Sect 3 28 - local community has been ignored rather than included
* NPPF Sect 5 77/78 - decisions should be 'responsive to local circumstances' and 'reflect local needs'. There is no proven need for these houses
* NPPF Sect 9 103 - Development should be focused on locations, limiting the need to travel and offering a genuine choice of travel modes. Blackmore is approximately 7 miles form the nearest train station so private cars will have to used to commute via narrow country lanes
* NPPF Sect 14 -the area floods (my next door neighbors house flooded in June 2016). No focused flood risk assessment has been carried out
* NPPF Sect 15 174/175 - to protect and enhance biodiversity.
* NPPF 16 - Conserving the historic environment. R25 and R26 have two Grade 2 listed buildings on the boundary of the development. Red Rose Lane being the point of access for both developments was built as a local 'plague road' from the time of the Black Death
* Location needs to be re-assessed. There is no proven need that Blackmore need this number of houses being distant from transport links and there being hardly any local employment.
* Develop a strategic approach to the Villages north of Brentwood by consultation.
* Detailed flood risk analysis required.
* Assess smaller scale brownfield developments within the area to cater for local need if any is proven.
* Re-assess the development of sites around the transport hubs (Brentwood, Dunton, etc.) rather than rural villages not near mainline rail.