Object
Brentwood Local Plan 2016 - 2033 (Pre-Submission, Regulation 19)
Representation ID: 23675
Received: 19/03/2019
Respondent: M Scott Properties Ltd
Agent: Strutt & Parker LLP
Legally compliant? No
Sound? No
Duty to co-operate? No
The Plan's broad definition of Specialist Accommodation, which include Gypsies and Travellers who no longer exercise a nomadic lifestyle, is potentially too broad to meet the needs for older people. The Plan does not, therefore, give an accurate representation of the type of accommodation the Plan is seeking to deliver and for what specific group(s).
Release additional, suitable Green Belt sites in order to assist with the delivery of homes over the Plan period, including to meet the need for specialist housing.
We consider the Local Plan to be unsound in relation to the ability of the plan to meet the needs for older people, and that the identification of suitable sites has not fully considered all available sites in suitable locations, against the need to identify land to meet the need for specialist accommodation. In addition, the Plan in inflexible in meeting the identified need and additional, non-strategic, sites are required for the reasons set out in the representation.
We therefore seek to participate to provide oral explanation of the failures of the Plan in this regard via the examination in order to articulate the case for the recommended modifications as set out in this form and the accompanying representation.