Object
Brentwood Local Plan 2016 - 2033 (Pre-Submission, Regulation 19)
Representation ID: 23680
Received: 19/03/2019
Respondent: M Scott Properties Ltd
Agent: Strutt & Parker LLP
Legally compliant? No
Sound? No
Duty to co-operate? No
There is an acute need for specialist accommodation to meet the needs of an ageing population, which the Plan proposes to provide for through care homes on strategic allocations and Policy HP04. The proposed care homes on strategic allocations will provide in total 180 beds of C2 accommodation, falling significantly short of the identified requirement for 494 additional units; whereas policy HP04 is not clear as to how much specialist accommodation, where, or how it is delivered. A more wholistic and supportive approach towards elder population's housing needs will be required.
Suggest specific housing sites are delivered to meet the needs of an ageing population and the modifications sought, recommended policy wording will follow in a subsequent email to BBC.
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.