Object
Brentwood Local Plan 2016 - 2033 (Pre-Submission, Regulation 19)
Representation ID: 23683
Received: 19/03/2019
Respondent: M Scott Properties Ltd
Agent: Strutt & Parker LLP
Legally compliant? No
Sound? No
Duty to co-operate? No
The policy is not clear as to how much, where, or how specialist accommodation and independent ling are expected to be delivered. It is difficult to see where a new site within the existing built up area will come forward for specialist accommodation, casting further doubts on the effectiveness of Policy HP04. The approach is neither positively prepared, consistent with national policy, nor effective.
Allocate deliverable sites to meet ageing population's need and reflect the objectives set out in the Plan in relation to accommodation for older people as the Plan has already (presumably) exhausted the available sites outside of the Green Belt.
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.