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DHGV should be deleted from Settlement Category 2 and separately identified in
both Figures 2.2 and 2.3 of the Plan in order to make plain its current situation.
Paragraph 2.14 should then be modified accordingly to clearly articulate that the
Garden Village does not yet exist and remains an aspiration of the BBLP rather than
a final development scheme.

Representations for and on LaSalle Land Limited Partnership
Settlement Hierarchy - Figures 2.2 and 2.3 and Supporting Text
March 2019
Introduction
1. Chilmark Consulting Ltd. (CCL) are instructed by and write for and on behalf of
LaSalle Land Limited Partnership (LLLP) with respect to the Brentwood Borough
Local Plan: Pre-Submission Plan (BBLP) published for consultation by Brentwood
Borough Council (BBC) in January 2019.
2. This representation is concerned with the proposed settlement categorisation and
hierarchy set out in Section 2 and Figures 2.2 and 2.3 and supporting paragraphs.
3. This representation must be read in conjunction with the other representations
submitted by LLLP dealing with related matters.
Nature of Representation
Overall Settlement Hierarchy
4. LLLP support the overall settlement hierarchy and categorisation of individual
existing towns and villages set out in Figure 2.2 of the BBLP but have concerns with
respect to the categorisation of Dunton Hills Garden Village (DHGV) as falling within
Settlement Category 2.
Settlement Category 1 - Brentwood
5. LLLP support the identification of Brentwood town as forming part of Settlement
Category 1 and agree with the description of such settlements in the Figure 2.3
(table following paragraph 2.10). It is agreed that Brentwood is correctly identified
as a 'Large Town'.
Brentwood Borough Local Plan: Pre-Submission, January 2019
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6. LLLP are however concerned that Figure 2.3 does not provide sufficient emphasis
in the text to the effect that Settlement Category 1 towns provide the most
sustainable locations in the Borough for future development and services. The text
should also be modified, in LLLP's view, to include reference to the need to use
greenfield and Green Belt land in and at the edge of Brentwood town for future
housing and economic development.
Settlement Category 2 - Dunton Hills Garden Village
7. LLLP object to the inclusion of Dunton Hills Garden Village as part of Settlement
Category 2. The Garden Village does not exist and does not relate to the text in
Figure 2.3 that describes Settlement Category 2 as larger villages in a rural setting.
8. DHGV is an untested, future, strategic development proposal using greenfield,
Green Belt land. The development proposals are aspirational and it is not an
existing settlement location.
Conclusions
9. LLLP supports the overall approach to the identification of the Settlement Hierarchy
and categorisation.
10. LLLP does however object to the inclusion and approach to Dunton Hills Garden
Village in Figures 2.2 and 2.3 and the supporting text of paragraph 2.14. The
Settlement Categorisation is not sound as it is not:
* Justified - for the reasons identified in this representation, the inclusion of
DHGV as a Settlement Category 2 location is not justified. The settlement
hierarchy needs to reflect the situation now. Future development proposals
(including the provision of a new settlement such as DHGV), which have yet
to be tested in detail and which have not been found to be the most
appropriate growth strategy fall outside the settlement hierarchy. Their
inclusion as if they already exist (and have received planning approval) is
not justified.
Brentwood Borough Local Plan: Pre-Submission, January 2019
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* Effective - the inclusion of DHGV in Settlement Category 2 fails to reflect the
proposed scheme's status and that its development is an aspiration of the
BBLP rather than forming part of the existing settlement hierarchy.
Modifications Sought
11. DHGV should be deleted from Settlement Category 2 and separately identified in
both Figures 2.2 and 2.3 of the Plan in order to make plain its current situation.
Paragraph 2.14 should then be modified accordingly to clearly articulate that the
Garden Village does not yet exist and remains an aspiration of the BBLP rather than
a final development scheme.