Object
Brentwood Local Plan 2016 - 2033 (Pre-Submission, Regulation 19)
Representation ID: 24143
Received: 23/05/2019
Respondent: Wiggins Gee Homes Ltd
Agent: David Russell Associates
Legally compliant? Yes
Sound? No
Duty to co-operate? Yes
The paragraph says that after giving priority to brownfield sites and what it refers to as "previous development land", it has been necessary to review Green Belt boundaries, resulting in the release of some 1% of the District's Green Belt land for development. In the context of paragraph 8.84, it is not clear what is meant by "previous development land". It could mean one of three things:
allocations made in the existing Local Development Plan that have not yet been developed
major developed sites in the Green Belt
brownfield land also referred to as previously developed land.
We are assuming it means the first of these.
We believe that a number of allocations made in the Pre-Submission Document are unsound for reasons that are set out in our representations on both the overall growth strategy and individual allocations. The balance between allocations in areas outside the Green Belt and in the Green Belt is unsound. It should be corrected by releasing a larger percentage of Green Belt land.
The sentence in paragraph 8.84 beginning:
"These exceptional circumstances have resulted in a 1% release of land from the Green Belt ...".
should be altered to read:
"These exceptional circumstances have resulted in a 1.5% release of land from the Green Belt ...".
The paragraph says that after giving priority to brownfield sites and what it refers to as "previous development land", it has been necessary to review Green Belt boundaries, resulting in the release of some 1% of the District's Green Belt land for development. In the context of paragraph 8.84, it is not clear what is meant by "previous development land". It could mean one of three things:
allocations made in the existing Local Development Plan that have not yet been developed
major developed sites in the Green Belt
brownfield land also referred to as previously developed land.
We are assuming it means the first of these.
We believe that a number of allocations made in the Pre-Submission Document are unsound for reasons that are set out in our representations on both the overall growth strategy and individual allocations. The balance between allocations in areas outside the Green Belt and in the Green Belt is unsound. It should be corrected by releasing a larger percentage of Green Belt land.