Object
Brentwood Local Plan 2016 - 2033 (Pre-Submission, Regulation 19)
Representation ID: 25846
Received: 19/03/2019
Respondent: Mrs Jackie Andrews
Legally compliant? Not specified
Sound? No
Duty to co-operate? Not specified
Unsound: The evidence base is flawed. The Transport Assessment is inaccurate as it has excluded traffic along Priests Lane, and was taken at a time which excluded a large proportion of school traffic, despite Council assurances that a traffic assessment would be done for Priests Lane.
The Transport Assessment does not account for the increased traffic usage of Priests Lane as a result of cars travelling from the proposed development of 1,000 houses in Shenfield to the A127, nor does it account for the impact of the Elizabeth Line.
The plan fails to address safety of residents: the technical submissions of residents that new road accesses along Priests Lane are hazardous and have not been addressed, nor concerns that the road design is dangerous for increased traffic movements.
The site has been rejected previously because it was deemed valuable open urban space.
No account has been made of increased pollution along Middleton Hall Lane and Priests Lane, the junction of which is a pollution hotspot.
The lane was never meant to be a main distributor road which has now become.
Residents have pointed out that as such it does not comply with the Essex design guide with respect to road and pavement width.
Duty to Cooperate: Local plans should address not only housing but traffic concerns, healthcare and education needs.
NPPF Compliant: Local plans should address not only housing but traffic concerns, healthcare and education needs.
* The sustainability review refers to traffic as a concern, but no mitigation options have been identified.
* No specific or robust argument has been made that a viable access point is possible.
* When considered against reasonable alternatives these sites cannot be deemed justified and there is nowhere in the plan which allows for the enhancement of infrastructure as a result of development.
* There is no additional provision for increased educational and health needs, the expansion of Hogarth School is to meet current demands and there is already a low level of GPs per head. Schools further afield which may have space will require a car journey to attend, exacerbating the already dire traffic situation.
The land at Priests Lane should be removed from the local development plan.
Chapter 9: Site allocations Policy R19 Land at Priests Lane
Unsound: The evidence base is flawed.
The Transport Assessment is inaccurate as it has excluded traffic along Priests Lane, and was taken at a time which excluded a large proportion of school traffic, despite Council assurances that a traffic assessment would be done for Priests Lane.
The Transport Assessment does not account for the increased traffic usage of Priests Lane as a result of cars travelling from the proposed development of 1,000 houses in Shenfield to the A127, nor does it account for the impact of the Elizabeth Line.
The plan fails to address safety of residents: the technical submissions of residents that new road accesses along Priests Lane are hazardous and have not been addressed, nor concerns that the road design is dangerous for increased traffic movements.
The site has been rejected previously because it was deemed valuable open urban space.
No account has been made of increased pollution along Middleton Hall Lane and Priests Lane, the junction of which is a pollution hotspot.
The lane was never meant to be a main distributor road which has now become.
Residents have pointed out that as such it does not comply with the Essex design guide with respect to road and pavement width.
Duty to Cooperate: Local plans should address not only housing but traffic concerns, healthcare and education needs.
NPPF Compliant: Local plans should address not only housing but traffic concerns, healthcare and education needs.
* The sustainability review refers to traffic as a concern, but no mitigation options have been identified.
* No specific or robust argument has been made that a viable access point is possible.
* When considered against reasonable alternatives these sites cannot be deemed justified and there is nowhere in the plan which allows for the enhancement of infrastructure as a result of development.
* There is no additional provision for increased educational and health needs, the expansion of Hogarth School is to meet current demands and there is already a low level of GPs per head. Schools further afield which may have space will require a car journey to attend, exacerbating the already dire traffic situation.
Modifications:
The land at Priests Lane should be removed from the local development plan.