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Removal of development site R25 would move the local plan consistent with the strategy outlined within the document. By focusing on brownfield sites in the key growth areas, the borough council would be demonstrating for greater sensitivity to the heritage of the area and preserve an idyllic rural village location

The strategic objectives of the local plan include delivering a healthy and resilient built environment as well as a clean and functional built environment. It then outlines how this strategy will be delivered in two key growth areas, the central Brentwood Growth Corridor and the South Brentwood Growth Corridor. The proposed development site R25, Land North of Woollard Way, Blackmore', is in direct contravention of this strategy. It is not in the two key growth areas, instead it is focused on a category 3 rural area which does not have the infrastructure to cope with this development. Additionally, the proposal will have a detrimental impact on both the human and natural environment of the village. As such it fails to adhere to the strategic objectives of the plan. The village of Blackmore has a substantial heritage value to Essex and as such development should only be considered if no further option is available. Brentwood Borough Council have not demonstrated that there are not other brownfield sites in the key growth areas which should take priority over this proposed greenfield development. Equally, there has been no housing needs survey to demonstrate why Blackmore is even being considered in the local plan.