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Representation ID: 26889

Received: 26/11/2019

Respondent: Cllr Roger Keeble

Legally compliant? No

Sound? No

Duty to co-operate? No

I agree that the information given by me in the February 2019 consultation can be shared with the planning inspectorate and programme office.
That the allocations on both sites R25 and R26 are contrary to both national and local policies.
The required housing need can be found on sites that already exist on land that exists in urban areas.
Blackmore is classified as a larger village which is unsound and this is inconsistent with the NPPF Feb 2019, is not effective or justified.
The area including Redrose Lane is liable to flooding, has poos access and will result in an increase in housing stock that is not in accordance with the present number of present properties and will add approximately 25% to the village size.
Epping Forest District Council is continuing to build on their extreme boundaries around Blackmore almost doubling the BBC LDP requirements on R25 and R26. These properties will directly impact on Blackmore Village facilities and services. The school, doctors surgery and sewerage system are already oversubscribed.
R25 and R26 are situated on very good Green Belt land and there are no special circumstances for building on these sites. The Brnetwood Replacement Plan 2005 tightly restricts development on Green Belt land.
The R25 and R26 sites are "developer led" as admitted at Blackmore Village Hall meeting by senior planning officers. There is no evidence of a housing need in Blackmore. Regularisation of the Oaktree Farm Gypsy and Traveller site is not reflected anywhere else in the borough and again puts more strain on the local infrastructure.
R25 and R26 have been discounted most recently as 2016 as unsuitable. There has been no change in circumstances locally to allow development here.
Draft Policy SP02 refers to direct development in highly accessible areas R25 and R26 are in a very rurl situation with poor transport connections. There are far more sustainable sites in the borough that could easily accept the 50 houses proposed in R25 and R26. These are in Shenfield, Pilgrims Hatch, Ingatestone and Brentwood where infrastructure is already in place.
There is documentary evidence for a housing need but not for the villages which include Blackmore. There are other brownfield sites in the borough before Green Belt land is even considered for development and the inclusion of R25 and R26 runs contrary to this.
The Green Belt should be respected in both these sites and therefore R25 and R26 should be removed from the LDP.