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Remove R25 and R26 from the Plan.

Q2 DATA PROTECTION: All representations and personal information that you provide will be used solely for the purpose of Local Plan Consultation including sharing your personal contact details with the Planning Inspectorate and Programme Officer. Declaration: I hereby consent to share this information as above.
Yes
Q3 DATA PROTECTION (CONT.):I also confirm that I consent to share my representations and personal contact details, as above, from the previous Regulation 19 Consultation in February/March 2019Declaration: I hereby consent to share this information as above.
Yes
Q4 FOCUSSED CHANGE 1: POLICY R01 - Dunton Hills Garden Village Strategic Allocation The allocation should be further increased and the delivery programme accelerated in order to remove policies R25 and R26 from the LDP
I agree - Dunton Hills can accommodate the houses planned for Blackmore
Q5 FOCUSSED CHANGE 2: POLICY R18 - Land off Crescent Drive, Shenfield. Brownfield. (Less than 1% of total responses, March 2019)Brownfield sites should be prioritised over Greenfield, and Green Belt should not be released at all unless all other alternatives have been used to fulfil the target housing allocations. The number of homes should be increased back to a minimum of 55 and R25 & R26 should be removed entirely.
I agree. Dunton is in easy reach of the Fenchurch Street line, Basildon hospital,
Basildon town it is better for commuters and young families. Crescent
Drive, the blood bank, is Brownfield which is OK as long as there is
protection for wildlife. These houses would be top end market so does
little to relieve housing shortage in Brentwood - they are millionaire
houses.
Q6 FOCUSSED CHANGE 3: POLICY R19 - Land at Priests Lane, Shenfield.(11% of total responses, March 2019)Defined as: Greenfield Land within Brentwood urban area / Settlement boundary. This is a site surrounded by existing housing, on a main road, and next to a railway line. This site is more suitable for residential development than more remote locations (EG Policies R25 and R26) and therefore should be built on before remote locations.
I agree - we should prioritise building on sites with, or close to, existing infrastructure. Preists Lane again is near to a hospital, Shenfield railway station and
Brentwood railway station, the High Street and doctors. These again are
high price areas and not for the normal small families. These will bring in
richer people from the outskirts of London . They do not help local
youngsters and relieve the local situation. The council tax will be higher
- brings in more revenue.
Q7 FOCUSSED CHANGE 4 - PART APOLICY R25 - Land North of Woollard Way, Blackmore. Greenfield and Green Belt. (36% of total responses, March 2019)To be read in conjunction with Focussed Change 5 - All comments apply to both sites. Greenfield/Green Belt land in a remote village location with inadequate infrastructure. The number of houses has been reduced by 10. For all the reasons stated in March 2019, this site should be withdrawn completely from the LDP. A reduction of 10 houses does not change fundamental problems - in particular the infrastructure and services of the historically significant Blackmore Village will not support this scale of development.
I agree - the site should be removed from the LDP. These are meadows with an array of wildlife which must be protected.
The roads are very narrow - in fact they are just lanes, they flood easily
from badly drained ditches. Blackmore is so low the water floods from 9
Ashes and the A414. We have had large snow drifts in winter. I know it
very well as I was the Postie and have myself in bad snow have walked
over a stranded car unaware until the snow melted and discovered it
was there. This is the wrong place. This village does not have the
infrastructure, sewers, school place... Doctors are overcrowded. Buses
for the elderly are infrequent. Again these homes will be too expensive
for young couples.
Q8 FOCUSSED CHANGE 4 - PART B. The sites proposed are developer led and still have not been properly assessed against local housing needs. These sites should be removed. Respondent skipped this question. Q9 FOCUSSED CHANGE 4 - PART C. At the time of the Addendum, a large number of developments (not included within the LDP) are in various stages of progress. These will further degrade the infrastructure of Blackmore. In particular, there has been inadequate consultation and strategic planning between Brentwood and Epping Forest Councils, with EFDC considering/consenting to; 30 houses are currently under construction in Fingrith Hall Lane (1km from the Village) An additional 5 houses are going through planning in Fingrith Hall Lane There are other EFDC 'infill sites' in Nine Ashes (1km away) Within metres of the village there will be at least 10 large dwellings at Ashlings Farm (the entrance development within Blackmore
Parish).
I agree - There has been inadequate consultation and sites R25 and R26 should be removed completely from the LDP
Q10 FOCUSSED CHANGE 4 - PART D Also within Brentwood running through the normal planning process is: Redrose Farm (12 dwellings) on a Brownfield site (see R26 comments) 5 starter units in Spriggs Lane - Approved; PP being sought/appealed in Spriggs Lane/Chelmsford Road, (9 dwellings) and any number of other Greenfield sites/opportunistic PPs sought by farmers and land owners. R25 and R26 should be completely removed from the LDP, as the pre-existing and future normal infill (and windfall) in the Blackmore area means this Village has more than shouldered the appropriate housing burden, which will already overwhelm our very limited resources and wholly inadequate infrastructure.
I agree - Sites R25 and R26 should be removed completely from the LDP
Q11 FOCUSSED CHANGE 5: PART APOLICY R26 - Land North of Orchard Piece, Blackmore. Greenfield and Green Belt. (37% of total responses, March 2019 - ie grand total 73% across R25 and R26)To be read in conjunction with Focussed Change 4 (above). All comments apply to both sites. Redrose Farm is a Brownfield redevelopment opportunity (opposite R26) for 12 homes, and it will deliver part of our own Village plan as opposed to digging up Green Belt land. It should therefore replace R26 in its entirety.
I agree - Green Belt land should not be built upon and Brownfield should be prioritised (eg Redrose Farm). Redrose is an eyesore and should be cleaned up. The farm was bought
and deliberately run down. My personal opinion is if you allow building
on here we will have every farmer trying the same trick. If this
development is allowed we will have development up to the A414 High
Road as infill. You cannot take the word of Stonebond or anyone else in
other villages will do the same. I am no nimby, Brentwood council will
never give the infrastructure we need, they never even try. Our school is
not suitable for large developments, be it Redrose , Woolard Way
Orchard Piece, nothing has been done. The temporary relocation
classrooms we were sent - my daughter was the first class to use them.
At 56 years old she has just become a grandmother and the 'temporary'
classrooms are still there!
Q12 FOCUSSED CHANGE 5 - PART BR26 is also Greenfield/Green Belt, and development is undesirable in the context of better/alternative sites, both within the Village/Parish and the wider Brentwood Council area .A site that was in the LDP (from Jan 2015 - November 2018, when it was withdrawn) is Honeypot Lane (Ref was 022). Identified as 'Green Belt land - edge of Brentwood Urban Area' - an eminently better near town centre site surrounded by existing housing and would provide c200 units. It should be reinstated as this would allow R18, R19, R25 and R26 to be completely removed whilst not adding to the burden on R01
I agree - the Honeypot Lane site should be Reinstated
Q13 FOCUSSED CHANGE 5 -PART C SOUNDNESS and HOUSING NEED: In the Addendum, sites R25 and R26 (c50 dwellings) equate to 49% of Green Belt release in 'larger villages'. Brentwood and Shenfield urban areas are identified as having the highest housing need, yet two sites (R18 and R19) have now had their allocations reduced. Blackmore remains classified as a 'Category 3' settlement ('larger village'). Our population numbers are much lower than many other villages in this category - which have sufficient infrastructure and resources that Blackmore lacks. Blackmore is Green Belt and there is no identified need for additional housing on the scale proposed.
I agree - the allocation in Blackmore is disproportionate and unsound
Q14 ADDITIONAL COMMENTS: Please use this space for any further comments you wish to record.
1. Focussed change 4 - PART D
These should stay as farms. However, can we trust Brentwood council not to allow travellers who may purchase these sites, the answer is no! We are between
the Devil and the deep blue sea.
2. Focussed Change 5 - PART B
Honeypot Lane should never have been removed. It's close to the M25, close to shops, close to railway, and Romford.
That removal was all about votes.
3. Additional
The meeting where Blackmore was stuck with this disgusting planning muck up was badly run and the council and leader Louise McKinley should be ashamed
how she conducted it. It was a shambles.
Q15 CONCLUSION: Taking all the above factors into account, I am opposed to building on the Green Belt, and that sites R25 and R26 should be withdrawn from the LDP.
Strongly agree