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I am instructed by Development Securities (37) Ltd to submit a representation upon the Strategic Growth Options Consultation version of the Brentwood Borough Local Plan. The representation relates specifically to Land at Mountnessing Roundabout (Former Scrapyard), Roman Road, Mountnessing. Development Securities (37) Lts are the owners of the Mountnessing Roundabout site.

The site has been historically known as the Mountnessing Scrapyard site. However, so as to avoid confusion, the representation refers to the site as the Land at Mountnessing Roundabout site. The site has a Local Plan site reference 107.

The Strategic Growth Options Consultation document makes reference to Land at Mountnessing Roundabout as follows:-

'107. Land at Mountnessing Roundabout (former Scrapyard) was proposed for employment uses in the 2013 Preferred Options consultation. An existing planning permission exists for houses/leisure, although the Council has been informed this is unlikely to be developed due to viability. An alternative use for the site could be residential'.

For information, the above paragraph should read that an existing planning permission exists for hotel/leisure, rather than houses.

Accordingly, the Strategic Growth Option Consultation document now allocates the site for both employment and residential. Development Securities (37) Ltd welcome this flexibility. For the avoidance of doubt, Development Securities (37) Ltd continue to request that the site be removed from the Green Belt.

For information, you will be aware that Land at Mountnessing Roundabout is the subject of a live planning application for residential development. The application proposals are consistent with the allocations contained in the Strategic Growth Options Consultation document and therefore should be supported.