Comment
Strategic Growth Options
Representation ID: 9886
Received: 13/04/2015
Respondent: Brentwood Bus and Rail Users' Association
Yes. It is vital to retain and to build sustainable communities with a mix of housing to meet the needs of public service workers, young people and older people with limited mobility options (i.e. no car).
Consultation Questionnaire see attached.
Email: Strategic Growth Options Consultation - incorrectly structured question
Hi
I am in the process of completing the Strategic Growth Options consultation questionnaire and an unable to proceed because of what I consider a serious structural flaw in Q6.
Q6 reads: In order to provide for local needs is in preferable to greenfield sites on the edge of villages to be released, or to develop brownfield sites (both within the green belt)?
A Yes or No answer is required (with the option to comment).
However if the answers to Q6 are to be interpreted statistically, it is clearly not possible to answer a multiple choice question with a yes/no answer. Any qualification in the comment box renders analysis impossible.
This elementary error renders one of the most important questions raised in the consultation meaningless. I cannot believe that such a fundamental mistake in questionnaire construction can have been made on a key issue.
I would regard any answer to this question as invalid.
I would be interested to hear your comments as a matter of urgency.