Having viewed the development plan, I would like to thank you for the very detailed
options outlined and offer the following considered opinions.

1. With a plan of such magnitude, we should be bold and imaginative as we look to develop
an environment that will enhance the town's character.

2. Whilst we cherish the idea of the Green Belt, we need to be realistic about the small areas
between existing developments that hold little or no community benefit. These should be
used for development where possible and where the current infrastructure allows.

3. The sheer size of the challenge dictates that something like the Dunton Garden Suburb is
necessary. We should be bold in this and ensure that a new area is developed that can
have all the amenities, infrastructure and potential for community.

4. The need for affordable/social housing is vital if the town is to continue with its mix of
retail, business, commerce, manufacturing etc. I recognise that this style of housing is a political
problem but our proximity to London is continuing to make house prices accelerate even more.
Is it possible that housing associations could become actively involved where the property can
be retained and controlled for those who work in the Borough? We must be able to find a way
around the private developers and their 'need' for market value. This may sound a little like
'Council Housing' but until supply outstrips demand, our young residents will continue to lose out

Both my wife and I think that the LDP is well thought out and covers most of the aspects for today's and tomorrows living requirements.

I read with trepidation the Draft plan - partly because of content and partly because of the length. The sceptic in me wonders if perhaps the length of the report was actually designed to elicit a minimal response as it could easily have been condensed.

A key fact that the entire report seems to miss is that the town centre is at capacity. We have totally insufficient infracture to support the residents we have; never mind the many additions that are being proposed. Doctors surgeries and hospitals cannot deal with the patient numbers (you mention the residents are getting older - surely this will just put more stress on an overburdened system). The rail network is dangerously overcrowded at peak times. The quality of schooling suffering. The roads in chaos. If the question is " are the plans capable of being accommodated" the simple answer is "no".

In the 20 + years I have lived in Brentwood I have seen it deteriorate more and more. Rather than modelling the town on the local community feel of Ingatestone and Shenfield we seem to be mirroring Romford/Croydon. I have never known people in an affluent area be so hell bent on cheapening it! You mention residents "quality of life" being important to the plan but I have grave concerns that this is indeed the case - already the influx has lead to a feeling of less safe streets and general uneasiness in the town - those of us living in the area have paid our Council tax for many years but life is getting progressively worse in the borough.

Would it not be possible to concentrate on expansion in areas that can cope and perhaps even add schools and doctors surgeries to the plans being proposed??!!

Two particular sights you state for development are absurd (1) Westbury Road is already a danger - insufficient parking borough wide leads to people (including the disabled and those with pushchairs) walking in the road facing dangerously fast traffic. How could ANYONE think that more housing and less parking would help? (2) Honeypot Lane - have you tried to pass through there at any time of day?! How can potentially 500+ of extra residents fit into the area??


When your report mentions attracting business to the area I can only assume you mean yet more fast food outlets and bars - the terms "quality independent" and "wide range" really do not apply in Brentwood. Why would any firm that plans to do anything other than pay minimum wage, overburden a location already struggling with its policing and refuse collection, come to the area. If correctly modelled the transport links could suggest Brentwood as a possible hub for business in financial services and other mediums but the tired appearance, transport problems and simply overcrowding would surely put any sensible firm off. As would no doubt 84 pitches for travellers (surely if they need a pitch they aren't infact "travelling"?)

I would hope that any business you may manage to attract might be steered in the direction of the empty spaces in our high street but the plan seems keen to build more regardless of what stands empty.

While I could not find it specifically addressed in the plan I would be interested to learn the plans for Street lighting in Brentwood. Particularly given that the ordinary person struggles though pitch black roads and pavements while the police station's "stadium lighting" blinds residents of my road.



I apologise that this response is, in all, pretty negative. It is such a shame that a place as lovely as Brentwood used to be is where it is today. I can only hope that some of my concerns, shared as they are with many, can be addressed and that, one day, we are again an area I would be proud to live in.

Overall the Brentwood Draft Local Plan is well thought through and, given the challenges, makes a good plan for the provision of new homes in the Borough.

I have two main concerns:

1. Policy 5.2 Housing Growth: There remain 928 dwellings to be provided under the "windfall" allowance, which in comparison the historic growth rates add up to a very large number of new sites of up to 10 homes to be allocated in the future and a very long list of sites in the current non-allocated housing sites. Will this not create a potential planning blight in these areas if it isn't made clear where the 928 houses are to go? Can the status of the non-allocated sites be made clearer? Will there be a pause in development for windfall sites whist the main plan areas for development are progressed to ease the period of uncertainty?

2. Policy 10.1 Sustainable Transport Policy: Some development is proposed in Pilgrims Hatch along the Doddinghurst Road where it intersects with the A12 - site ref 023 for 250 homes. The majority of the traffic generated from these homes will go south into Brentwood along the Ongar Road and perhaps along the Doddinghurst Road. The traffic from the intersection of Doddinghurst Road and the Ongar Road moving towards Wilsons Corner is already at gridlock in the mornings and evenings, not helped by lorries off-loading outside the shops at the top of the Ongar Road and the roundabout at the William Hunter way giving automatic priority to cars emerging from William Hunter way to turn right towards Wilsons Corner - not good when the car parks empty in the evening with home goers. Similarly, Western Avenue traffic moving towards the London Road/ Kings Road traffic lights, bound for either the railway station or London Road offices or the M25, is very heavy with delays at the traffic lights backing up to William Hunter Way roundabout. More houses and hence more traffic in this area will be unacceptable unless major improvements to the traffic management are made in some way that has not been defined.

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Q1. Object to the Draft Plan

Q2. Very dissatisfied that Brentwood Borough Council proposes to located over one third of its new housing on the edge of their border next to Basildon, with the effect that the burden (e.g. infrastructure) will fall on the Borough of Basildon.

Q3. Very dissatisfied with the way in which Brentwood Borough Council are proposing to spread housing need across the Borough.

Q4. Very dissatisfied with the way in which Brentwood Borough Council is protecting the Green Belt and observing its aims. Added to the development plans of Basildon Council, the housing and industrial developments proposed would create an almost unbroken strip of development in the Green Belt along the A127, effectively joining Basildon to Upminster.

Q5. Very dissatisfied with the way in which Brentwood Borough Council has taken care to protect the village of Dunton Wayletts. In the Draft Plan the Council states it wants to protect the Green Belt around its villages, however Dunton Hills Garden Village combined with the development planned by Basildon Council would remove all the Green Belt land around Dunton Wayletts.

Q6. Very dissatisfied in relation to the likelihood / capability for the local road network to be improved sufficiently to handle the increased traffic. The new homes and industrial premises will add thousands more vehicles to the roads, on top of the traffic generated by Basildon's Plan. Roads such as the A127 already suffer regular congestion.

Q7. Dissatisfied in relation to the likelihood / capability of railway capacity to be increased sufficiently to accommodate the growth in passenger numbers. New homes proposed by Brentwood and Basildon Council will greatly increase the local population. The local railway service is currently overloaded at peak times.

Q8. Very dissatisfied in relation to the ability for local medical services to sufficiently cope with the increased capacity generated by the additional residents.

Q9. Very dissatisfied with the way in which Brentwood Borough Council have considered the impact that its plans would have on Dunton Wayletts, which is an important historical village.

Q10. Dissatisfied with the thought given to the risks associated with locating large housing development and schools in the Dunton area, which has extremely high levels of air pollution and is close to a major Accident Hazard Pipeline.

Q11. Very dissatisfied with the way in which Brentwood Borough Council's plans take account of the particular circumstances of those living in a mobile home. The great majority of Dunton Wayletts inhabitants live on Dunton Park.

Chapter 1. Introduction
Q1. Object to the Draft Plan

Policy 5.2: Housing Growth
Q2. Very dissatisfied that Brentwood Borough Council proposes to located over one third of its new housing on the edge of their border next to Basildon, with the effect that the burden (e.g. infrastructure) will fall on the Borough of Basildon.

Q3. Very dissatisfied with the way in which Brentwood Borough Council are proposing to spread housing need across the Borough.

Policy 5.1: Spatial Strategy
Q4. Very dissatisfied with the way in which Brentwood Borough Council is protecting the Green Belt and observing its aims. Added to the development plans of Basildon Council, the housing and industrial developments proposed would create an almost unbroken strip of development in the Green Belt along the A127, effectively joining Basildon to Upminster.

Q5. Very dissatisfied with the way in which Brentwood Borough Council has taken care to protect the village of Dunton Wayletts. In the Draft Plan the Council states it wants to protect the Green Belt around its villages, however Dunton Hills Garden Village combined with the development planned by Basildon Council would remove all the Green Belt land around Dunton Wayletts.

Policy 7.1 Dunton Hills Garden Village
Q6. Very dissatisfied in relation to the likelihood / capability for the local road network to be improved sufficiently to handle the increased traffic. The new homes and industrial premises will add thousands more vehicles to the roads, on top of the traffic generated by Basildon's Plan. Roads such as the A127 already suffer regular congestion.

Q7. Dissatisfied in relation to the likelihood / capability of railway capacity to be increased sufficiently to accommodate the growth in passenger numbers. New homes proposed by Brentwood and Basildon Council will greatly increase the local population. The local railway service is currently overloaded at peak times.

Q8. Very dissatisfied in relation to the ability for local medical services to sufficiently cope with the increased capacity generated by the additional residents.

Q9. Very dissatisfied with the way in which Brentwood Borough Council have considered the impact that its plans would have on Dunton Wayletts, which is an important historical village.

Q10. Dissatisfied with the thought given to the risks associated with locating large housing development and schools in the Dunton area, which has extremely high levels of air pollution and is close to a major Accident Hazard Pipeline.

Regulation 18 Consultation
Q11. Very dissatisfied with the way in which Brentwood Borough Council's plans take account of the particular circumstances of those living in a mobile home. The great majority of Dunton Wayletts inhabitants live on Dunton Park.

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Q1. Object to the Draft Plan

Q2. Very dissatisfied that Brentwood Borough Council proposes to located over one third of its new housing on the edge of their border next to Basildon, with the effect that the burden (e.g. infrastructure) will fall on the Borough of Basildon.

Q3. Very dissatisfied with the way in which Brentwood Borough Council are proposing to spread housing need across the Borough.

Q4. Very dissatisfied with the way in which Brentwood Borough Council is protecting the Green Belt and observing its aims. Added to the development plans of Basildon Council, the housing and industrial developments proposed would create an almost unbroken strip of development in the Green Belt along the A127, effectively joining Basildon to Upminster.

Q5. Very dissatisfied with the way in which Brentwood Borough Council has taken care to protect the village of Dunton Wayletts. In the Draft Plan the Council states it wants to protect the Green Belt around its villages, however Dunton Hills Garden Village combined with the development planned by Basildon Council would remove all the Green Belt land around Dunton Wayletts.

Q6. Very dissatisfied in relation to the likelihood / capability for the local road network to be improved sufficiently to handle the increased traffic. The new homes and industrial premises will add thousands more vehicles to the roads, on top of the traffic generated by Basildon's Plan. Roads such as the A127 already suffer regular congestion.

Q7. Dissatisfied in relation to the likelihood / capability of railway capacity to be increased sufficiently to accommodate the growth in passenger numbers. New homes proposed by Brentwood and Basildon Council will greatly increase the local population. The local railway service is currently overloaded at peak times.

Q8. Very dissatisfied in relation to the ability for local medical services to sufficiently cope with the increased capacity generated by the additional residents.

Q9. Very dissatisfied with the way in which Brentwood Borough Council have considered the impact that its plans would have on Dunton Wayletts, which is an important historical village.

Q10. Dissatisfied with the thought given to the risks associated with locating large housing development and schools in the Dunton area, which has extremely high levels of air pollution and is close to a major Accident Hazard Pipeline.

Q11. Very dissatisfied with the way in which Brentwood Borough Council's plans take account of the particular circumstances of those living in a mobile home. The great majority of Dunton Wayletts inhabitants live on Dunton Park.

Q1. Object to the Draft Plan

Q2. Very dissatisfied that Brentwood Borough Council proposes to located over one third of its new housing on the edge of their border next to Basildon, with the effect that the burden (e.g. infrastructure) will fall on the Borough of Basildon.

Q3. Very dissatisfied with the way in which Brentwood Borough Council are proposing to spread housing need across the Borough.

Q4. Very dissatisfied with the way in which Brentwood Borough Council is protecting the Green Belt and observing its aims. Added to the development plans of Basildon Council, the housing and industrial developments proposed would create an almost unbroken strip of development in the Green Belt along the A127, effectively joining Basildon to Upminster.

Q5. Very dissatisfied with the way in which Brentwood Borough Council has taken care to protect the village of Dunton Wayletts. In the Draft Plan the Council states it wants to protect the Green Belt around its villages, however Dunton Hills Garden Village combined with the development planned by Basildon Council would remove all the Green Belt land around Dunton Wayletts.

Q6. Very dissatisfied in relation to the likelihood / capability for the local road network to be improved sufficiently to handle the increased traffic. The new homes and industrial premises will add thousands more vehicles to the roads, on top of the traffic generated by Basildon's Plan. Roads such as the A127 already suffer regular congestion.

Q7. Very dissatisfied in relation to the likelihood / capability of railway capacity to be increased sufficiently to accommodate the growth in passenger numbers. New homes proposed by Brentwood and Basildon Council will greatly increase the local population. The local railway service is currently overloaded at peak times.

Q8. Very dissatisfied in relation to the ability for local medical services to sufficiently cope with the increased capacity generated by the additional residents.

Q9. Very dissatisfied with the way in which Brentwood Borough Council have considered the impact that its plans would have on Dunton Wayletts, which is an important historical village.

Q10. Very dissatisfied with the thought given to the risks associated with locating large housing development and schools in the Dunton area, which has extremely high levels of air pollution and is close to a major Accident Hazard Pipeline.

Q11. Very dissatisfied with the way in which Brentwood Borough Council's plans take account of the particular circumstances of those living in a mobile home. The great majority of Dunton Wayletts inhabitants live on Dunton Park.

Q1. Object to the Draft Plan

Q2. Dissatisfied that Brentwood Borough Council proposes to located over one third of its new housing on the edge of their border next to Basildon, with the effect that the burden (e.g. infrastructure) will fall on the Borough of Basildon.

Q3. Very dissatisfied with the way in which Brentwood Borough Council are proposing to spread housing need across the Borough.

Q4. Very dissatisfied with the way in which Brentwood Borough Council is protecting the Green Belt and observing its aims. Added to the development plans of Basildon Council, the housing and industrial developments proposed would create an almost unbroken strip of development in the Green Belt along the A127, effectively joining Basildon to Upminster.

Q5. Very dissatisfied with the way in which Brentwood Borough Council has taken care to protect the village of Dunton Wayletts. In the Draft Plan the Council states it wants to protect the Green Belt around its villages, however Dunton Hills Garden Village combined with the development planned by Basildon Council would remove all the Green Belt land around Dunton Wayletts.

Q6. Dissatisfied in relation to the likelihood / capability for the local road network to be improved sufficiently to handle the increased traffic. The new homes and industrial premises will add thousands more vehicles to the roads, on top of the traffic generated by Basildon's Plan. Roads such as the A127 already suffer regular congestion.

Q7. Very dissatisfied in relation to the likelihood / capability of railway capacity to be increased sufficiently to accommodate the growth in passenger numbers. New homes proposed by Brentwood and Basildon Council will greatly increase the local population. The local railway service is currently overloaded at peak times.

Q8. Very dissatisfied in relation to the ability for local medical services to sufficiently cope with the increased capacity generated by the additional residents.

Q9. Very dissatisfied with the way in which Brentwood Borough Council have considered the impact that its plans would have on Dunton Wayletts, which is an important historical village.

Q10. Very dissatisfied with the thought given to the risks associated with locating large housing development and schools in the Dunton area, which has extremely high levels of air pollution and is close to a major Accident Hazard Pipeline.

Q11. Very dissatisfied with the way in which Brentwood Borough Council's plans take account of the particular circumstances of those living in a mobile home. The great majority of Dunton Wayletts inhabitants live on Dunton Park.

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Q1. Object to the Draft Plan

Q2. Very dissatisfied that Brentwood Borough Council proposes to located over one third of its new housing on the edge of their border next to Basildon, with the effect that the burden (e.g. infrastructure) will fall on the Borough of Basildon.

Q3. Dissatisfied with the way in which Brentwood Borough Council are proposing to spread housing need across the Borough.

Q4. Very dissatisfied with the way in which Brentwood Borough Council is protecting the Green Belt and observing its aims. Added to the development plans of Basildon Council, the housing and industrial developments proposed would create an almost unbroken strip of development in the Green Belt along the A127, effectively joining Basildon to Upminster.

Q5. Dissatisfied with the way in which Brentwood Borough Council has taken care to protect the village of Dunton Wayletts. In the Draft Plan the Council states it wants to protect the Green Belt around its villages, however Dunton Hills Garden Village combined with the development planned by Basildon Council would remove all the Green Belt land around Dunton Wayletts.

Q6. Very dissatisfied in relation to the likelihood / capability for the local road network to be improved sufficiently to handle the increased traffic. The new homes and industrial premises will add thousands more vehicles to the roads, on top of the traffic generated by Basildon's Plan. Roads such as the A127 already suffer regular congestion.

Q7. Dissatisfied in relation to the likelihood / capability of railway capacity to be increased sufficiently to accommodate the growth in passenger numbers. New homes proposed by Brentwood and Basildon Council will greatly increase the local population. The local railway service is currently overloaded at peak times.

Q8. Dissatisfied in relation to the ability for local medical services to sufficiently cope with the increased capacity generated by the additional residents.

Q9. Very dissatisfied with the way in which Brentwood Borough Council have considered the impact that its plans would have on Dunton Wayletts, which is an important historical village.

Q10. Very dissatisfied with the thought given to the risks associated with locating large housing development and schools in the Dunton area, which has extremely high levels of air pollution and is close to a major Accident Hazard Pipeline.

Q11. Dissatisfied with the way in which Brentwood Borough Council's plans take account of the particular circumstances of those living in a mobile home. The great majority of Dunton Wayletts inhabitants live on Dunton Park.

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