Option 1 centre led growth should be avoided as the existing road infrastructure especially around the High St, Ongar Rd, Wilsons Corner, Western Ave is not fit for capacity at existing traffic levels.
Option 2 corridor let growth is preferential. However A12 corridor led growth will not work without improving access to this corridors namely at Brook St and Mountnessing. Access to the A12 corridor via Brentwood Town Centre is unworkable therefore sites at Pilgrims Hatch and Doddinghurst rd should not be considered without a new A12 junction at this location.

Development COULD be met on brownfiled should read MUST ONLY be met ....

I do not considetr there to be 'suitable' green field sites. Brown field only.

Never release greenfiled sites for development

Re 5.9: how did the Council magically come up with this figure between the old regional target and the 'objective' need? Given the green belt is accorded a higher priority in the NPPF than so-called 'objective' targets, there is a strong case for sticking with the old regional target.

Re 5.10: The NPPF is clear in stipulating that the green belt is adequate reason for not meeting so-called 'objective' needs. I would rather the Council risked being found 'structurally unsound' and, if necessary, take up a legal battle to preserve the green belt. The 'structually unsound' precedents cited by the Council to scaremonger us into submission come from districts with far less/no green belt, such as Uttlesford, therefore the cases are not comparable. Paragraph 34 of the Planning Practice Guidance stipulates that "Unmet housing need (including for traveller sites) is unlikely to outweigh the harm to the Green Belt and other harm to constitute the 'very special circumstances' justifying inappropriate development on a site within the Green Belt." Paragraphs 44 and 45 also make clear that Objectively Assessed Housing Need is not the only pertinent factor in determining housing targets, and the significant amount of green belt land in the Brentwood and Basildon districts would be sufficient justification to set housing targets at a far lower level. Finally, it is worth noting that the report for 'objective' need concedes it may have overestimated the figure, since housing completion rates during the recession were anomalously large due to the conclusion of several major projects that had started before the recession (see §5.28). This means that projections that may have been appropriate for other local authorities are likely to be overestimates in the case of Brentwood.

See attached and summary below:
Summary
It is considered that Brentwood Council has not thoroughly tested all the available options to accommodate the housing requirement within Brentwood. The National Planning Policy Guidance and earlier advice from the Planning Advisory Service recommend that local authorities should be required to thoroughly test all reasonable options before requiring other authorities to accommodate some of their need.
Thurrock Council at this stage does not consider that all reasonable options to accommodate Brentwood's dwelling requirement within Brentwood have been fully examined by the Council and tested in accordance with government policy and guidance. Therefore the approach to preparation of the local plan is unsound.
Thurrock Council requests that more detail is provided as to how such Green Belt release is to be undertaken and how alternative locations have been considered before a further draft Local Plan consultation. It is considered the role and development of the A12 corridor and in particular Brentwood/Shenfield Broad Area should be thoroughly investigated and its potential role to accommodate further growth over the period of the local plan and beyond. The implications of the potential to accommodate more growth and associated infrastructure requirements need to be considered with some weight as a way of meeting the housing requirement currently identified in the Brentwood Local Plan Growth Options and supporting evidence.
Thurrock Council has a fundamental objection to a strategic Green Belt release at Dunton Hill Garden Village or at West Horndon due to the impact on the Green Belt. In addition limited new or updated evidence has been made available to demonstrate the deliverability and viability of such schemes.
Thurrock Council has also highlighted various aspects of concern with the evidence base in connection with the preparation of the draft local Plan.
Thurrock Council wished to clarify that its objections to the earlier consultations to the Brentwood Local Plan and Dunton Garden Suburb stage still stand. Due to the issues highlighted in this response and to the earlier documents there are several fundamental concerns to the strategy approach and detail development proposals it is considered that Brentwood Council needs to carefully consider how it proceeds with the preparation of the Local Plan and the timetable for its production.
Thurrock Council request to be kept informed of the preparation and publication of the Brentwood Local Plan and technical evidence base as part of the Duty to cooperate process.

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Sirs, The published version of the LDP is unacceptable for a number of reasons:
1. The housing need, forming the basis of the Plan, vastly exceeds Brentwood's actual requirement.
2. No account is being taken of infrastructional requirements that such huge growth implies.
3. The traffic growth implications of the plans are not considered.
4. Health care, in hospital, care home or at home, are at present inadequate; they would collapse if such an increase in loading were applied.
5. Public transport throughout the Borough is vestiginal at best, it could not be grown to even begin to address the enormous growth envisaged.
6. There is no provision for (nor any recognition of) other than primary education for our children.
7. There is no apparent recognition that the projected growth in housing and industrial premises south of the A127 would present a huge north to south
shift in the balance of population of the Borough. The A128 would provide the only significant link between north and south. At present this road is over
whelmed during both morning and evening "rush hours". The additional load would cause permanent gridlock.
Please take these vital issues into account.

See eight attached documents

See eight attached documents