Comment

Representation ID: 16024

Received: 11/05/2016

Respondent: Essex County Council

Regarding the high level assessment of potential impacts of the preferred spatial strategy on primary and secondary education - Windfall sites have not been considered because it is not possible to assess where they may occur. However, it should be noted that these 928 dwellings have the potential to generate up to an additional 275 primary places, well in excess of an additional form of entry.

Comment

Representation ID: 16025

Received: 11/05/2016

Respondent: Essex County Council

It will be important that in considering the housing applications which will come forward that the interests of schools should be taken fully on board. This is likely to involve reserving suitable sites on new developments for new schools. Details of the site areas required are provided in the ECC "Developers' Guide Education Supplement" (currently the 2010 version).

Comment

Representation ID: 16026

Received: 11/05/2016

Respondent: Essex County Council

Sites: 001A, 001B, 003, 005,013B, 039, 040, 041, 044 and 178, 081, 099, 100, 010, 022, 023, 032, 034, 087and 235.
Primary School Capacity - Currently very little surplus capacity Brentwood Town group. Current forecasts indicate a deficit of 94 permanent places by the school year 2019-20. There is limited scope for possible expansion of existing primary schools, many restricted or constrained by the "green belt" or land designated as "special landscape areas" or "conservation areas". Given the Plan is proposing significant release of Green Belt to meet its housing need, ECC considers appropriate consideration should be given to allowing the expansion of existing primary schools and potentially new schools in the Green Belt to meet an identified local need and to minimise unnecessary additional home-to-school journeys on the congested road network at peak times.
As indicated, it is difficult to accommodate level of growth via the expansion of existing schools and it would be prudent to identify a site for a new 2 form of entry (420-place) primary school to accommodate this growth within the Local Plan. This would require a site of 2.1 ha (to include Early Years provision).

Object

Representation ID: 16044

Received: 13/05/2016

Respondent: Elizabeth Finn Care

Agent: Strutt & Parker LLP

There is reference at paragraph 7.28 of the DLP to the 2010 Strategic Housing Land Availability Assessment (SHLAA) being the starting point for considering sites as part of the plan making process. The most recent SHLAA is the 2011 iteration, and as such is somewhat dated. Furthermore, whilst a larger parcel of land in which our client's site sits was assessed by the Council as part of the Brentwood Borough 2011 SHLAA as site reference GO92, it is unclear how the site as submitted in response to consultation on the Strategic Growth Local Plan in February 2015 has been assessed or considered.

Comment

Representation ID: 16049

Received: 13/05/2016

Respondent: Elizabeth Finn Care

Agent: Strutt & Parker LLP

The site - as set out in previous representations - is considered sustainable and deliverable. Furthermore, it would not undermine the purposes of including land in the Green Belt, and its allocation for development would result in the creation of a new robust, defensible Green Belt boundary for this location. As such it is a suitable site capable of helping to meet housing need in the short-term. It is not clear from the DLP or its supporting documentation how information submitted to the Council since the publication of the SHLAA has been considered, and why land adjacent to Rayleigh Road, Hutton has not been identified for development in the DLP.

Object

Representation ID: 16062

Received: 13/05/2016

Respondent: Elizabeth Finn Care

Agent: Strutt & Parker LLP

There are significant concerns with the current direction being taken in respect of the Brentwood Local Plan. If the Local Plan were to proceed along the lines of the DLP it is considered unlikely to be found sound. To rectify this the following should be done:
Review the current proposed number of homes to be provided 2013-2033 having regard to market signals and unmet housing need within areas with which the Borough is connected, to be determined through further working under the Duty to Cooperate with relevant Authorities.
Ensure that the Local Plan does not rely on the delivery of Dunton Garden Hills Village or windfall to meet housing needs, due to considerable uncertainty regarding their potential to deliver housing.
Reduce reliance on large strategic sites that will not be delivered in the short- term, and seek to address the current, urgent housing need through the identification of a range of smaller, deliverable sites in sustainable locations; and ensure the provision of a five-year housing land supply.
Apply a more sophisticated and transparent approach to site selection (and Sustainability Appraisal of potential sites) that considers the sustainability and deliverability of sites, along with their potential to relate to a spatial strategy for development linked to the settlement hierarchy.

Object

Representation ID: 16111

Received: 16/05/2016

Respondent: EA Strategic Land LLP

Agent: Iceni Projects Limited

We have concerns regarding the site selection process which has resulted in this list of sites allocated for development, such as:
- We do not consider that the sites allocated for development over the emerging plan period could have been properly assessed on robust evidence, given that the SHLAA was last updated in 2011 and the Council's Urban Capacity Study was published in 2002.
- Appendix outlines the Council's estimated delivery timetable which fails to include the delivery rates of Dunton Hill Garden Village, which leads to the assumption that the Council do not anticipate the delivery of the development within the plan period.

Object

Representation ID: 16124

Received: 16/05/2016

Respondent: Countryside Properties

Agent: Andrew Martin Planning Ltd

The SHMA for Brentwood was prepared in 2013 and redated 2014. It does not take account of the latest household projections nor consider an appropriate Housing Market Area. The notion that Brentwood is a self-contained district lacks credibility when the OAN report itself attests to the Borough's strong inter-connectivity with Essex and London. The Borough is located with the London Arc and the construction of Crossrail will only increase this connectivity. The HBF and others consider that Brentwood should be assessed in a joint SHMA with Basildon, Chelmsford and Epping Forest. It is unclear how the Council has engaged with the Mayor of London and the London Boroughs on the matter of migration.

Object

Representation ID: 16205

Received: 16/05/2016

Respondent: South Essex Partnership University NHS Trust

Agent: Bidwells

Object to policy 7.4 because site 083 land at Warley Hill is not proposed for allocation. There is no sound justification for the non-allocation of site 083, because: - the site is brownfield land - The site is in a highly sustainable location and its allocation would accord entirely with the Council's proposed spatial strategy; - The site has been assessed by the Council as having a moderate to low Green Belt impact, and is therefore well placed for release; and - The site is vacant and serves no useful purpose in its current state.

Comment

Representation ID: 16335

Received: 18/05/2016

Respondent: Ingatestone and Fryerning Parish Council

Agent: Ingatestone and Fryerning Parish Council

Concerned that piecemeal developments around Ingatestone will have adverse effects on our current infrastructure and surface water issues.

Comment

Representation ID: 17829

Received: 29/06/2016

Respondent: Mr Jonathan Chaplin

Collins Farm lies at the end of Goodwood. The site in question extends to approximately 14 acres of which, approximately 4 acres would be for Housing development and 10 acres would be given to the Council to extend the Country Park that adjoins the site.

Collin Farm lies in a sustainable location being within easy access of local shops, amenities and schools, The site is well supported by public transport, with a regular bus service being within easy walking distance. It is clear that children that live in the near vicinity use public transport to access the various local schools.

Originally the whole of Collin Farm was submitted for development and it was due to the size, at the time over 24 acres, that it was rejected in the SHLAA. The SHLAA recognized that the site was sustainable and capable of development. The new proposal reduces the area to be developed from 24 acres to approximately 4.

The site would be able to take advantage of the Crossrail scheme with the station being a 10 mins bus journey away.