Settlement Category 2: Village Service
Comment
Draft Local Plan
Representation ID: 14660
Received: 20/04/2016
Respondent: Hermes Fund Managers Limited
Agent: McGough Planning Consultants
It is noted that the Council's aim is to allow West Horndon to be re- categorised as a Category 2 settlement. This will reflect its changing role as the redevelopment of the industrial estate for residential use comes forward. However, the reference to "later in the Plan period" gives some concern, not least because of the Council's new stance on precisely when the new housing should be phased.
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Support
Draft Local Plan
Representation ID: 14662
Received: 20/04/2016
Respondent: Hermes Fund Managers Limited
Agent: McGough Planning Consultants
Para 5.30 - The references to the development of West Horndon within this paragraph are supported.
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Comment
Draft Local Plan
Representation ID: 14955
Received: 26/04/2016
Respondent: Crest Nicholson
Agent: AECOM
The draft Plan states that Dunton Hills Garden Village is likely to result in the new settlement being brought into category 2 of the settlement hierarchy. However a centre of the scale of Ingatestone will need to be considered in the context of the facilities and services also being proposed for the West Basildon Urban Extension (H10) to ensure new local centres within the A127 corridor are complementary. The masterplan exercise can begin to address topics of this nature but the Local Plan will need to set employment land and retail floorspace requirements. Policy 5.4 (Retail and Commercial Leisure Growth) states that new local retail provision will also accompany mixed-use development at Dunton Hills and para 5.77 recognises that new retail provision will need to complement rather than compete directly with the existing local shops. This principle should apply to planned and existing centres in Basildon also.
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Support
Draft Local Plan
Representation ID: 15138
Received: 28/04/2016
Respondent: CEG Land Promotions Limited
Agent: CODE Development Planners Ltd
Para 5.30 - Support the council's intention to identify Dunton Hills Garden Village as a Category 2 Village Service Centre. The Garden Village will be developed with sustainability as a core principle of its planning and delivery. Creating a self-sustaining village with the provision of community facilities. The scale of the proposed development will enable the careful planning and delivery of space, facilities and links as an integral part of the new village. This approach compares favourably with the alternative of imposing large scale growth on existing settlements not designed to accommodate substantial extension.
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