Comment

Representation ID: 15213

Received: 03/05/2016

Respondent: Spire Hartswood Hospital

Agent: Turley

Existing location of Spire Hartswood Hospital is relatively small and is constrained despite various granted planning permissions to extend the hosital, therefore Spire Healthcare proposes to relocate to a site within the proposed Gateway Area.

The proposed site presents a more accessible location via sustainable transport modes. The hospital would operate a Green Travel Plan to promote a car sharing for staffs, as well as electric car charging points.

The proposed hospital cam be delivered within 5 years and will provide a vital service to the residents of the Borough.

Since the site is within the Green Belt, the design and layout will mitigate, as far as is practical, harm to the openness of the Green Belt by incorporating landscaped areas around the hospital.

Object

Representation ID: 15225

Received: 03/05/2016

Respondent: MM Properties Ltd

Agent: Savills UK

- The proposed strategy regarding Enterprise Park rely on one site to deliver a large proportion of employment requirements across the plan period. Additional sites should be allocated to provide more choice and respond to market requirements.

- The policy and supporting text regarding the amount of floorspace and land required to meet future employment needs is very unclear and the figures on need should be reassessed to increase the employment land requirement to ensure an appropriate supply of sites.

Comment

Representation ID: 15233

Received: 03/05/2016

Respondent: MM Properties Ltd

Agent: Savills UK

- Request that land at East Horndon Hall (site ref. 187) is allocated to deliver a new Industrial Park which will provide a range of new flexible commercial space to respond to market demands and provide an appropriate choice of sites.

- The site will increase the employment land supply in the Borough, improve the choice for operators and assist the Council in meeting the requirements of National Planning Policy and Guidance and the address the recommendations in the Economic Futures Report.

- Following discussions with Council officers, the site is being promoted for employment use only within Class B2, B1c and ancillary B1a use.

Comment

Representation ID: 15253

Received: 03/05/2016

Respondent: MM Properties Ltd

Agent: Savills UK

There is a clear relationship between the delivery of employment land and the delivery of land for housing as existing employment land needs to be released for housing but the employment space needs to be reprovided. It is considered that the council has failed to address this in the draft allocations of employment sites. The Economic Futures Report (2014) suggests that the Council complete an employment trajectory to determine the availability and likely delivery of sites. The advice has not been followed by the Council and it's therefore unclear whether the proposed employment allocations will come forward in a period that reflects the need for housing on the employment sites that are to be redeveloped.

Comment

Representation ID: 15804

Received: 11/05/2016

Respondent: Essex County Council

There are areas around the urban area of Brentwood that are covered by a MSA for sand and gravel. A high level assessment concludes that some proposed allocations in the Draft Local Plan are within MSAs for sand and gravel. However, these are either located within the defined urban area or are less than the 5ha threshold, as stated in Policy S8. However, ECC withholds the right to review any allocations which will be included in the Pre Submission Plan.

Comment

Representation ID: 16064

Received: 11/05/2016

Respondent: Essex County Council

Paragraph 8.26 - Reference to `within environmentally sensitive areas' should be deleted.