Policy 9.2: Wildlife and Nature Conservation

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Object

Draft Local Plan

Representation ID: 13448

Received: 17/03/2016

Respondent: Mrs Jean Laut

Representation Summary:

The policy should also conserve small pockets of wildlife/nature that have arisen because of the undisturbed nature of the land over many years.

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The policy should also conserve small pockets of wildlafe/nature that have arisen because of the undisturbed nature of the land over many years.

Object

Draft Local Plan

Representation ID: 13470

Received: 19/03/2016

Respondent: Dr Philip Gibbs

Representation Summary:

[The Local Wildlife Site review recognises the woodland along the Mar Dyke Tributary as ancient woodland. The NPPF gives protection to ancient woodland and veteran trees from developments. The site is an important Green Corridor linking the Country Parks of Langdon Hills and Thorndon. Local residents have reported the presence of Greater Crested Newts and bats which are also protected. I believe that the species and habitats already identified are sufficient to prevent development of the area but If the Dunton garden Suburb proposal is to be continued it is vital that a detailed year round habitat assessment be carried out to get an accurate picture of the impact it will have on biodiversity in the area.]
Loss of Biodiversity at Dunton Hills. Read full comment as the details are important and no longer than necessary.

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Loss of Biodiversity
Although the location of the proposed Dunton Hills Garden Village development is not designated as a conservation area it is nevertheless an area with protected species and protected habitats. Indeed, as an area outside the nearby country parks at Langdon Hills and Thorndon is has been less disturbed by public access and this in itself has made it a refuge for some of our more timid species.
The wooded area stretching from Eastland Springs along the Mardyke Tributary is a Local Wildlife Site listed in the Brentwood Local Wildlife Site Review of 2012. There is another potential Local Wildlife Site listed at Green Meadow. These sites were left out of the habitat assessment for Dunton Garden Suburb even though Local Wildlife Sites on the other side of the A127 were noted. This omission is very serious and needs to be investigated publically to establish why it happened so that it is possible to ensure that it does not happen again.
The Local Wildlife Site review recognises the woodland along the Mar Dyke Tributary as ancient woodland. There are also scattered oak trees along field boundaries throughout the Dunton Hills location some of which have a measured girth of 350cm. This leads to an estimate for their age over 200 years which puts them in the category of ancient trees and makes them important as wildlife habitats. There is also a small L-shaped area of woodland at the top of Dunton Hills which is also likely to be ancient woodland. The NPPF section 118 gives protection to ancient woodland and veteran trees from developments.
I have visited the site of the proposed development in the company of Dr Annie Gordon who is a conservation expert from the Essex Wildlife trust. She has identified the area as an important green corridor linking to the Country Parks of Langdon Hills and Thorndon and opposes its development.
I have personally photographed badgers and tawny owls and a heron on the site. These species and their habitats are protected under the Wildlife and Countryside Act 1981 and the Protection of Badgers Act 1992. Other recent sightings of protected species include song thrush, barn owl, buzzards and kestrel. There are several established ponds in the area. Local residents have reported the presence of Greater Crested Newts and bats which are also protected. Other protected species that might be found in these habitats include water vole, slow worms, smooth snake, rare butterflies and orchids.
The hedgerows and ditches along the field boundaries show clear signs of the presence of small mammals. There are likely to be many other protected species in the area due to these habitats but they will only be evident later in the year. I believe that the species and habitats already identified are sufficient to prevent development of the area but If the Dunton garden Suburb proposal is to be continued it is vital that a detailed year round habitat assessment be carried out to get an accurate picture of the impact it will have on biodiversity in the area.
The Natural Environment and Rural Communities Act 2006 section 40 states that "Every public authority must, in exercising its functions, have regard, so far as is consistent with the proper exercise of those functions, to the purpose of conserving biodiversity." This goes far beyond the need to protect conservation areas and sites of special scientific interest. Most of the green belt is not designated as any other kind of conservation area yet it contains areas of important habitats. Sites like Dunton Hills form part of the ecological network of habitats that connect the conservation areas.
Part of the proposal for Dunton Hills Garden Village could include preserving a belt of countryside along the Local Wildlife Site and biodiversity rich public parks. However, many of the more sensitive species will not support the pressure from nearby housing and the presence of domestic animals.
It is not acceptable to lose areas such as this to housing. The loss of biodiversity cannot be mitigated by moving the animals and plants to other areas or increasing protection in more limited spaces. The loss of the green belt and its biodiversity under pressure from an increasing population is analogous to the loss of the rainforest in developing countries. If we cannot find solutions to our housing shortage that do not require the loss of important wildlife habitats then we will no longer be in a position to ask developing countries to preserve theirs.

Comment

Draft Local Plan

Representation ID: 13616

Received: 23/03/2016

Respondent: Anne Clark

Representation Summary:

Think small scale - something you think is doing no harm may be extremely damaging to a specific animal in that area.
The excuse of "mitigating circumstances" is not acceptable. NO protected species should be disturbed.
Do not rely on the applicant to tell you the truth about the wildlife in the area they are interested in.

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You say permission will not be given unless the "benefits outweigh the harm" but how can you measure this?? To you, cutting down 10 trees might not seem as doing any harm, but to the wildlife who reside in those trees or who use them for food or shelter, the harm you do is irreversible. You need to think more small scale, about the individual lives you might be affecting.
With regards to the protected species - in this case then mitigating circumstances or not, you must NOT allow development in those areas. Regardless of how small you think the damage to local wildlife is, to the wildlife involved, it is life changing and potentially fatal.
Also, you must not rely completely on the applicant to tell you the truth - many bats/badgers/foxes etc have suddenly "disappeared" when they were perceived to be in the way.
Disturbing protected species is illegal, please make sure the law is upheld!

Object

Draft Local Plan

Representation ID: 13650

Received: 23/03/2016

Respondent: Mrs Helen Gabell

Representation Summary:

I object to any development at Dunton, as this will adversely affect the wildlife in this area, that is extremely close to the Essex Wildlife Trust site at Langdon Hills, and provides a wildlife corridor to the Thorndon Park, which would be lost if this development went ahead.

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I object to any development at Dunton, as this will adversely affect the wildlife in this area, that is extremely close to the Essex Wildlife Trust site at Langdon Hills, and provides a wildlife corridor to the Thorndon Park, which would be lost if this development went ahead.

Object

Draft Local Plan

Representation ID: 13705

Received: 23/03/2016

Respondent: Mr Joe Gabell

Representation Summary:

I object to development at Dunton, as this will adversely affect the wildlife that is extremely close to the Essex Wildlife Trust site at Langdon Hills, and provides a wildlife corridor to the Thorndon Park.

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These are some of the objections I uphold on the proposed development around Dunton. It's very nature as Green Belt in an area South of the A127 which has very limited Green Belt, makes it value as such much higher than that in areas of lots of Green Belt, such as the more Northern parts of the Borough. Any development around the Dunton area foisters Brentwood's problems onto the people of Basildon, as the development would be isolated from the rest of the Borough by the major barriers of the A127 and the A128, and possibly also a new Lower Thames Crossing. Green Belt doesn't have a value because of it's leafy green views, it has a value based on its benefit to the health and mental wellbeing of surrounding areas, and its ability to stop the spread of urban sprawl. In an area already very over developed, such as the south of the A127 around Basildon towards Southend, and Upminster towards London, the small patch of Green Belt may be a drop in the ocean of the large amount of Brentwood's Green Belt (almost twice that of Basildon), but its rarity in that particular location stops everything south of the A127 becoming the London Borough of South Essex.
The development is not only bad for the existing surrounding population, but the new residents would suffer as they wouldn't have access to amenities. It would be in breach of rules on placing traveller sites within areas of easy access to medical and educational facilities. The wildlife of the area would be destroyed, as it is in the middle of the corridor between the Essex Wildlife Trust and Thorndon Park. That much concrete being built would increase the risk of flooding in an area already prone to surface water flooding. The increased pollution levels in the area from the cars from 2,500 homes in such a confined area, as well as the number of vehicles required during any building process, would be bad for the health (asthma, COPD, etc) of existing and new tenants, as well as any wildlife.
Chapter 4 - Strategic Objectives
Representation
SO7 - You claim you want to 'Optimise the social and economic benefits that arise from Crossrail for the benefit of residents, businesses and visitors to the Borough', yet you dump most of housing needs that would benefit from Crossrail south of the A127, where there are numerous problems with the C2C line, the houses would not be near a station anyway, as the A128 would create a barrier which requires residents to drive and park at either Laindon or West Horndon. A quick check on the C2C twitter and Facebook pages would tell you how many problems they have. The 2,500 houses planned for Dunton, and the 500 houses planned for West Horndon would be cut off from good transport needs, with or without the proposed Lower Thames Crossing Option C Route 4 being built, which will only add to their isolation if it went ahead.
SO8 - You claim will 'Promote and support a prosperous rural economy' yet you propose to build half of your housing allocation on Green Belt agricultural land, South of the A127.
SO9 - You claim you will 'Safeguard the Green Belt from inappropriate development and enhance its beneficial use', yet you propose a massive inappropriate development of the very limited supply of Green Belt South of the A127. It has greater value as there is less of it. The National Planning and Policy Framework states that that Green Belt is there to check unrestricted sprawl, and to prevent neighbouring towns from merging. The limited supply of Green Belt land in the area between Brentwood and Basildon South of the A127 is very limited, and both councils propose building up to the boundaries, thereby creating unrestricted sprawl, as well as merging neighbouring towns. South of the A127 there will be virtually no Green Belt separating the London Borough of Havering all the way to Southend. The Green Belt is also supposed to be there to assist in in safeguarding the countryside from encroachment, and preserving the setting and special character of historic towns, yet you propose to build on the only bit of countryside South of the A127, when there is plenty across the rest of the borough. On a Supply and Demand basis, the Green Belt has a far higher value South of the A127 because of its rarity. Also, it preserves the character of Domesday Book villages like Dunton, West Horndon, Herongate and Ingrave, by preventing the development of the small amount of remaining Green Belt in that part of the Borough.

Chapter 5 - Spatial Strategy
Evolution of spatial strategy
Representation
You still fail to show a true picture of Herongate being directly affected by the A127 because of its very close proximity, therefore making it part of the A127 corridor. The A127 has excessive congestion on the road, and the C2C line has transformed from a good service to its original title of the Misery Line in a matter of months. it does not have the capacity for any additional customers at West Horndon, which is the only station within Brentwood Borough on the C2C line. National Rail had already confirmed last year that they had no intention of adding an extra station in any new development, so all residents of developments around the Dunton area would be solely reliant on their cars on the heavily congested A127. If the proposed Option C Route 4 gets the go ahead then the development would also be underneath a four to six lane carriageway in one direction, and an eight to ten lane carriageway in the other direction, completely cutting the development off from any Brentwood services. This means that Brentwood residents would be completely reliant on their Basildon neighbour's facilities, which are already stretched beyond capacity. You propose development around the A127 because you claim the Brentwood Urban area and North of the Borough has congestion, a lack of primary schools, GP facilities, and a higher landscape value. In actual fact, the A127 and South of the Borough suffers severely from congestion, not only on the A127 and local roads around West Horndon, but also on the Herongate and Ingrave area, that has been fighting a Twenty's Plenty campaign to improve safety on the heavily congested roads. There are no more services in the South of the Borough than the North, and a new development won't deliver new GPs and schools until well into any development, putting a strain on surrounding areas, particularly Basildon, as the natural boundaries of the A127 and A128 will prevent any residents from the Dunton area even getting to West Horndon, let alone the rest of the borough. The claim that there is a higher landscape value elsewhere is ludicrous, as quantity doesn't equate to quality. The sheer lack of Green Belt and green spaces around the A127 corridor increases the value to the residents spiritual and physical well being

Draft Plan Spatial Strategy
Representation
You still fail to show a true picture of Herongate being directly affected by the A127 because of its very close proximity, therefore making it part of the A127 corridor. The A127 has excessive congestion on the road, and the C2C line has transformed from a good service to its original title of the Misery Line in a matter of months. it does not have the capacity for any additional customers at West Horndon, which is the only station within Brentwood Borough on the C2C line. National Rail had already confirmed last year that they had no intention of adding an extra station in any new development, so all residents of developments around the Dunton area would be solely reliant on their cars on the heavily congested A127. If the proposed Option C Route 4 gets the go ahead then the development would also be underneath a four to six lane carriageway in one direction, and an eight to ten lane carriageway in the other direction, completely cutting the development off from any Brentwood services. This means that Brentwood residents would be completely reliant on their Basildon neighbour's facilities, which are already stretched beyond capacity. You propose development around the A127 because you claim the Brentwood Urban area and North of the Borough has congestion, a lack of primary schools, GP facilities, and a higher landscape value. In actual fact, the A127 and South of the Borough suffers severely from congestion, not only on the A127 and local roads around West Horndon, but also on the Herongate and Ingrave area, that has been fighting a Twenty's Plenty campaign to improve safety on the heavily congested roads. There are no more services in the South of the Borough than the North, and a new development won't deliver new GPs and schools until well into any development, putting a strain on surrounding areas, particularly Basildon, as the natural boundaries of the A127 and A128 will prevent any residents from the Dunton area even getting to West Horndon, let alone the rest of the borough. The claim that there is a higher landscape value elsewhere is ludicrous, as quantity doesn't equate to quality. The sheer lack of Green Belt and green spaces around the A127 corridor increases the value to the residents spiritual and physical well being

Housing
Representation
Re: Dunton area. This is an area of Green Belt, and there is not enough evidence put forward to show why over 1/3 of the Borough's allowance should be dumped where it goes against the rules of Green Belt, preventing Urban Sprawl, etc. Developing there, and the 500 homes planned for West Horndon, together with the unspecified number of traveller sites, etc, means that there will be virtually no Green Belt left between the London Borough of Havering and Southend. The case has not been shown that adequate facilities would be put in place for any development, prior to people living there, so they would rely heavily on the neighbouring borough of Basildon. This means that there is no more supply of facilities than anywhere else across the borough, and it is probably easier to add one extra GP to an existing surgery, etc, than to build a new surgery before anyone lives in a location. The natural barriers of the A127 and A128 means that residents would be denied medical and school facilities until a long time after they had moved in, if they are ever provided in sufficient numbers. There is no guarantee the age or health of residents, and the site does not even have any existing public transport to take residents to facilities further afield.

5.10 Strategic Green Belt
As stated previously. Use of this area of Green Belt around Dunton is in breach of the NPPF rules on Green Belt. By building on it Brentwood will be encouraging urban sprawl and inappropriate development, as the Green Belt South of the A127 is in very short supply, therefore of higher value than the abundant Green Belt in other areas of the Borough. Building on it will mean that there is developments almost entirely from the London Borough of Havering to Southend, which is in direct contravention of Green Belt policy.

Green field Green Belt
If these areas of Greenfield are within the Green Belt south of the A127 then they will exacerbate the breach of Green Belt rules, by increasing the urban sprawl from the London Borough of Havering to Southend.

Job Growth and Employment land
5.57 Development at Dunton Hills Garden Village, and around West Horndon, will not be able to provide for new employment land, any more than housing, at building there is in strict contravention of the NPPF for Green Belt, as it would create urban sprawl spreading from the London Borough of Havering to Southend. The so called strategic highway network is the heavily congested A127, and poor C2C service, which hasn't had the investment like the A12 and Crossrail have had, so transport infrastructure for employment is better North of the Borough.

Sustainable development
The NPPF for Green Belt shows that the proposed development of 2500 properties, plus employment and traveller sites on Green Belt at Dunton is not sustainable, as a loss of the very limited areas of Green Belt South of the A127 virtually links the areas of the London Borough of Havering through to Southend, so the LDP doesn't prevent neighbouring towns merging with one another. Green Belt is not decided on because of its high landscape value, or even if it is all accessible to the public, but because of the limited supply in this area.

Managing Development Growth
It is disingenuous to say 'some' Green Belt land will be used, when you are proposing to build on virtually all the Green Belt in the Dunton area. Losing it will result in the merging of more than one town, almost entirely from the London Borough of Havering to Southend. Breaching NPPF Green Belt guidlines, without sufficient benefit, as the Dunton community will be isolated from the rest of Brentwood by the major road boundaries, and lack of connective public transport systems, together with the congested road and rail system in the area.

General Development Criteria
a. Developing Dunton will have a massive unacceptable effect on visual amenity, as well as the character appearance of the surrounding area;
b.The site is isolate from the Brentwood Borough, in an area not currently serviced by public transport or roads, so it fails to provide satisfactory means of access to the site for vehicles, cyclists and pedestrians and parking and servicing arrangements;
c.There is no public transport at the Dunton site, and no spare capacity on the C2C at either Laindon or West Horndon, and the C2C service doesn't link to the rest of the Brentwood Borough, so they would be isolated. The A127 is already heavily congested, and hasn't benefitted from the massive investments of the Crossrail and A12, which would be better suited to the addition numbers of users. People trying to cross the busy A127 have frequently lost their lives, and the isolation of this development would force people into crossing the A127 and the A128 to get to the rest of the Brentwood Borough. Highways England have proposed a Lower Thames Crossing, which may come up through the middle of the proposed Dunton site, adding increased risk to health and safety from vehicles and pollution, and creating another physical barrier for the residents, as there is currently no road system in that area.
d.A development of 2500 homes, plus employment and travellers sites, will definitely have an unacceptable effect on health, because of the high levels of pollution created. The loss of GreenBelt is an unacceptable effect on the environment, particularly as the concrete, and increased vehicle use through the years of development and forever after, etc, will release pollutants to land, water or air (light, noise pollution, vibration, odour, smoke, ash, dust and grit);
e.As there is currently no access to this site, it will cause unacceptable effects to the surrounding areas of Basildon and West Horndon, and their already congested road system, through excessive noise, activity and vehicle movements; There will be a loss of the Green Belt views, and the wildlife that they would have previously contained;
f.It is doubtfull that it will take full account of opportunities to incorporate biodiversity in developments, as too much development is being planned in a small space;
g.The development shouldn't go ahead, as greater weight should be given to the existing assets conservation and enhancement;
h.As it is Green Belt, there is limited residential units to lose, but this doesn't make the development acceptable.
i.As any new development would be required to mitigate its impact on local services and community infrastructure, and there is currently no services and community infrastructure in the area, it would be essential that absolutely all of that was in place before anyone moved in, otherwise BBC are forcing new tenants, employers/ees, travellers, etc, into surviving in isolation, or using the services of nearby Basildon, which are already stretched beyond capacity.

7.1 Dunton Hills Garden Village
Representation
7.5 is wrong to state that DHGV will be linked with Brentwood and other Borough Villages, as it will be divided from them by at least two busy roads, the A127 and the A128. Also, there is no physical route directly onto the A127, and if the Lower Thames Crossing Route C4 goes ahead this will be even worse. As the only available access will be going across Basildon land, this takes residents away from the Brentwood area, and places the burden on all of Basildon services.
7.6 This claim is entirely false, as development of this site encourages urban sprawl, particularly when taken alongside the development proposed on the Basildon Draft Local Plan as well. This will remove virtually the only remaining Green Belt between the London Borough of Havering and Southend. Brentwood has twice the amount of Green Belt as Basildon, yet it is choosing to destroy the small remaining green space to the West of Basildon, which completely goes against Green Belt policy. The losses far outweigh any benefits of developing this piece of Green Belt land.
For 7.7 see 7.6 There can be no Green Belt boundaries created when the small patch of Green Belt in this area is all being proposed for development, by Brentwood and Basildon, and it will directly affect the urban sprawl, by making The London Borough of South Essex a distinct possibility for anyone living south of the A127.
7.8 It is the A12 that has the distinct possibility for growth, as that is where the improved A12 and Crossrail are, so that is where people want to live and work. The A127 has houses built up to its boundaries, not allowing for expansion, and the C2C line is worse than terrible, having regained its old title of the Misery Line. Nobody would choose gridlock on the roads or standing on a train as the ideal location to move their home or business to, particularly as infrastructure of local roads, doctors, schools, etc, would not be in place until well into any construction period, and residents would be cut off from existing Brentwood services by the busy A127 and A128, which have already proved lethal so far this year.
7.9 completely contradicts your points on 7.7, as any Duty of Cooperation to build over the entire area of Green Belt at Dunton would remove any boundary to urban sprawl, guaranteeing that there would be a London Borough of South Essex. A small corridor of Green Belt, west of the Mardyke tributary on the land, would not constitute enough Green Belt as being possible to retain the title, and it could well be buried under concrete if the Lower Thames Crossing C4 goes ahead.

Rep made against: Policy 7.10: Gypsy and Traveller Provision
Representation
Placing at least 20 sites in the 'strategic' location of Dunton is unfair on local residents in the surrounding area. This is as far away as it is possible to be from the rest of the Brentwood Borough, bordering as it does the Basildon Borough, which already has to place far in excess of any traveller pitches than anywhere else, not only in Essex but most of the country. The Basildon area has had to pay for the fiasco resulting in the removal of the illegal pitches at Dale Farm, and is now being told to not only provide Green Belt space for all of those illegal residents, but also account for any population growth that may occur from them, plus extra provision for all legal travellers. To dump Brentwood's allocation so close to the high numbers of travellers in this area sound too much like a ghetto situation is being created, which is not good for the travelling community or the neighbouring non-travelling community. The travelling community has to have easy access to adequate medical and educational needs. This will not be provided in an environment like Dunton, where it is isolated from the rest of the Brentwood borough by the busy A127 and A128. As proved recently when a traveller child died crossing the A127 in Basildon, it is unsafe for them to isolated from other amenities.

9.2 Wildlife and conservation
I object to any development at Dunton, as this will adversely affect the wildlife in this area, that is extremely close to the Essex Wildlife Trust site at Langdon Hills, and provides a wildlife corridor to the Thorndon Park, which would be lost if this development went ahead.
9.3 as above


9.8 If Development within the Green Belt will only be permitted if it maintains the Green Belt's openness and does not conflict with the purposes of the Green Belt or harm its visual amenities, then the development at Dunton should definitely not go ahead as this conflicts with the purposes of green belt by loss of some of the limited visual green space in the area south of the A127, and it is going to encourage urban sprawl by removing one of the main sections separating the London borough of Havering from Southend.

Object

Draft Local Plan

Representation ID: 13848

Received: 23/03/2016

Respondent: Mr Harry Gabell

Representation Summary:

I object to development at Dunton, as this will adversely affect the wildlife that is extremely close to the Essex Wildlife Trust site at Langdon Hills, and provides a wildlife corridor to the Thorndon Park.

Full text:

At the age of 20 I don't want to live in the London Borough of South Essex, which is what will happen if this tiny, valuable for so many reasons, piece of Green Belt is buried under concrete, air and noise pollution, as it is one of the few pieces fulfilling its purpose of preventing urban sprawl.

These are some of the objections I uphold on the proposed development around Dunton. It's very nature as Green Belt in an area South of the A127 which has very limited Green Belt, makes it value as such much higher than that in areas of lots of Green Belt, such as the more Northern parts of the Borough. Any development around the Dunton area foisters Brentwood's problems onto the people of Basildon, as the development would be isolated from the rest of the Borough by the major barriers of the A127 and the A128, and possibly also a new Lower Thames Crossing. Green Belt doesn't have a value because of it's leafy green views, it has a value based on its benefit to the health and mental wellbeing of surrounding areas, and its ability to stop the spread of urban sprawl. In an area already very over developed, such as the south of the A127 around Basildon towards Southend, and Upminster towards London, the small patch of Green Belt may be a drop in the ocean of the large amount of Brentwood's Green Belt (almost twice that of Basildon), but its rarity in that particular location stops everything south of the A127 becoming the London Borough of South Essex.
The development is not only bad for the existing surrounding population, but the new residents would suffer as they wouldn't have access to amenities. It would be in breach of rules on placing traveller sites within areas of easy access to medical and educational facilities. The wildlife of the area would be destroyed, as it is in the middle of the corridor between the Essex Wildlife Trust and Thorndon Park. That much concrete being built would increase the risk of flooding in an area already prone to surface water flooding. The increased pollution levels in the area from the cars from 2,500 homes in such a confined area, as well as the number of vehicles required during any building process, would be bad for the health (asthma, COPD, etc) of existing and new tenants, as well as any wildlife.
Chapter 4 - Strategic Objectives
Representation
SO7 - You claim you want to 'Optimise the social and economic benefits that arise from Crossrail for the benefit of residents, businesses and visitors to the Borough', yet you dump most of housing needs that would benefit from Crossrail south of the A127, where there are numerous problems with the C2C line, the houses would not be near a station anyway, as the A128 would create a barrier which requires residents to drive and park at either Laindon or West Horndon. A quick check on the C2C twitter and Facebook pages would tell you how many problems they have. The 2,500 houses planned for Dunton, and the 500 houses planned for West Horndon would be cut off from good transport needs, with or without the proposed Lower Thames Crossing Option C Route 4 being built, which will only add to their isolation if it went ahead.
SO8 - You claim will 'Promote and support a prosperous rural economy' yet you propose to build half of your housing allocation on Green Belt agricultural land, South of the A127.
SO9 - You claim you will 'Safeguard the Green Belt from inappropriate development and enhance its beneficial use', yet you propose a massive inappropriate development of the very limited supply of Green Belt South of the A127. It has greater value as there is less of it. The National Planning and Policy Framework states that that Green Belt is there to check unrestricted sprawl, and to prevent neighbouring towns from merging. The limited supply of Green Belt land in the area between Brentwood and Basildon South of the A127 is very limited, and both councils propose building up to the boundaries, thereby creating unrestricted sprawl, as well as merging neighbouring towns. South of the A127 there will be virtually no Green Belt separating the London Borough of Havering all the way to Southend. The Green Belt is also supposed to be there to assist in in safeguarding the countryside from encroachment, and preserving the setting and special character of historic towns, yet you propose to build on the only bit of countryside South of the A127, when there is plenty across the rest of the borough. On a Supply and Demand basis, the Green Belt has a far higher value South of the A127 because of its rarity. Also, it preserves the character of Domesday Book villages like Dunton, West Horndon, Herongate and Ingrave, by preventing the development of the small amount of remaining Green Belt in that part of the Borough.

Chapter 5 - Spatial Strategy
Evolution of spatial strategy
Representation
You still fail to show a true picture of Herongate being directly affected by the A127 because of its very close proximity, therefore making it part of the A127 corridor. The A127 has excessive congestion on the road, and the C2C line has transformed from a good service to its original title of the Misery Line in a matter of months. it does not have the capacity for any additional customers at West Horndon, which is the only station within Brentwood Borough on the C2C line. National Rail had already confirmed last year that they had no intention of adding an extra station in any new development, so all residents of developments around the Dunton area would be solely reliant on their cars on the heavily congested A127. If the proposed Option C Route 4 gets the go ahead then the development would also be underneath a four to six lane carriageway in one direction, and an eight to ten lane carriageway in the other direction, completely cutting the development off from any Brentwood services. This means that Brentwood residents would be completely reliant on their Basildon neighbour's facilities, which are already stretched beyond capacity. You propose development around the A127 because you claim the Brentwood Urban area and North of the Borough has congestion, a lack of primary schools, GP facilities, and a higher landscape value. In actual fact, the A127 and South of the Borough suffers severely from congestion, not only on the A127 and local roads around West Horndon, but also on the Herongate and Ingrave area, that has been fighting a Twenty's Plenty campaign to improve safety on the heavily congested roads. There are no more services in the South of the Borough than the North, and a new development won't deliver new GPs and schools until well into any development, putting a strain on surrounding areas, particularly Basildon, as the natural boundaries of the A127 and A128 will prevent any residents from the Dunton area even getting to West Horndon, let alone the rest of the borough. The claim that there is a higher landscape value elsewhere is ludicrous, as quantity doesn't equate to quality. The sheer lack of Green Belt and green spaces around the A127 corridor increases the value to the residents spiritual and physical well being

Draft Plan Spatial Strategy
Representation
You still fail to show a true picture of Herongate being directly affected by the A127 because of its very close proximity, therefore making it part of the A127 corridor. The A127 has excessive congestion on the road, and the C2C line has transformed from a good service to its original title of the Misery Line in a matter of months. it does not have the capacity for any additional customers at West Horndon, which is the only station within Brentwood Borough on the C2C line. National Rail had already confirmed last year that they had no intention of adding an extra station in any new development, so all residents of developments around the Dunton area would be solely reliant on their cars on the heavily congested A127. If the proposed Option C Route 4 gets the go ahead then the development would also be underneath a four to six lane carriageway in one direction, and an eight to ten lane carriageway in the other direction, completely cutting the development off from any Brentwood services. This means that Brentwood residents would be completely reliant on their Basildon neighbour's facilities, which are already stretched beyond capacity. You propose development around the A127 because you claim the Brentwood Urban area and North of the Borough has congestion, a lack of primary schools, GP facilities, and a higher landscape value. In actual fact, the A127 and South of the Borough suffers severely from congestion, not only on the A127 and local roads around West Horndon, but also on the Herongate and Ingrave area, that has been fighting a Twenty's Plenty campaign to improve safety on the heavily congested roads. There are no more services in the South of the Borough than the North, and a new development won't deliver new GPs and schools until well into any development, putting a strain on surrounding areas, particularly Basildon, as the natural boundaries of the A127 and A128 will prevent any residents from the Dunton area even getting to West Horndon, let alone the rest of the borough. The claim that there is a higher landscape value elsewhere is ludicrous, as quantity doesn't equate to quality. The sheer lack of Green Belt and green spaces around the A127 corridor increases the value to the residents spiritual and physical well being

Housing
Representation
Re: Dunton area. This is an area of Green Belt, and there is not enough evidence put forward to show why over 1/3 of the Borough's allowance should be dumped where it goes against the rules of Green Belt, preventing Urban Sprawl, etc. Developing there, and the 500 homes planned for West Horndon, together with the unspecified number of traveller sites, etc, means that there will be virtually no Green Belt left between the London Borough of Havering and Southend. The case has not been shown that adequate facilities would be put in place for any development, prior to people living there, so they would rely heavily on the neighbouring borough of Basildon. This means that there is no more supply of facilities than anywhere else across the borough, and it is probably easier to add one extra GP to an existing surgery, etc, than to build a new surgery before anyone lives in a location. The natural barriers of the A127 and A128 means that residents would be denied medical and school facilities until a long time after they had moved in, if they are ever provided in sufficient numbers. There is no guarantee the age or health of residents, and the site does not even have any existing public transport to take residents to facilities further afield.

5.10 Strategic Green Belt
As stated previously. Use of this area of Green Belt around Dunton is in breach of the NPPF rules on Green Belt. By building on it Brentwood will be encouraging urban sprawl and inappropriate development, as the Green Belt South of the A127 is in very short supply, therefore of higher value than the abundant Green Belt in other areas of the Borough. Building on it will mean that there is developments almost entirely from the London Borough of Havering to Southend, which is in direct contravention of Green Belt policy.

Green field Green Belt
If these areas of Greenfield are within the Green Belt south of the A127 then they will exacerbate the breach of Green Belt rules, by increasing the urban sprawl from the London Borough of Havering to Southend.

Job Growth and Employment land
5.57 Development at Dunton Hills Garden Village, and around West Horndon, will not be able to provide for new employment land, any more than housing, at building there is in strict contravention of the NPPF for Green Belt, as it would create urban sprawl spreading from the London Borough of Havering to Southend. The so called strategic highway network is the heavily congested A127, and poor C2C service, which hasn't had the investment like the A12 and Crossrail have had, so transport infrastructure for employment is better North of the Borough.

Sustainable development
The NPPF for Green Belt shows that the proposed development of 2500 properties, plus employment and traveller sites on Green Belt at Dunton is not sustainable, as a loss of the very limited areas of Green Belt South of the A127 virtually links the areas of the London Borough of Havering through to Southend, so the LDP doesn't prevent neighbouring towns merging with one another. Green Belt is not decided on because of its high landscape value, or even if it is all accessible to the public, but because of the limited supply in this area.

Managing Development Growth
It is disingenuous to say 'some' Green Belt land will be used, when you are proposing to build on virtually all the Green Belt in the Dunton area. Losing it will result in the merging of more than one town, almost entirely from the London Borough of Havering to Southend. Breaching NPPF Green Belt guidlines, without sufficient benefit, as the Dunton community will be isolated from the rest of Brentwood by the major road boundaries, and lack of connective public transport systems, together with the congested road and rail system in the area.

General Development Criteria
a. Developing Dunton will have a massive unacceptable effect on visual amenity, as well as the character appearance of the surrounding area;
b.The site is isolate from the Brentwood Borough, in an area not currently serviced by public transport or roads, so it fails to provide satisfactory means of access to the site for vehicles, cyclists and pedestrians and parking and servicing arrangements;
c.There is no public transport at the Dunton site, and no spare capacity on the C2C at either Laindon or West Horndon, and the C2C service doesn't link to the rest of the Brentwood Borough, so they would be isolated. The A127 is already heavily congested, and hasn't benefitted from the massive investments of the Crossrail and A12, which would be better suited to the addition numbers of users. People trying to cross the busy A127 have frequently lost their lives, and the isolation of this development would force people into crossing the A127 and the A128 to get to the rest of the Brentwood Borough. Highways England have proposed a Lower Thames Crossing, which may come up through the middle of the proposed Dunton site, adding increased risk to health and safety from vehicles and pollution, and creating another physical barrier for the residents, as there is currently no road system in that area.
d.A development of 2500 homes, plus employment and travellers sites, will definitely have an unacceptable effect on health, because of the high levels of pollution created. The loss of GreenBelt is an unacceptable effect on the environment, particularly as the concrete, and increased vehicle use through the years of development and forever after, etc, will release pollutants to land, water or air (light, noise pollution, vibration, odour, smoke, ash, dust and grit);
e.As there is currently no access to this site, it will cause unacceptable effects to the surrounding areas of Basildon and West Horndon, and their already congested road system, through excessive noise, activity and vehicle movements; There will be a loss of the Green Belt views, and the wildlife that they would have previously contained;
f.It is doubtfull that it will take full account of opportunities to incorporate biodiversity in developments, as too much development is being planned in a small space;
g.The development shouldn't go ahead, as greater weight should be given to the existing assets conservation and enhancement;
h.As it is Green Belt, there is limited residential units to lose, but this doesn't make the development acceptable.
i.As any new development would be required to mitigate its impact on local services and community infrastructure, and there is currently no services and community infrastructure in the area, it would be essential that absolutely all of that was in place before anyone moved in, otherwise BBC are forcing new tenants, employers/ees, travellers, etc, into surviving in isolation, or using the services of nearby Basildon, which are already stretched beyond capacity.

7.1 Dunton Hills Garden Village
Representation
7.5 is wrong to state that DHGV will be linked with Brentwood and other Borough Villages, as it will be divided from them by at least two busy roads, the A127 and the A128. Also, there is no physical route directly onto the A127, and if the Lower Thames Crossing Route C4 goes ahead this will be even worse. As the only available access will be going across Basildon land, this takes residents away from the Brentwood area, and places the burden on all of Basildon services.
7.6 This claim is entirely false, as development of this site encourages urban sprawl, particularly when taken alongside the development proposed on the Basildon Draft Local Plan as well. This will remove virtually the only remaining Green Belt between the London Borough of Havering and Southend. Brentwood has twice the amount of Green Belt as Basildon, yet it is choosing to destroy the small remaining green space to the West of Basildon, which completely goes against Green Belt policy. The losses far outweigh any benefits of developing this piece of Green Belt land.
For 7.7 see 7.6 There can be no Green Belt boundaries created when the small patch of Green Belt in this area is all being proposed for development, by Brentwood and Basildon, and it will directly affect the urban sprawl, by making The London Borough of South Essex a distinct possibility for anyone living south of the A127.
7.8 It is the A12 that has the distinct possibility for growth, as that is where the improved A12 and Crossrail are, so that is where people want to live and work. The A127 has houses built up to its boundaries, not allowing for expansion, and the C2C line is worse than terrible, having regained its old title of the Misery Line. Nobody would choose gridlock on the roads or standing on a train as the ideal location to move their home or business to, particularly as infrastructure of local roads, doctors, schools, etc, would not be in place until well into any construction period, and residents would be cut off from existing Brentwood services by the busy A127 and A128, which have already proved lethal so far this year.
7.9 completely contradicts your points on 7.7, as any Duty of Cooperation to build over the entire area of Green Belt at Dunton would remove any boundary to urban sprawl, guaranteeing that there would be a London Borough of South Essex. A small corridor of Green Belt, west of the Mardyke tributary on the land, would not constitute enough Green Belt as being possible to retain the title, and it could well be buried under concrete if the Lower Thames Crossing C4 goes ahead.

Rep made against: Policy 7.10: Gypsy and Traveller Provision
Representation
Placing at least 20 sites in the 'strategic' location of Dunton is unfair on local residents in the surrounding area. This is as far away as it is possible to be from the rest of the Brentwood Borough, bordering as it does the Basildon Borough, which already has to place far in excess of any traveller pitches than anywhere else, not only in Essex but most of the country. The Basildon area has had to pay for the fiasco resulting in the removal of the illegal pitches at Dale Farm, and is now being told to not only provide Green Belt space for all of those illegal residents, but also account for any population growth that may occur from them, plus extra provision for all legal travellers. To dump Brentwood's allocation so close to the high numbers of travellers in this area sound too much like a ghetto situation is being created, which is not good for the travelling community or the neighbouring non-travelling community. The travelling community has to have easy access to adequate medical and educational needs. This will not be provided in an environment like Dunton, where it is isolated from the rest of the Brentwood borough by the busy A127 and A128. As proved recently when a traveller child died crossing the A127 in Basildon, it is unsafe for them to isolated from other amenities.

9.2 Wildlife and conservation
I object to any development at Dunton, as this will adversely affect the wildlife in this area, that is extremely close to the Essex Wildlife Trust site at Langdon Hills, and provides a wildlife corridor to the Thorndon Park, which would be lost if this development went ahead.
9.3 as above


9.8 If Development within the Green Belt will only be permitted if it maintains the Green Belt's openness and does not conflict with the purposes of the Green Belt or harm its visual amenities, then the development at Dunton should definitely not go ahead as this conflicts with the purposes of green belt by loss of some of the limited visual green space in the area south of the A127, and it is going to encourage urban sprawl by removing one of the main sections separating the London borough of Havering from Southend.

Object

Draft Local Plan

Representation ID: 13860

Received: 23/03/2016

Respondent: Mr Paul Gabell

Representation Summary:

I object to development at Dunton, as this will adversely affect the wildlife that is extremely close to the Essex Wildlife Trust site at Langdon Hills, and provides a wildlife corridor to the Thorndon Park.

Full text:

These are some of the objections I uphold on the proposed development around Dunton. It's very nature as Green Belt in an area South of the A127 which has very limited Green Belt, makes it value as such much higher than that in areas of lots of Green Belt, such as the more Northern parts of the Borough. Any development around the Dunton area foisters Brentwood's problems onto the people of Basildon, as the development would be isolated from the rest of the Borough by the major barriers of the A127 and the A128, and possibly also a new Lower Thames Crossing. Green Belt doesn't have a value because of it's leafy green views, it has a value based on its benefit to the health and mental wellbeing of surrounding areas, and its ability to stop the spread of urban sprawl. In an area already very over developed, such as the south of the A127 around Basildon towards Southend, and Upminster towards London, the small patch of Green Belt may be a drop in the ocean of the large amount of Brentwood's Green Belt (almost twice that of Basildon), but its rarity in that particular location stops everything south of the A127 becoming the London Borough of South Essex.
The development is not only bad for the existing surrounding population, but the new residents would suffer as they wouldn't have access to amenities. It would be in breach of rules on placing traveller sites within areas of easy access to medical and educational facilities. The wildlife of the area would be destroyed, as it is in the middle of the corridor between the Essex Wildlife Trust and Thorndon Park. That much concrete being built would increase the risk of flooding in an area already prone to surface water flooding. The increased pollution levels in the area from the cars from 2,500 homes in such a confined area, as well as the number of vehicles required during any building process, would be bad for the health (asthma, COPD, etc) of existing and new tenants, as well as any wildlife.
Chapter 4 - Strategic Objectives
Representation
SO7 - You claim you want to 'Optimise the social and economic benefits that arise from Crossrail for the benefit of residents, businesses and visitors to the Borough', yet you dump most of housing needs that would benefit from Crossrail south of the A127, where there are numerous problems with the C2C line, the houses would not be near a station anyway, as the A128 would create a barrier which requires residents to drive and park at either Laindon or West Horndon. A quick check on the C2C twitter and Facebook pages would tell you how many problems they have. The 2,500 houses planned for Dunton, and the 500 houses planned for West Horndon would be cut off from good transport needs, with or without the proposed Lower Thames Crossing Option C Route 4 being built, which will only add to their isolation if it went ahead.
SO8 - You claim will 'Promote and support a prosperous rural economy' yet you propose to build half of your housing allocation on Green Belt agricultural land, South of the A127.
SO9 - You claim you will 'Safeguard the Green Belt from inappropriate development and enhance its beneficial use', yet you propose a massive inappropriate development of the very limited supply of Green Belt South of the A127. It has greater value as there is less of it. The National Planning and Policy Framework states that that Green Belt is there to check unrestricted sprawl, and to prevent neighbouring towns from merging. The limited supply of Green Belt land in the area between Brentwood and Basildon South of the A127 is very limited, and both councils propose building up to the boundaries, thereby creating unrestricted sprawl, as well as merging neighbouring towns. South of the A127 there will be virtually no Green Belt separating the London Borough of Havering all the way to Southend. The Green Belt is also supposed to be there to assist in in safeguarding the countryside from encroachment, and preserving the setting and special character of historic towns, yet you propose to build on the only bit of countryside South of the A127, when there is plenty across the rest of the borough. On a Supply and Demand basis, the Green Belt has a far higher value South of the A127 because of its rarity. Also, it preserves the character of Domesday Book villages like Dunton, West Horndon, Herongate and Ingrave, by preventing the development of the small amount of remaining Green Belt in that part of the Borough.

Chapter 5 - Spatial Strategy
Evolution of spatial strategy
Representation
You still fail to show a true picture of Herongate being directly affected by the A127 because of its very close proximity, therefore making it part of the A127 corridor. The A127 has excessive congestion on the road, and the C2C line has transformed from a good service to its original title of the Misery Line in a matter of months. it does not have the capacity for any additional customers at West Horndon, which is the only station within Brentwood Borough on the C2C line. National Rail had already confirmed last year that they had no intention of adding an extra station in any new development, so all residents of developments around the Dunton area would be solely reliant on their cars on the heavily congested A127. If the proposed Option C Route 4 gets the go ahead then the development would also be underneath a four to six lane carriageway in one direction, and an eight to ten lane carriageway in the other direction, completely cutting the development off from any Brentwood services. This means that Brentwood residents would be completely reliant on their Basildon neighbour's facilities, which are already stretched beyond capacity. You propose development around the A127 because you claim the Brentwood Urban area and North of the Borough has congestion, a lack of primary schools, GP facilities, and a higher landscape value. In actual fact, the A127 and South of the Borough suffers severely from congestion, not only on the A127 and local roads around West Horndon, but also on the Herongate and Ingrave area, that has been fighting a Twenty's Plenty campaign to improve safety on the heavily congested roads. There are no more services in the South of the Borough than the North, and a new development won't deliver new GPs and schools until well into any development, putting a strain on surrounding areas, particularly Basildon, as the natural boundaries of the A127 and A128 will prevent any residents from the Dunton area even getting to West Horndon, let alone the rest of the borough. The claim that there is a higher landscape value elsewhere is ludicrous, as quantity doesn't equate to quality. The sheer lack of Green Belt and green spaces around the A127 corridor increases the value to the residents spiritual and physical well being

Draft Plan Spatial Strategy
Representation
You still fail to show a true picture of Herongate being directly affected by the A127 because of its very close proximity, therefore making it part of the A127 corridor. The A127 has excessive congestion on the road, and the C2C line has transformed from a good service to its original title of the Misery Line in a matter of months. it does not have the capacity for any additional customers at West Horndon, which is the only station within Brentwood Borough on the C2C line. National Rail had already confirmed last year that they had no intention of adding an extra station in any new development, so all residents of developments around the Dunton area would be solely reliant on their cars on the heavily congested A127. If the proposed Option C Route 4 gets the go ahead then the development would also be underneath a four to six lane carriageway in one direction, and an eight to ten lane carriageway in the other direction, completely cutting the development off from any Brentwood services. This means that Brentwood residents would be completely reliant on their Basildon neighbour's facilities, which are already stretched beyond capacity. You propose development around the A127 because you claim the Brentwood Urban area and North of the Borough has congestion, a lack of primary schools, GP facilities, and a higher landscape value. In actual fact, the A127 and South of the Borough suffers severely from congestion, not only on the A127 and local roads around West Horndon, but also on the Herongate and Ingrave area, that has been fighting a Twenty's Plenty campaign to improve safety on the heavily congested roads. There are no more services in the South of the Borough than the North, and a new development won't deliver new GPs and schools until well into any development, putting a strain on surrounding areas, particularly Basildon, as the natural boundaries of the A127 and A128 will prevent any residents from the Dunton area even getting to West Horndon, let alone the rest of the borough. The claim that there is a higher landscape value elsewhere is ludicrous, as quantity doesn't equate to quality. The sheer lack of Green Belt and green spaces around the A127 corridor increases the value to the residents spiritual and physical well being

Housing
Representation
Re: Dunton area. This is an area of Green Belt, and there is not enough evidence put forward to show why over 1/3 of the Borough's allowance should be dumped where it goes against the rules of Green Belt, preventing Urban Sprawl, etc. Developing there, and the 500 homes planned for West Horndon, together with the unspecified number of traveller sites, etc, means that there will be virtually no Green Belt left between the London Borough of Havering and Southend. The case has not been shown that adequate facilities would be put in place for any development, prior to people living there, so they would rely heavily on the neighbouring borough of Basildon. This means that there is no more supply of facilities than anywhere else across the borough, and it is probably easier to add one extra GP to an existing surgery, etc, than to build a new surgery before anyone lives in a location. The natural barriers of the A127 and A128 means that residents would be denied medical and school facilities until a long time after they had moved in, if they are ever provided in sufficient numbers. There is no guarantee the age or health of residents, and the site does not even have any existing public transport to take residents to facilities further afield.

5.10 Strategic Green Belt
As stated previously. Use of this area of Green Belt around Dunton is in breach of the NPPF rules on Green Belt. By building on it Brentwood will be encouraging urban sprawl and inappropriate development, as the Green Belt South of the A127 is in very short supply, therefore of higher value than the abundant Green Belt in other areas of the Borough. Building on it will mean that there is developments almost entirely from the London Borough of Havering to Southend, which is in direct contravention of Green Belt policy.

Green field Green Belt
If these areas of Greenfield are within the Green Belt south of the A127 then they will exacerbate the breach of Green Belt rules, by increasing the urban sprawl from the London Borough of Havering to Southend.

Job Growth and Employment land
5.57 Development at Dunton Hills Garden Village, and around West Horndon, will not be able to provide for new employment land, any more than housing, at building there is in strict contravention of the NPPF for Green Belt, as it would create urban sprawl spreading from the London Borough of Havering to Southend. The so called strategic highway network is the heavily congested A127, and poor C2C service, which hasn't had the investment like the A12 and Crossrail have had, so transport infrastructure for employment is better North of the Borough.

Sustainable development
The NPPF for Green Belt shows that the proposed development of 2500 properties, plus employment and traveller sites on Green Belt at Dunton is not sustainable, as a loss of the very limited areas of Green Belt South of the A127 virtually links the areas of the London Borough of Havering through to Southend, so the LDP doesn't prevent neighbouring towns merging with one another. Green Belt is not decided on because of its high landscape value, or even if it is all accessible to the public, but because of the limited supply in this area.

Managing Development Growth
It is disingenuous to say 'some' Green Belt land will be used, when you are proposing to build on virtually all the Green Belt in the Dunton area. Losing it will result in the merging of more than one town, almost entirely from the London Borough of Havering to Southend. Breaching NPPF Green Belt guidlines, without sufficient benefit, as the Dunton community will be isolated from the rest of Brentwood by the major road boundaries, and lack of connective public transport systems, together with the congested road and rail system in the area.

General Development Criteria
a. Developing Dunton will have a massive unacceptable effect on visual amenity, as well as the character appearance of the surrounding area;
b.The site is isolate from the Brentwood Borough, in an area not currently serviced by public transport or roads, so it fails to provide satisfactory means of access to the site for vehicles, cyclists and pedestrians and parking and servicing arrangements;
c.There is no public transport at the Dunton site, and no spare capacity on the C2C at either Laindon or West Horndon, and the C2C service doesn't link to the rest of the Brentwood Borough, so they would be isolated. The A127 is already heavily congested, and hasn't benefitted from the massive investments of the Crossrail and A12, which would be better suited to the addition numbers of users. People trying to cross the busy A127 have frequently lost their lives, and the isolation of this development would force people into crossing the A127 and the A128 to get to the rest of the Brentwood Borough. Highways England have proposed a Lower Thames Crossing, which may come up through the middle of the proposed Dunton site, adding increased risk to health and safety from vehicles and pollution, and creating another physical barrier for the residents, as there is currently no road system in that area.
d.A development of 2500 homes, plus employment and travellers sites, will definitely have an unacceptable effect on health, because of the high levels of pollution created. The loss of GreenBelt is an unacceptable effect on the environment, particularly as the concrete, and increased vehicle use through the years of development and forever after, etc, will release pollutants to land, water or air (light, noise pollution, vibration, odour, smoke, ash, dust and grit);
e.As there is currently no access to this site, it will cause unacceptable effects to the surrounding areas of Basildon and West Horndon, and their already congested road system, through excessive noise, activity and vehicle movements; There will be a loss of the Green Belt views, and the wildlife that they would have previously contained;
f.It is doubtfull that it will take full account of opportunities to incorporate biodiversity in developments, as too much development is being planned in a small space;
g.The development shouldn't go ahead, as greater weight should be given to the existing assets conservation and enhancement;
h.As it is Green Belt, there is limited residential units to lose, but this doesn't make the development acceptable.
i.As any new development would be required to mitigate its impact on local services and community infrastructure, and there is currently no services and community infrastructure in the area, it would be essential that absolutely all of that was in place before anyone moved in, otherwise BBC are forcing new tenants, employers/ees, travellers, etc, into surviving in isolation, or using the services of nearby Basildon, which are already stretched beyond capacity.

7.1 Dunton Hills Garden Village
Representation
7.5 is wrong to state that DHGV will be linked with Brentwood and other Borough Villages, as it will be divided from them by at least two busy roads, the A127 and the A128. Also, there is no physical route directly onto the A127, and if the Lower Thames Crossing Route C4 goes ahead this will be even worse. As the only available access will be going across Basildon land, this takes residents away from the Brentwood area, and places the burden on all of Basildon services.
7.6 This claim is entirely false, as development of this site encourages urban sprawl, particularly when taken alongside the development proposed on the Basildon Draft Local Plan as well. This will remove virtually the only remaining Green Belt between the London Borough of Havering and Southend. Brentwood has twice the amount of Green Belt as Basildon, yet it is choosing to destroy the small remaining green space to the West of Basildon, which completely goes against Green Belt policy. The losses far outweigh any benefits of developing this piece of Green Belt land.
For 7.7 see 7.6 There can be no Green Belt boundaries created when the small patch of Green Belt in this area is all being proposed for development, by Brentwood and Basildon, and it will directly affect the urban sprawl, by making The London Borough of South Essex a distinct possibility for anyone living south of the A127.
7.8 It is the A12 that has the distinct possibility for growth, as that is where the improved A12 and Crossrail are, so that is where people want to live and work. The A127 has houses built up to its boundaries, not allowing for expansion, and the C2C line is worse than terrible, having regained its old title of the Misery Line. Nobody would choose gridlock on the roads or standing on a train as the ideal location to move their home or business to, particularly as infrastructure of local roads, doctors, schools, etc, would not be in place until well into any construction period, and residents would be cut off from existing Brentwood services by the busy A127 and A128, which have already proved lethal so far this year.
7.9 completely contradicts your points on 7.7, as any Duty of Cooperation to build over the entire area of Green Belt at Dunton would remove any boundary to urban sprawl, guaranteeing that there would be a London Borough of South Essex. A small corridor of Green Belt, west of the Mardyke tributary on the land, would not constitute enough Green Belt as being possible to retain the title, and it could well be buried under concrete if the Lower Thames Crossing C4 goes ahead.

Rep made against: Policy 7.10: Gypsy and Traveller Provision
Representation
Placing at least 20 sites in the 'strategic' location of Dunton is unfair on local residents in the surrounding area. This is as far away as it is possible to be from the rest of the Brentwood Borough, bordering as it does the Basildon Borough, which already has to place far in excess of any traveller pitches than anywhere else, not only in Essex but most of the country. The Basildon area has had to pay for the fiasco resulting in the removal of the illegal pitches at Dale Farm, and is now being told to not only provide Green Belt space for all of those illegal residents, but also account for any population growth that may occur from them, plus extra provision for all legal travellers. To dump Brentwood's allocation so close to the high numbers of travellers in this area sound too much like a ghetto situation is being created, which is not good for the travelling community or the neighbouring non-travelling community. The travelling community has to have easy access to adequate medical and educational needs. This will not be provided in an environment like Dunton, where it is isolated from the rest of the Brentwood borough by the busy A127 and A128. As proved recently when a traveller child died crossing the A127 in Basildon, it is unsafe for them to isolated from other amenities.

9.2 Wildlife and conservation
I object to any development at Dunton, as this will adversely affect the wildlife in this area, that is extremely close to the Essex Wildlife Trust site at Langdon Hills, and provides a wildlife corridor to the Thorndon Park, which would be lost if this development went ahead.
9.3 as above


9.8 If Development within the Green Belt will only be permitted if it maintains the Green Belt's openness and does not conflict with the purposes of the Green Belt or harm its visual amenities, then the development at Dunton should definitely not go ahead as this conflicts with the purposes of green belt by loss of some of the limited visual green space in the area south of the A127, and it is going to encourage urban sprawl by removing one of the main sections separating the London borough of Havering from Southend.

Support

Draft Local Plan

Representation ID: 15172

Received: 28/04/2016

Respondent: CEG Land Promotions Limited

Agent: CODE Development Planners Ltd

Representation Summary:

CEG supports the aims of policy 9.2 to protect valuable wildlife and nature assets and, where appropriate to mitigate and bring net gain to the provision of biodiversity.
Early evidence prepared by the Promoters of the Dunton Hills Garden Village demomonstrates the unique opportunity to provide substantial gain in the provision of new habitats and the enhancement of existing habitats.

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Comment

Draft Local Plan

Representation ID: 15239

Received: 03/05/2016

Respondent: Natural England

Representation Summary:

We have therefore examined the Draft Local Plan and Interim Sustainability Appraisal in the light of the concerns expressed in our previous response, dated 16 February 2015, at the Strategic Growth Options stage. Both the Draft Local Plan and the Interim Sustainability Appraisal now include several references to the three Sites of Special Scientific Interest (SSSIs) within the district and to the potential threats to them arising from increased recreational pressure. We also note that there is now an explicit reference to the need for the Habitats Regulations Assessment (HRA) of the Plan to include consideration of the potential impact of the Plan's policies on the Epping Forest Special Area of Conservation (SAC) as a result of increased road traffic and the associated air pollution.

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Support

Draft Local Plan

Representation ID: 15516

Received: 10/05/2016

Respondent: Environment Agency

Representation Summary:

We are also very supportive of this policy, which provides a lot of detail on the requirements for development proposals affecting wildlife and nature conservation sites. We are pleased that this policy references Local Wildlife Sites and Local Nature Reserves, as these are not explicitly afforded protection through the National Planning Policy Framework. We are also pleased to note that river corridors and wetlands are listed as features which could be used as mitigation or compensatory measures.

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Support

Draft Local Plan

Representation ID: 16510

Received: 19/05/2016

Respondent: CPREssex

Agent: Campaign for the Protection of Rural England (CPRE) Brentwood Branch

Representation Summary:

Support where the object of tree planting is for conservation purposes, but where primary objective of tree planting is screening of industrial/commercial and housing sites then we do not agree at all. Suggest to include the planting of evergreen so that even in the winter, the screening remains.

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