Some of the areas designated Green Belt are NOT in actual fact in open Green Belt. The council need to take a more pragmatic view particularly on infill land that is located within the Green Belt. Some infill plots with defensible boundaries are turned down by planning officers which means truly open greenbelt areas such as Dunton are on the agenda. We can meet a good proportion of our housing target by utilising infill sites in the GB without actually expanding the urban area into open GB.
Planning officers should also consider a grading or categorisation of GB space ie. low quality - high quality. Some of our infill GB land is aesthetically very poor.

NO development on green belt until every scrap of brownfield has been used.

1. Any further development, no matter where, must have the infrastructure to support well this development.

2. Green Belt in and around villages must be protected at all costs. Too many villages have been swallowed up by indiscriminate development.

3. This applied to local development of existing buildings where a change of use is recognised and/or planning permission. This has happened in Blackmore.

4. On top of this, buildings have been bought and been allowed to rot, this has and is happening in Blackmore too.

Policy 9.8 - Green Belt

We note in paragraph 9.50 that the Council acknowledges the importance of the Green Belt and that it provides an important network of public rights of way; however, no mention is made within this document that these rights of way will be extended or enhanced or protected from development, even if it is development deemed to be allowed in 'exceptional circumstances'.

I OBJECT AS I THINK IT IS IDIOTIC TO BUILD ON GREENBELT IM [age redacted] YRS OLD & EVEN I UNDERSTAND THE IMPORTANCE OF KEEPING OUR GREENBELT, THERE ARE NO EXCEPTIONAL CIRCUMSTANCES ONLY MANS MOWN GREED
THERE IS NO EVIDENCE OF THE NEED FOR THIS AMOUNT OF HOUSING
OUR SERVICES ARE UNABLE TO COPE ALREADY WHAT IMPACT WILL THIS HAVE =ONLY NEGATIVE
BASILDON HOSP[ITAL IS ON BLACK ALERT THAT MEANS ITS UNDER STRAIN & CAN NOT COPE
OUR SCHOOLS GP SURGERIES ARE UNDER STRAIN & CAN NOT COPE
OUR ROADS A127 CAN NOT COPE
A128 & BILLERICAY ROAD IS BLOCKED EVERY MORING I AM LATE FOR SCHOOL

I OBJECT THERE IS NO NEED OR DEMAND OR PROOF FOR THE NEED OF LDP FOR THIS AMOUNT OF HOUSING ,NO INFASTUCTURE, NO SPECIAL CIRCUMSTANCES FOR BUILDING ON GREENBELT. ROADS ARE AT ASTANDSTILL MOST MORNING INCLUDING A127 ,A128 ,BILLERICAY ROAD, REPAIR THE ROADS WE DO HAVE BEFORE YOU BUILD MORE HOUSI9NG , EMPTY HOUSES ALREADY .
OUR SURGERIES ,HOSPITALS &SCHOOLS ARE FULL TO BURSTING & OVERSUBCRIBED
we do not need any more smog & pollution

You cannot justify that any development "outweighs" the harm to the Green Belt. By removing even just 1 bush, you have no idea of the harm that's doing to the local wildlife. We are, sadly, not able to communicate with the wildlife to ask them what harm your developments will do, so you cannot possibly measure if it "outweighs" it or not. To you, the loss of an animal's home might not seem much, but to that animal you are destroying their whole world! Put yourselves in the position of the wildlife in those areas, see it from their point of view before you make any judgements on what constitutes whether something is worth harming or not.

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.

It is difficult to understand how the map for greenbelt can be squared with the current development on Mascalls Lane on the site of the former hospital. Presumably the map and policy will need to be re-written?

There must be a presumption that ALL development in the green belt would be 'inappropriate' /ipso facto/.

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.

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.

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.

Please indicate which section(s) of the Draft Local Plan you are commenting on (where applicable please clearly state the Policy reference or paragraph number):
Brentwood Gypsy and Travellers policy (policy 7.10)
I strongly object to policy 7.10 for Gyspy and Traveller provision on the following grounds:
(1) Paragraph 7.79 states that the policy is based on allocations specified in the Essex Gypsy, Traveller and Travelling Showpeople Accommodation Assessment prepared in July 2014 prior to the new Planning Policy for Traveller Sites (PPTS) published in August 2015. Section 2 of PPTS states that it must be taken into account in the preparation of development plans and this has not been done.
Para 2.45
Little consideration has been given to providing sufficient new schools, health services or the emergency services. Basildon hospital cannot cope with the current population and I understand that there are no plans to provide additional funding or to expand the current facilities. There is real danger to lives now as the hospital cannot cope. A continued population increase and a growing elderly population will put incredible strain on services. GP appointments are currently standing at 10-14 days.
8.48
The C2C line has seen a progressive increase in passengers over the past few years resulting in the disastrous new timetable being implemented. There is talk of providing more trains in 2019 but there are only two lines in/out of London so there is a limit to the capacity.

(1) Infrastructure
The A127, A13 and adjoining roads cannot cope with the traffic now.
Numerous developments have taken place and are in the process of being built in the local area which is seeing an impact on increased traffic, strain on schools and amenities.
(2) Building on Green Belt
All possible options to utilise brownfield land and should be considered before putting forward proposals to utilise the Green Belt.
(3) Pollution
I have not seen any information on the local pollution from vehicles. Studies should be in place to measure the current levels which I would guess exceed permitted European emission levels. An increase in traffic will further exacerbate the issue.
(4) Flood Risk
Development of Dunton Hills and West Horndon will pose a very high risk of flooding especially through its onward effect on the Mardyke River.
Removal of trees/vegetation will reduce the ability of the area to absorb rainfall. The altitude of the land is mostly around 40m. The A127 presents a barrier to drainage systems because it is lower lying land of approx. 20m. Therefore, most of the surface water will have to be drained towards the South and West via the Mardyke tributary and into the Mardyke itself.
The development of the Dunton Hills area would dramatically increase the risk of flooding. The cost to implement the necessary flood defences would be astronomical.
Gypsy pitches
(5) Wrap-up
Councils should be made to build on brownfield and not Green Belt. Once the land is gone it is gone forever. From the National Planning Policy Framework it states 'The Government attaches great importance to Green Belts. The fundamental aim of Green Belt policy is to prevent urban sprawl by keeping land permanently open; the essential characteristics of Green Belts are their openness and their permanence.' I implore you to honour this policy.

I object to the Brentwood local development plan this is not required in my opinion for new housing in Brentwood as we many empty properties in the Basildon area that are newly built but not use why do we need more housing it is certainley not for local housing needs and no building on greenbelt should be allowed it is illegal

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I object to the proposed Brentwood Local Development Plan.
It is absolutely and completely diabolical to think that it is acceptable to ever build on greenbelt land which is what much of this proposal sets out to do. A situation could never ever come into existence that could be considered as 'very special circumstances' (unless we were to find ourselves at war.) Greenbelt land is home to thousands of living, respiring organisms. It is not right to take their homes which will more than likely lead to individual deaths.
As I have seen from my own personal experience after spending the entirety of my schooling in Brentwood-they are already majorly oversubscribed. There are no plans to build a new secondary school.
Also, having been a patient of Highwood Doctors surgery in Brentwood my whole life, I have experienced very long waiting times when being referred to consultants (at least 2 months.) There is no plans to build new hospitals to cope with the increase of the population.
I object to any building on any current greenbelt land in the UK.
Therefore, I object to the proposed Brentwood Local Development Plan.

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Further to the above and the recent 'drop in' event at Tipps Cross Remberance Hall which was very informative. I write in support of the LPD proposals,
It was noted that there are no intentions to vary green belt boundaries, this is reassuring.
It is also noted that there may be a time in certain areas of the parish that it will be necessary for some development to be carried out and that it should not affect the surrounding areas.
Thank you for everything that has been done on our behalf, by the Borough.

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