Support

Representation ID: 19763

Received: 12/03/2018

Respondent: Barnoaks Management Ltd

Agent: Strutt & Parker LLP

The Spatial Strategy is generally supported as it retains the focus on transport corridor-led growth, including at the A12 corridor at Brentwood and Shenfield. This ensures that development is focused at sustainable locations. The Spatial Strategy also looks to introduce some growth to the larger villages to enhance the range and the choice of local housing options, but also to promote the retention and development of local services and community facilities.

Comment

Representation ID: 19769

Received: 12/03/2018

Respondent: Barnoaks Management Ltd

Agent: Strutt & Parker LLP

Site 078 represents a deliverable, sustainable and achievable site for residential development. It can accommodate 54 dwellings without adversely harming the landscape character of the area or the character of Ingatestone itself as demonstrated in the prepared Feasibility Layout, Landscape and Visual Issues Scoping Report and Landscape Advisory Plan. Dense planting and landscaping will ensure that the development proposal has no adverse effect on the listed building. Its high access and connectivity levels to the surrounding area represent a logical infill development to the village service centre.

Support

Representation ID: 19776

Received: 12/03/2018

Respondent: S & J Padfield and Partners

Agent: Strutt & Parker LLP

The Spatial Strategy is generally supported as it retains the focus on transport corridor-led growth, including at the A12 corridor at Brentwood and Shenfield. This ensures that development is focused at sustainable locations. The Spatial Strategy also looks to introduce some growth to the larger villages to enhance the range and the choice of local housing options, but also to promote the retention and development of local services and community facilities.

Support

Representation ID: 19788

Received: 12/03/2018

Respondent: Countryside Properties

Agent: Strutt & Parker LLP

The Spatial Strategy is generally supported as it retains the focus on transport corridor-led growth, including at the A12 corridor at Brentwood and Shenfield. This ensures that development is focused at sustainable locations. The Spatial Strategy also looks to introduce some growth to the larger villages to enhance the range and the choice of local housing options, but also to promote the retention and development of local services and community facilities.

Support

Representation ID: 19800

Received: 12/03/2018

Respondent: St Modwen Properties PLC

Agent: Strutt & Parker LLP

The proposed spatial strategy and in particular the main focus of growth along
transport corridors with strategic allocations along the A127 corridor is supported. This
area and the strategic allocation at the Brentwood Enterprise Park site in particular will
assist in bring forward new business and employment opportunities, and will support
residential growth within the area and across the Borough and surrounding areas more
generally.

Comment

Representation ID: 19810

Received: 12/03/2018

Respondent: Countryside Properties

Agent: Strutt & Parker LLP

Given that Site 030A at Bayley's Mead is located within Hutton, a 'main town' with facilities and services that could support sustainable growth along the A12 corridor, the allocation of the site would relate well to the Council's spatial strategy. Although designated as Green Belt, the site performs poorly in respect of the five functions of the Green Belt and the release of the land would therefore not result in an adverse effect on the Green Belt.

Support

Representation ID: 19811

Received: 12/03/2018

Respondent: Countryside Properties

Agent: Strutt & Parker LLP

The Spatial Strategy is generally supported as it retains the focus on transport corridor-led growth, including at the A12 corridor at Brentwood and Shenfield. This ensures that development is focused at sustainable locations. The Spatial Strategy also looks to introduce some growth to the larger villages to enhance the range and the choice of local housing options, but also to promote the retention and development of local services and community facilities.

Comment

Representation ID: 19816

Received: 12/03/2018

Respondent: Countryside Properties

Agent: Strutt & Parker LLP

Site 030A/B represents a deliverable, sustainable and achievable site for residential development. Technical reports and associated documents demonstrate that it good access and connectivity to the surrounding area, there are no significant or major ecological impacts, there are no significant physical geo-environmental constraints (foundations, highways, drainage and contamination) to development on the site.

Comment

Representation ID: 19818

Received: 12/03/2018

Respondent: Diocese of Chelmsford

Agent: Strutt & Parker LLP

Object to the decision to discount site 033 due to availability and heritage impact. Site is located directly adjacent to a built-up area of Hutton, relates well to the spatial strategy. The SHLAA 2011 states that site is suitable, available, achievable, and could deliver 13 dwellings, within 1-5 years. The SA indicates that the allocation of site 033 would have positive effects in relation to the SA objectives, although it also states that site performs poorly ('Red') against Conservation Area criterion. This is a blanket assessment based purely on the fact that it is located within Hutton Village Conservation Area.

Comment

Representation ID: 19826

Received: 12/03/2018

Respondent: Crest Nicholson

Support the Plan in principle but suggest a word change - remove "in addition we are introducing a limited..." and rather state "A sustainable level of growth in our larger villages is proposed to enhance the range and choice of local housing options but also to promote the retention and development of local services and community facilities."

Comment

Representation ID: 19828

Received: 12/03/2018

Respondent: Clearbrook Group Plc

Agent: Strutt & Parker LLP

Land at land at Hillcrest Nurseries, Ingrave (site 146) is considered sustainable and deliverable to provide retirement flats to help meet an identified need within the Borough. Allocation of the site for retirement housing would be justified, effective, consistent with national policy and would help ensure the Local Plan is positively prepared.

Object

Representation ID: 19837

Received: 12/03/2018

Respondent: Clearbrook Group Plc

Agent: Strutt & Parker LLP

The Preferred Site Allocations document currently proposes no growth be directed to Ingrave over the entirety of the plan period. The current proposed spatial strategy fails to ensure the sustainable growth of Ingrave. The proposal to direct none of the Borough's housing need to Ingrave is inconsistent with national policy, and the approach is not justified.

Comment

Representation ID: 19838

Received: 12/03/2018

Respondent: Clearbrook Group Plc

Agent: Strutt & Parker LLP

Land at Hillcrest Nurseries, Ingrave (site 146) is located immediately adjacent to the existing settlement of Ingrave and should be allocated. Site was discounted; however, in respect of the concerns relating to harm to the character of area and lack of affordable housing, these are functions of the details of the specific proposal that was subject to appeal; as opposed to potential fundamental concerns as to whether the site could be suitable for development. In respect of the development being inappropriate development in the Green Belt, the Green Belt
assessment doesn't provide robust justification for the rejection of the site.

Object

Representation ID: 19841

Received: 12/03/2018

Respondent: Clearbrook Group Plc

Agent: Strutt & Parker LLP

The Preferred Site Allocations document fails to direct a proportionate level of growth to settlements such as Ingrave, failing to ensuring the growth of such village is sustainably managed, and failing to seek to assist in retaining or enhancing the vitality of such communities. The Local Plan should direct a greater number of homes to villages such as Ingrave than currently proposed.

Object

Representation ID: 19883

Received: 10/03/2018

Respondent: Wiggins Gee Homes Ltd

Agent: David Russell Associates

It seems that the LPA has placed an undue reliance on brownfield sites coming forward in the hope that this would leave Green Belt land largely untouched. The fact that many of the brownfield sites being considered back in 2009, nearly 10 years ago, have reappeared in this current consultation demonstrates how far this reliance was mistaken.

Object

Representation ID: 19888

Received: 10/03/2018

Respondent: Wiggins Gee Homes Ltd

Agent: David Russell Associates

Six of the twelve proposed greenfield sites adjoin the A12 main trunk road. Most of these sites represent "filling in the gaps" between the existing urban edge and the road. We remain bewildered by the continuing allocation of sites that have poor environmental conditions as a result of air and noise pollution from the A12 - nationally, 40,000 people die early every year as a result of outdoor air pollution. Five of the preferred allocations would be particularly prone to air and noise pollution from the A12: 023A/B, 106, 079A, 158, 263.

Comment

Representation ID: 19893

Received: 10/03/2018

Respondent: Wiggins Gee Homes Ltd

Agent: David Russell Associates

Land at Crow Green Lane, site 159, is immediately available. It would offer a clean, healthy environment, well related to existing community and commercial infrastructure, in which to create a living space where its residents would flourish. We have been promoting site 159 since 2009. We have seen other alternatives and "preferred" greenfield options come and go. Given the site's advantages, it must surely be time to give it serious consideration and acknowledge that it can be relied on in terms of its availability and achievability.

Support

Representation ID: 19896

Received: 10/03/2018

Respondent: Wiggins Gee Homes Ltd

Agent: David Russell Associates

Support in principle the spatial strategy as described in paragraph 36 and figure 5, but have fundamental concerns with the proposed allocations for the A127 corridor.

Object

Representation ID: 19898

Received: 10/03/2018

Respondent: Wiggins Gee Homes Ltd

Agent: David Russell Associates

Sites 158, 106 and 263 do not appear in the 2011 SHLAA, the 2013 Preferred Options document or the 2016 Draft Plan, so we assume they are being presented here for the first time as potential housing land allocations.

Comment

Representation ID: 19899

Received: 10/03/2018

Respondent: Wiggins Gee Homes Ltd

Agent: David Russell Associates

Land at Crow Green Lane (site 159) should be allocated. It is a very sustainable location in terms of access to local community and commercial facilities . It is well served by existing public transport services. It is situated immediately adjacent to an established residential area. It has clearly defined defensible boundaries. There is an existing access point and can be serviced by all the utilities. It is in one ownership. It is readily available.

Comment

Representation ID: 19900

Received: 10/03/2018

Respondent: Wiggins Gee Homes Ltd

Agent: David Russell Associates

The Council identified a lack of playspace/amenity area in Pilgrims Hatch. This has yet to be rectified. This could simply be incorporated into any final scheme on our clients' land at Crow Green Lane (site 159). This site is eminently suited to making an early contribution to this need without any damage to the functions or purpose of the Green Belt. The Council needs sites like this, with a high degree of certainty
about its deliverability, to ensure continuity in meeting identified housing need. Otherwise, it faces continuing challenges through the plan preparation and appeal processes.

Object

Representation ID: 19930

Received: 24/05/2018

Respondent: Mrs. Pamela Bennett

I am much disturbed by the proposal to build so many new homes on many vulnerable sites. More traffic and air pollution.

Object

Representation ID: 19932

Received: 24/05/2018

Respondent: Mrs. Pamela Bennett

Concerned about more houses meaning more impacts on open space and wildlife.

Object

Representation ID: 19943

Received: 24/05/2018

Respondent: Mr & Mrs Ray

We know the town needs more housing but we have not got enough schools.

Object

Representation ID: 19944

Received: 24/05/2018

Respondent: Mr & Mrs Ray

We know the town needs more housing but we have not got enough doctors.

Support

Representation ID: 19990

Received: 28/03/2018

Respondent: Thurrock Borough Council

Thurrock Council supports in principle Brentwood's approach to accommodate its objectively assessed need within its boundary, whilst recognising this is an ambitious growth agenda. Concerned with regard to the spatial strategy and the levels of growth proposed in the A12 and A127 corridors and considers that Brentwood Council has not thoroughly tested all reasonable options.

Object

Representation ID: 20002

Received: 28/03/2018

Respondent: Thurrock Borough Council

Thurrock Council objects to the elements of the spatial strategy, in particular limited growth at larger villages and the role of a new settlement at Dunton Hills Garden village including the potential for additional dwelling capacity. It is unclear why a free-standing greenfield settlement in the Green Belt should be the preferred location for development compared to existing settlement expansion or green field urban extensions which are likely to be more sustainable and closer to existing transport and other existing infrastructure and services.

Comment

Representation ID: 20003

Received: 28/03/2018

Respondent: Thurrock Borough Council

Thurrock Council considers that the most appropriate spatial strategy would be a variation of the previous options with growth including Green Belt release concentrated in the A12 Brentwood/Shenfield corridor but with some potential for Green Belt release at West Horndon.

Comment

Representation ID: 20004

Received: 28/03/2018

Respondent: Thurrock Borough Council

Thurrock Council considers there is significant potential to provide development in the A12 Corridor including the potential for urban edge expansion of settlements. Areas to the north of Brentwood and north, east and south east of Shenfield, Pilgrims Hatch and south of Hutton should be considered for edge of settlement expansion as part of a Green Belt Review. Due to the size and extent of the Green Belt in these locations that a limited number of urban expansions are less likely to have a significant harm to the openness of the Green Belt than locations in other broad areas.

Comment

Representation ID: 20005

Received: 28/03/2018

Respondent: Thurrock Borough Council

The role and potential economic and housing benefits of Crossrail with regard to development at Shenfield have not been fully assessed and incorporated into the emerging Brentwood Local Plan, either as part of the current stage or previous consultations. This should be thoroughly investigated. The implications of the potential to accommodate more growth and associated infrastructure requirements need to be considered with some weight as a way of meeting the undersupply of housing requirement currently identified in the Brentwood Local Plan options and supporting evidence.