022 Land at Honeypot Lane, Brentwood

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Object

Preferred Site Allocations 2018

Representation ID: 17881

Received: 08/02/2018

Respondent: Mrs Donna Emmings

Representation Summary:

I object to land at reference number 022 (Honeypot Lane) being used to develop on. I do not think this is a suitable location and believe the local area will suffer from this development.

Full text:

I object to land at reference number 022 (Honeypot Lane) being used to develop on. I do not think this is a suitable location and believe the local area will suffer from this development.

Support

Preferred Site Allocations 2018

Representation ID: 17903

Received: 12/02/2018

Respondent: Ms Connie Roffe

Representation Summary:

Not sure I fully understand the concerns with the water course.

Full text:

not sure i fully understand the concerns with the water course

Object

Preferred Site Allocations 2018

Representation ID: 17968

Received: 22/02/2018

Respondent: Miss Laura Marriott

Representation Summary:

Putting an additional 200 homes at this location will have a detrimental effect on the character of the local area and put highway safety at risk due to the huge increase in volume of traffic.

Full text:

Putting an additional 200 homes at this location will have a detrimental effect on the character of the local area. Brentwood is a town made up of villages and by building this volume of new housing in this location will urbanise the area and completely change its character. The proposed area is predominantly made up of large houses set in private and quiet turnings. By adding 200 homes in this location will increase traffic generation as there will be a minimum of 400 additional cars using Honey Pot Lane and the surrounding roads. Not only will the traffic increase on Honey Pot Lane, changing it from a quiet road to a busy through road, there will also be a negative impact on noise and disturbance resulting from increased use. Traffic will also increase on Brook Street the main route into Brentwood from the A12 and M25 which is already a busy and noisy main road. By adding 200 houses near Brook Street will increase the traffic volumes using the road therefore increasing noise and traffic volume which will ultimately reduce highway safety. Already if there are problems with the A12, M25 or the Brook Street roundabout the road comes to a standstill. Putting an additional 400 cars minimum onto an already congested road will result in chaos and ultimate grid lock. This is clearly the wrong location to put 200 new homes and I trust that with closer inspection you will come to see this and seek an alternative location.

Object

Preferred Site Allocations 2018

Representation ID: 18001

Received: 02/03/2018

Respondent: Mr Phillip Burden

Representation Summary:

The infrastructure around Honeypot Lane can not sustain further building. The lane itself is used as a cut through to avoid the high street and traffic on Weald Road has increased significantly over the last few years. St Peter's School, which is in the Honeypot Lane catchment area has already been refused permission to expand so any primary aged children moving into any housing there would not be eligible to attend. I am also aware that all other schools nearby are full to capacity.

Full text:

The infrastructure around Honeypot Lane can not sustain further building. The lane itself is used as a cut through to avoid the high street and traffic on Weald Road has increased significantly over the last few years. St Peter's School, which is in the Honeypot Lane catchment area has already been refused permission to expand so any primary aged children moving into any housing there would not be eligible to attend. I am also aware that all other schools nearby are full to capacity.

Object

Preferred Site Allocations 2018

Representation ID: 18011

Received: 03/03/2018

Respondent: Mr Kristian Darwin

Representation Summary:

We object to this as the area cannot sustain that level of houses, and feel that the uniqueness of this estate will be ruined.
There will be a increase in cars/pollution and will be castrophic in damaging our country atmosphere.

Full text:

We object to this as the area cannot sustain that level of houses, and feel that the uniqueness of this estate will be ruined.
There will be a increase in cars/pollution and will be castrophic in damaging our country atmosphere.

Object

Preferred Site Allocations 2018

Representation ID: 18012

Received: 03/03/2018

Respondent: Mrs Helen Andrews

Representation Summary:

I wish to object to the inclusion of the Site in the local plan because no exceptional circumstances have been established to warrant removing the Site from the Metropolitan Green Belt. Moreover, there is insufficient road, educational and medical infrastructure to support it. It would also lead to pollution, loss of rural character, as well as significant flood risk and drainage problems.

Full text:

I wish to object to Honeypot Lane (site reference 022 - the 'Site') being included in the draft local plan on the basis that it is 'unsound'. This is for the six reasons outlined below.

1. No exceptional circumstances have been established to warrant removing the Site from the Metropolitan Green Belt. The Site is important Green Belt land which should be protected. The very inclusion of this Site is inconsistent with planning guidance and government policies on the protection of Green Belts. The National Planning Policy Framework (NPPF) makes it very clear that a Green Belt boundary may be altered only in 'exceptional circumstances'. Moreover, recent guidance (6 March 2014) states that: 'Unmet housing need (including traveller Sites) is unlikely to outweigh the harm to the Green Belt and other harm to constitute the "very special circumstances" justifying inappropriate development on a Site within the Green Belt.' The Government's position on Green Belt policy, therefore, is very clear. The fundamental aim remains to prevent urban sprawl by keeping land permanently open. Boundaries of Green Belts should only be changed in "exceptional circumstances", and unmet housing need is not an exceptional circumstance to justify taking land out of the Green Belt.

2. Insufficient social infrastructure. There is an insufficient amount of schools and medical facilities around the Site to support 200 extra homes plus a care home:

(a) Existing local schools already struggle to support the number of children living in the area. St Peter's Primary School in South Weald, for instance (which is the local school closest to the proposed Site), is oversubscribed. In addition, it should be pointed out that there is no safe pedestrian access to that school, thereby posing a safety risk for school children and other local residents. In addition, there is on average, a 12 month waiting list for nursery schools in Brentwood, illustrating once again the educational infrastructure overload in the area

(b) As for medical facilities, it is already very hard to obtain same-day appointments (even if you're in a bad way) and we often have to rely on a walk-in centre located in another Borough Council (Romford) to see to our urgent needs. We are also made to wait an average of six weeks to two months for a non-urgent GP appointment.

The creation of 200 extra homes and a care home (which would, by its nature, create a high demand for medical services) would add an excessive amount of pressure on local schools and medical facilities. The fact that that there are no schools or doctors' surgeries within an easy walking distance of the Site (ie less than 30 minutes) would also further exacerbate the traffic problems mentioned below.

3. Insufficient road infrastructure to support the inclusion of the Site as outlined. The creation of 200 houses and a care home would increase significantly the amount of traffic in the local roads surrounding the Site. This would result in an estimated 400 additional cars, together with other vehicles, including HGVs, to service the development. As things stand, some of the local roads are very narrow (eg Selwood Road) and cannot possibly accommodate two-way traffic, especially with the high number of cars parked on these local roads. In fact, in circumstances where cars are parked on both sides of the road, there is barely room enough for a passing car to go through. The additional traffic would also have a negative impact on:

(a) the T-junctions at both ends of Honeypot Lane (especially as at least one of these junctions (the junction with Hill Road) has a blind spot as you come from Hill Road and turn right onto Honeypot Lane), and

(b) Honeypot Lane itself which narrows down to one lane in one segment of the road

The additional traffic would therefore increase safety risks for local roads to an unacceptable level. Moreover, it would further exacerbate the severe congestion problems on London Road which, at peak times, has long tail-backs, making it difficult to access London Road from adjacent roads.

4. Pollution and loss of rural character. The issue of air quality must also be taken seriously. Air pollution levels in this area, which borders the A12 and is in close proximity to the M25, are already high. Additional traffic would worsen the situation, affecting the health of all current and future residents. Moreover, it is important for the local area to retain its green sites, so as to retain some rural character. The creation of 200 extra homes would lead to a loss of rural character, with heavy plant chaos for the duration of the build (five to ten years) and, once the build is completed, houses in close proximity to each other with overlooked back gardens. I am very concerned about the impact it will have on the environment.

5. Flood risk. As noted in the draft local plan, there is a watercourse which runs through the middle of the Site. Pieces of land adjacent to the Site (eg Hive Close and gardens which back onto the Site) have already encountered flooding and drainage problems. Building on the Site would exacerbate such problems for the local area.

6. The Site was rejected in the past because it did not meet the Council's Spatial Strategy. Nothing has changed since that rejection, ie the reasons for that rejection stand. It is therefore hard to understand why the Site has now been included in the draft local plan.

For the reasons mentioned above, I believe the inclusion of the Site in the draft local plan is deeply flawed.
Please take my concerns into account.

Yours faithfully,

Helen Andrews

Object

Preferred Site Allocations 2018

Representation ID: 18013

Received: 03/03/2018

Respondent: Mrs Gillian Hobbs

Representation Summary:

I object to the proposed development at site 022 for the following reasons.

The Lane is dangerous at peak times.
There would be Increased traffic congestion, pollution.
The site is inaccessible from Weald Road.
Increased pressure on local infrastructure.
Local schools are massively oversubscribed.
Existing drainage problems.
Destruction of wildlife habitat.
Erosion of the Green Belt.
Dunton Garden Village would have its own infrastructure.

Full text:

I have been a resident of Honeypot Lane for 17 years and I strongly object to the proposed housing development at site 022 of the Local Development Plan for the following reasons.
Honeypot Lane is dangerous at peak times and more traffic would seriously add to congestion and delay. On an average weekday I drive backwards and forwards twice daily to my son and daughter's secondary school, Becket Keys in Sawyers Hall Lane. I also drive into Brentwood for shopping and leisure activities 2 or 3 times daily, and to after school clubs 4 or 5 times a week. If you multiply all these journeys by another 250 families you can imagine the adverse effect on local traffic.
Access to the new housing development would undoubtedly be restricted to Honeypot Lane only. An entrance onto a new housing development in Honeypot Lane would cause severe congestion at peak times with the extra traffic, and the nature of the lane would be spoiled forever. Access at the junction of Honeypot Lane/Weald Road, and between the bridge across the A12, would be inaccessible due to the extremely steep incline from the existing road down to the fields. The only other possible access road to the new housing development would be by compulsory purchasing the two end houses in the Selwood Road cul de sac, and this would cause further traffic congestion and distress to local residents.
Local infrastructure cannot sustain this housing development. It is already extremely difficult to get places at both St Peter's, the catchment primary school, and also at the nearest Secondary school, Becket Keys. Both of these schools are already massively oversubscribed. If families with children move into the proposed housing development they will have to travel by car to other schools in the area, creating a bigger carbon footprint. This will also add to the congestion at both the London Road and Weald Road junctions of Honeypot Lane. Extra traffic would impact on residents living in Park Road, and also in Weald Road, particularly at the pinch point at Bardeswell Close. Sandpit Lane is another access road which is already dangerous and cannot take more traffic from this area.
The local Doctors surgery has a waiting time of three weeks for an appointment. A new housing development of this size would not be large enough to qualify to have its own Doctors surgery and amenities (unlike Clements Park which has its own Doctors surgery, pharmacy and community hall). The proposed housing development would therefore have an adverse effect on the health service providers in this area. Extra pressure would be made on Doctors surgeries, Dental practices and the community hospital.
There are existing drainage problems in the field that has been proposed for the new housing development. We already have flooding in our back gardens during the winter months because the land naturally slopes downwards from the London Road. Historically there also used to be a natural pond behind our homes where all this water collected. Wildlife habitat would be permanently destroyed. We have deer, badgers, foxes, bats and squirrels living in the fields behind our homes not to mention many different species of birdlife.
The green belt is constantly being eroded and we should protect the few green spaces that we have left for everyone else to enjoy and not cram more houses onto every available space. Brentwood is unique for being a green and pleasant suburb and should remain so. It would therefore make much more sense to create a purpose built housing development at the proposed site200 of the LDP at Dunton Garden Village where facilities such as Schools, Doctor's surgeries, pharmacies and community meeting places could all be included in the new build.

Object

Preferred Site Allocations 2018

Representation ID: 18022

Received: 05/03/2018

Respondent: Mr Ross Assenheim

Representation Summary:

The proposed development will be bad for the health of my wife and children.

We enjoy the green belt land.

There are not enough local facilities to take on extra residents.

Full text:

I wish to object to the Honeypot Lane development being included in the local development plan.

- The local schools and doctors surgeries are already full. Its hard enough to get a doctors appointment currently and the schools are already in high demand with many families not able to attend their catchment school due to over subscription.

- The traffic is already very busy particularly down Honeypot Lane and at the London Road end. Cars speed over the 20 mph limit and an increase in traffic / speeding traffic is a danger to my young children and will increase pollution. My wife already has asthma due to pollution and this will make it worse.

- This land is important to the residents of the surrounding area being part of the green belt and our open spaces should not be diminished any further.

- Please take my views and concerns into consideration.

Object

Preferred Site Allocations 2018

Representation ID: 18023

Received: 05/03/2018

Respondent: Mr David Hunwick

Representation Summary:

This Site was previously rejected for development for clear reasons.
The site is entirely green belt. The suggestion that building on it will provide a defensible future barrier is clearly nonsense. You protect valuable green belt by not building on it.
infrastructure does not support development. Schools, dentists, doctors and roads do not have the capacity for more housing in this area.
Honeypot Lane is single file in 2 places and used as a cut through to avoid the town centre. Additional journeys caused by this development will make the congestion and pollution worse with tail backs on junctions.

Full text:

This Site was previously rejected for development for clear reasons.
The site is entirely green belt. The suggestion that building on it will provide a defensible future barrier is clearly nonsense. You protect valuable green belt by not building on it.
infrastructure does not support development. Schools, dentists, doctors and roads do not have the capacity for more housing in this area.
Honeypot Lane is single file in 2 places and used as a cut through to avoid the town centre. Additional journeys caused by this development will make the congestion and pollution worse with tail backs on junctions.

Support

Preferred Site Allocations 2018

Representation ID: 18077

Received: 07/03/2018

Respondent: Dr Philip Gibbs

Representation Summary:

Although I don't like green belt development this area is a natural infill in an area that is well connected to transport links and with plenty of schools and other facilities. Therefore if green belt has to go this should be the one of the first to be released

Full text:

Although I don't like green belt development this area is a natural infill in an area that is well connected to transport links and with plenty of schools and other facilities. Therefore if green belt has to go this should be the one of the first to be released

Comment

Preferred Site Allocations 2018

Representation ID: 18125

Received: 09/03/2018

Respondent: Mrs Jill Hubbard

Representation Summary:

The lack of direct access onto the A12 from this site means all the traffic movements generated would be forced onto rural roads (Weald Road, Honeypot Lane) causing even more congestion than already exists.
Currently traffic from Ongar Road cuts through Weald Rd and comes to Brook Street traffic lights, causing long tail-backs in the morning. This would cause misery for prospective as well as established residents
There is a lack of surgeries and schools to accommodate the needs of new residents.

Full text:

The lack of direct access onto the A12 from this site means all the traffic movements generated would be forced onto rural roads (Weald Road, Honeypot Lane) causing even more congestion than already exists.
Currently traffic from Ongar Road cuts through Weald Rd and comes to Brook Street traffic lights, causing long tail-backs in the morning. This would cause misery for prospective as well as established residents
There is a lack of surgeries and schools to accommodate the needs of new residents.

Object

Preferred Site Allocations 2018

Representation ID: 18126

Received: 09/03/2018

Respondent: Mr Gordon Bird

Representation Summary:

Road network totally inadequate

Full text:

Road network totally inadequate

Support

Preferred Site Allocations 2018

Representation ID: 18174

Received: 10/03/2018

Respondent: Mr and Mrs Paul McEwen

Representation Summary:

Good access to main road and adjacent to existing housing developments.

Full text:

Good access to main road and adjacent to existing housing developments.

Object

Preferred Site Allocations 2018

Representation ID: 18217

Received: 11/03/2018

Respondent: Chris Howe

Representation Summary:

Scale of development proposed is beyond what local road infrastructure can handle. Any connection into Selwood road or existing homestead estate to spread the load would have a significant detrimental effect on both quality of life and property value converting culdesac properties into through roads. a more modest development including playing field to west end of proposed development acting as boundary between existing and new properties could work. If any development is progressed the access to area should primarily be via the back lanes to north of development round to Nags Head traffic lights with upgrading of the road.

Full text:

Scale of development proposed is beyond what local road infrastructure can handle. Any connection into Selwood road or existing homestead estate to spread the load would have a significant detrimental effect on both quality of life and property value converting culdesac properties into through roads. a more modest development including playing field to west end of proposed development acting as boundary between existing and new properties could work. If any development is progressed the access to area should primarily be via the back lanes to north of development round to Nags Head traffic lights with upgrading of the road.

Object

Preferred Site Allocations 2018

Representation ID: 18237

Received: 12/03/2018

Respondent: Honeypot Action Group

Agent: SJK Planning

Representation Summary:

Objections to the proposed allocation are set out in the attached document, with reference to the strategic objectives of the plan, localism and community involvement, the Metropolitan Green Belt, Sustainability and Infrastructure, Highway Issues, Residential Amenity, and Flood Risk and Drainage. In the light of the concerns it questions whether the Preferred Site Allocations document is either sound or robust.

Full text:

Objections to the proposed allocation are set out in the attached document, with reference to the strategic objectives of the
plan, localism and community involvement, the Metropolitan Green Belt, Sustainability
and Infrastructure, Highway Issues, Residential Amenity, and Flood Risk and Drainage.
In the light of the concerns it questions whether the Preferred Site Allocations document is either sound or robust.

Object

Preferred Site Allocations 2018

Representation ID: 18241

Received: 12/03/2018

Respondent: Mr Neil Hornsby

Representation Summary:

The local road network will not cope with the extra traffic and residential roads will become rat-runs rather than residential areas.

Full text:

My objection to this site is on the grounds of local infrastructure.
Schools, doctors surgeries and the like can be built, maybe even within the site itself, but the infrastructure of roads and junctions cannot easily be changed.

Whereas roads such as Honeypot Lane can be widened to relive local problems which are currently experienced, other bits of road infrastructure in the locality cannot easily and cost-effectively be so altered.

I speak about this such as:
(1) the Honeypot Lane/London Rood/Kavanaghs Road junction, which would require a significant land grab to improve the junction;
(2) the condition of London Road down towards the M25 junction which cannot easily be improved;
(3) the condition of Weald Road towards the town which also cannot easily be improved.

The result is that the local roads, notably Selwood Road, Langley Drive and the roads on the Homesteads estate will become rat runs. These roads were built as residential roads back in the 1950s when the use of cars was no where near what is is today and will not take account of an extra (say) 400 cars using them to get in and out of this new estate. They are just not wide enough.
Local inhabitants bought houses in this area because of its amenities, not to become overburdened with traffic.

Then there is the fact that at rush hours now, London Road and the town are choked with traffic; this will become much worse if such an estate is built and journey times will be greatly increased.

Brentwood is a country town and was not built for vast estates close by the town centre. This development will contribute towards the destruction of the nature of the town and its immediate environs as we know it now. These houses should be put somewhere where the effect of the cars will be less than here.

Comment

Preferred Site Allocations 2018

Representation ID: 18311

Received: 12/03/2018

Respondent: Essex County Council

Representation Summary:

Highways & Transportation Comment -
Development on this site will need to be contribute to a pool of funding to provide an enhanced level of bus service which will be especially important to ensure that it adequately serves the 200 senior citizen's homes planned. It will also be important to ensure that the design layout of the site facilitates sustainable access, ideally with bus gates or other interventions designed to maximise such access whilst giving these modes a journey time advantage.

Full text:

Highways & Transportation Comment -
Development on this site will need to be contribute to a pool of funding to provide an enhanced level of bus service which will be especially important to ensure that it adequately serves the 200 senior citizen's homes planned. It will also be important to ensure that the design layout of the site facilitates sustainable access, ideally with bus gates or other interventions designed to maximise such access whilst giving these modes a journey time advantage.

Comment

Preferred Site Allocations 2018

Representation ID: 18370

Received: 12/03/2018

Respondent: Essex County Council

Representation Summary:

Education Comment -
ECC advises that the accessibility of all housing sites to schools via safe direct walking and cycling routes must be considered. Particular attention should be paid to allocations 022 and 106.

Full text:

Education Comment -
ECC advises that the accessibility of all housing sites to schools via safe direct walking and cycling routes must be considered. Particular attention should be paid to allocations 022 and 106.

Object

Preferred Site Allocations 2018

Representation ID: 18388

Received: 11/03/2018

Respondent: Mrs Alison White

Number of people: 2

Representation Summary:

200 extra houses and a care home would cause a dramatic increase in traffic in all local roads. Traffic at peak times is already very heavy and causes long tail backs at all London Road junctions. Will cause heavy traffic on surrounding residential roads including South Weald Road, Hill Road and Hillside Walk. Honeypot lane is already used as a cut through from London Road to Weald Road and 20 mph limit often ignored. Regularly see traffic mounting the pavement to drive through the narrowed single lane section of Honeypot Lane to avoid slowing or stopping for oncoming cars.

Full text:

I am writing to object to the Honeypot Lane site being included in the Local Development Plan.
- The traffic caused by 200 extra houses plus a care home would cause a dramatic increase in traffic in all local roads. Traffic at peak times is already very heavy and causes long tail backs at all junctions onto London Road. It will cause heavy traffic on surrounding residential roads such as South Weald Road, Hill Road and Hillside Walk which are already used as rat runs. Honeypot lane is already used as a cut through from London Road to Weald Road and traffic still speeds through the road ignoring the 20 mile limit. As a daily user of this road I regularly see traffic mounting the pavement to drive through the narrowed single lane section of Honeypot Lane to avoid slowing or stopping for oncoming cars.
- This is an important Metropolitan Green Belt land and I feel strongly that such land should be protected.
- Local schools and doctors surgeries have no capacity to support additional residents.
- Site was previously rejected as it did not meet the Council's Spatial Strategy - nothing has changed.
- The development would cause flooding and drainage problems in the area. The gardens in some houses backing onto the site already experience problems.
- The development would lead to the loss of rural character of the area and gardens adjacent to the development would then be overlooked.
Please take my views into consideration

Object

Preferred Site Allocations 2018

Representation ID: 18389

Received: 11/03/2018

Respondent: Mrs Alison White

Number of people: 2

Representation Summary:

This is an important Metropolitan Green Belt land and I feel strongly that such land should be protected.

Full text:

I am writing to object to the Honeypot Lane site being included in the Local Development Plan.
- The traffic caused by 200 extra houses plus a care home would cause a dramatic increase in traffic in all local roads. Traffic at peak times is already very heavy and causes long tail backs at all junctions onto London Road. It will cause heavy traffic on surrounding residential roads such as South Weald Road, Hill Road and Hillside Walk which are already used as rat runs. Honeypot lane is already used as a cut through from London Road to Weald Road and traffic still speeds through the road ignoring the 20 mile limit. As a daily user of this road I regularly see traffic mounting the pavement to drive through the narrowed single lane section of Honeypot Lane to avoid slowing or stopping for oncoming cars.
- This is an important Metropolitan Green Belt land and I feel strongly that such land should be protected.
- Local schools and doctors surgeries have no capacity to support additional residents.
- Site was previously rejected as it did not meet the Council's Spatial Strategy - nothing has changed.
- The development would cause flooding and drainage problems in the area. The gardens in some houses backing onto the site already experience problems.
- The development would lead to the loss of rural character of the area and gardens adjacent to the development would then be overlooked.
Please take my views into consideration

Object

Preferred Site Allocations 2018

Representation ID: 18391

Received: 11/03/2018

Respondent: Mrs Alison White

Number of people: 2

Representation Summary:

Local schools and doctors surgeries have no capacity to support additional residents.

Full text:

I am writing to object to the Honeypot Lane site being included in the Local Development Plan.
- The traffic caused by 200 extra houses plus a care home would cause a dramatic increase in traffic in all local roads. Traffic at peak times is already very heavy and causes long tail backs at all junctions onto London Road. It will cause heavy traffic on surrounding residential roads such as South Weald Road, Hill Road and Hillside Walk which are already used as rat runs. Honeypot lane is already used as a cut through from London Road to Weald Road and traffic still speeds through the road ignoring the 20 mile limit. As a daily user of this road I regularly see traffic mounting the pavement to drive through the narrowed single lane section of Honeypot Lane to avoid slowing or stopping for oncoming cars.
- This is an important Metropolitan Green Belt land and I feel strongly that such land should be protected.
- Local schools and doctors surgeries have no capacity to support additional residents.
- Site was previously rejected as it did not meet the Council's Spatial Strategy - nothing has changed.
- The development would cause flooding and drainage problems in the area. The gardens in some houses backing onto the site already experience problems.
- The development would lead to the loss of rural character of the area and gardens adjacent to the development would then be overlooked.
Please take my views into consideration

Object

Preferred Site Allocations 2018

Representation ID: 18392

Received: 11/03/2018

Respondent: Mrs Alison White

Number of people: 2

Representation Summary:

Site was previously rejected as it did not meet the Council's Spatial Strategy, nothing has changed.

Full text:

I am writing to object to the Honeypot Lane site being included in the Local Development Plan.
- The traffic caused by 200 extra houses plus a care home would cause a dramatic increase in traffic in all local roads. Traffic at peak times is already very heavy and causes long tail backs at all junctions onto London Road. It will cause heavy traffic on surrounding residential roads such as South Weald Road, Hill Road and Hillside Walk which are already used as rat runs. Honeypot lane is already used as a cut through from London Road to Weald Road and traffic still speeds through the road ignoring the 20 mile limit. As a daily user of this road I regularly see traffic mounting the pavement to drive through the narrowed single lane section of Honeypot Lane to avoid slowing or stopping for oncoming cars.
- This is an important Metropolitan Green Belt land and I feel strongly that such land should be protected.
- Local schools and doctors surgeries have no capacity to support additional residents.
- Site was previously rejected as it did not meet the Council's Spatial Strategy - nothing has changed.
- The development would cause flooding and drainage problems in the area. The gardens in some houses backing onto the site already experience problems.
- The development would lead to the loss of rural character of the area and gardens adjacent to the development would then be overlooked.
Please take my views into consideration

Object

Preferred Site Allocations 2018

Representation ID: 18393

Received: 11/03/2018

Respondent: Mrs Alison White

Number of people: 2

Representation Summary:

The development would cause flooding and drainage problems in the area. The gardens in some houses backing onto the site already experience problems.

Full text:

I am writing to object to the Honeypot Lane site being included in the Local Development Plan.
- The traffic caused by 200 extra houses plus a care home would cause a dramatic increase in traffic in all local roads. Traffic at peak times is already very heavy and causes long tail backs at all junctions onto London Road. It will cause heavy traffic on surrounding residential roads such as South Weald Road, Hill Road and Hillside Walk which are already used as rat runs. Honeypot lane is already used as a cut through from London Road to Weald Road and traffic still speeds through the road ignoring the 20 mile limit. As a daily user of this road I regularly see traffic mounting the pavement to drive through the narrowed single lane section of Honeypot Lane to avoid slowing or stopping for oncoming cars.
- This is an important Metropolitan Green Belt land and I feel strongly that such land should be protected.
- Local schools and doctors surgeries have no capacity to support additional residents.
- Site was previously rejected as it did not meet the Council's Spatial Strategy - nothing has changed.
- The development would cause flooding and drainage problems in the area. The gardens in some houses backing onto the site already experience problems.
- The development would lead to the loss of rural character of the area and gardens adjacent to the development would then be overlooked.
Please take my views into consideration

Object

Preferred Site Allocations 2018

Representation ID: 18394

Received: 11/03/2018

Respondent: Mrs Alison White

Number of people: 2

Representation Summary:

The development would lead to the loss of rural character of the area and gardens adjacent to the development would then be overlooked.

Full text:

I am writing to object to the Honeypot Lane site being included in the Local Development Plan.
- The traffic caused by 200 extra houses plus a care home would cause a dramatic increase in traffic in all local roads. Traffic at peak times is already very heavy and causes long tail backs at all junctions onto London Road. It will cause heavy traffic on surrounding residential roads such as South Weald Road, Hill Road and Hillside Walk which are already used as rat runs. Honeypot lane is already used as a cut through from London Road to Weald Road and traffic still speeds through the road ignoring the 20 mile limit. As a daily user of this road I regularly see traffic mounting the pavement to drive through the narrowed single lane section of Honeypot Lane to avoid slowing or stopping for oncoming cars.
- This is an important Metropolitan Green Belt land and I feel strongly that such land should be protected.
- Local schools and doctors surgeries have no capacity to support additional residents.
- Site was previously rejected as it did not meet the Council's Spatial Strategy - nothing has changed.
- The development would cause flooding and drainage problems in the area. The gardens in some houses backing onto the site already experience problems.
- The development would lead to the loss of rural character of the area and gardens adjacent to the development would then be overlooked.
Please take my views into consideration

Object

Preferred Site Allocations 2018

Representation ID: 18414

Received: 13/03/2018

Respondent: Mr. & Mrs. T Llewellyn

Number of people: 2

Representation Summary:

Development in this area will lead to an increase in traffic, which will make the area even more unsafe for the local vehicle and pedestrians, in particular local children.

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I am writing with regards to the Honeypot Lane development. As a family we are strongly opposed to this. I live in Brook Road. We moved to the area 7 years ago from South Woodford and one of the main attractions was the large open space around the immediate area. We moved here from South Woodford. We bought our house in South Woodford taking into consideration the area around and unfortunately a large development was built on the land behind our house. I can't even begin to describe the difference in the through traffic, the effect on parking, the noise and the overall negative effect it had on what we used to enjoy about the area we lived in and this was the main reason we moved to a different area that offered all of the things that were no longer offered to us. Brook Road is already becoming a bit of a traffic through road, a lot more so than it used to be since the local pubs and restaurants started charging for their car parks to stop the people in the offices in Spital Road parking there all day. They now use Brook Road to park their cars. More traffic as a result of this development will cause more disruption and make it even more unsafe for our children in the whole of the Homesteads development. There are lots of children who live here and to potentially put them in more danger is unacceptable. The increased traffic will also have a huge negative effect on the state of our already very dangerous roads. I have lost count of the number of potholes and cracks and the general state of our roads in the Homesteads which is unsafe for both vehicles and pedestrians. More traffic will just add to this problem. This is both unfair and unacceptable. What will become of St Peter's school? Where will the residents of the new development send their children? There simply isn't the infrastructure to cope with this. Where will the new residents see a GP? All of the surgeries in Brentwood are full to the brim and find it difficult to cope with what is already a struggle to see patients in a timely manner. In the high street, where will everybody park? With the proposed developments on Chatham Way and William Hunter Way car parks it's going to be a huge challenge and have a huge impact on the already struggling businesses in our rapidly declining High Street. We strongly oppose this development.

Object

Preferred Site Allocations 2018

Representation ID: 18433

Received: 06/03/2018

Respondent: Miss Jemma Hamersley

Representation Summary:

200 additional homes will cause increased traffic and congestion problems in the area. The site is currently greenbelt land and should be protected. The additional homes can not be supported by the existing infrastructure and services (school, GP surgeries). Flooding and drainage issues currently exist.

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I am writing to object to the above development being included in the Local Development Plan. The traffic caused by 200 extra houses plus a care home would cause a dramatic increase in traffic in all the local roads. Traffic at peak times is already very heavy and causes long tail backs at all junctions leading onto London Road. Honeypot Lane is already a cut-through from London Road to Weald Road and traffic still speeds through the road ignoring the 20 mph speed limit. There would be major problems with traffic wherever the entrance to the site was located. All adjacent roads Homesteads Estate would become a traffic 'rat run'. There are also many safety risks and extra pollution. This is important Metropolitan Green Belt land and I feel strongly that such land should be protected. Local schools and doctors surgeries have no capacity to support the additional residents. Site was previously rejected as it did not meet Council's Spatial Strategy - nothing has changed. The development would cause flooding and drainage in the area. The gardens in some houses backing onto the site already experience problems. This is not a good choice for such development. A deeply flawed plan. Please take my views into consideration.

Object

Preferred Site Allocations 2018

Representation ID: 18480

Received: 04/03/2018

Respondent: mr robert brookes

Representation Summary:

This development would cause a massive increase in traffic in the local area. Current wait times for a doctors appointment is about 6 weeks, without the additional 200 homes and schools are full. The site is greenbelt and should be retained as such. This site has already been rejected for development in the past.

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I live on the Homesteads estate in the X property in Hill Road, directly off Honeypot Lane. If this development proceeds, it will cause a massive increase in traffic in the local area, particularly where I live. Even now, at peak times, there is heavy traffic and long tail backs at all junctions of our estate leading to London Road. I feel that should the worst, as far as me and my family are concerned happens, Hill Road at the Honeypot end should be blocked off as that would be the only way to stop the estate being used by even more drivers as a 'rat run' to London Rd. This estate is private and as residents we pay up to £400 a year for the upkeep of roads, verges, lighting and paths in addition to local authority rates. We have to wait about 6 weeks for an appointment to see our doctor even now, without an additional 200 homes and a care home in the area and I'm sure the schools are full enough already. It goes without saying that this is important urban green belt land, which should be retained not built on. In addition, I believe that this site has already been rejected in the past as it did not meet council's special strategy.

Object

Preferred Site Allocations 2018

Representation ID: 18495

Received: 11/03/2018

Respondent: Mrs Caroline Conry

Number of people: 5

Representation Summary:

This development would have a negative impact on the traffic and parking within the area. Already our side roads are getting busier and busier, with employees from the offices at the bottom of Spital lane parking down Spital Lane/ Brook Road and Selwood Road. The traffic flow is already heavy at times and this would become a big problem if a large number of new houses were built here. There are many young families that live here and their children should all have the right to play outside safely. The site is greenbelt and should be protected.

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(Honeypot Lane): I write with regard to the proposed Honey Pot Lane development. As a resident of (name of road) this proposed development will have a hugely negative impact on me and my family. We moved to our house over nine years ago as a newly married couple. We worked very hard to be able to afford our house and chose it very carefully. We had a very new baby at the time we moved and chose this exact location with a view to raising our family here. We considered many things when deciding to move to here firstly it is just far enough away from the high street to mean that traffic flow would be a lot less and parking restrictions would not apply. This would not be the case if the development went ahead. Already our side roads are getting busier and busier, with employees from the offices at the bottom of Spital lane parking down Spital Lane/ Brook Road and Selwood Road. The traffic flow is already heavy at times and this would become a big problem if a large number of new houses were built here. We have three children now and we hoped they would be able to play outside safely in our cup-de-sac road. As we understand it, the houses at the end of Selwood Road are to be knocked down to become an access road for the development. This will change the whole structure of Selwood Road, not only during the building stage, which has been suggested as 5 years (basically our children's childhood years) but also following completion. This is quite simply unfair. There are many young families that live here and their children should all have the right to play outside safely, riding bikes, scooters etc without traffic flooding our roads and making this impossible. I know many of us would not have chosen to live in a very busy road and that is exactly what this will become if we are not listened to. We live very close to South Weald, we specially chose to do so as we wanted to enjoy rural Brentwood. Too much of our greenery is being taken away, with a HUGE impact to the environment. This is Greenbelt land and we feel very strongly that it should be protected. Whilst I understand the need for new housing I have great concerns about this location. We already have existing flooding and drainage problems, the impact of this development will only make them worse. In addition our local schools are already struggling as they are severely over subscribed. Only this September St Peters School became a three form intake as there was an excess bulge of children who were allocated to schools out of the area because there were no places available to them within Brentwood. The same issue applies to our struggling doctors surgeries. Over the years there has been a very obvious decline in the service provided by our local surgeries. Getting an appointment is challenging to say the least, with surgeries struggling with the number of patients they have already, building new houses here is only going to make this dangerous situation worse as they simply do not have the capacity to support this number of additional residents. Adding this number of houses in this location is going to put huge strain on the roads of Brentwood too. There are already problems not only with potholes, the sheer weight of traffic, but also with parking in town. As I understand it there are also proposals to build on Chattam Way car park and William Hunter. I find this incredulous. I work in Crown Street and not a day passes when clients don't advise us that they have had problems parking and this will only be made worse with the addition of 200 plus houses locally. This is simply not a good choice for such a development. I find the proposals deeply flawed. The site was previously rejected as it did not meet the councils spatial strategy as far as I can see nothing has changed. I do hope you will take these concerns into consideration. This proposed plan is making long term residents of Brentwood have to consider their future here. I hope you will be able to protect them. Not all residents that would like to have been able to get in touch with their views have been able to do so, so I write on their behalf also. I have not been able to find one person who is in agreement with this proposal. I hope our opinions matter as we are the residents, the people who will be directly affected, this is our community, we are the heart of Brentwood and we say no!

Object

Preferred Site Allocations 2018

Representation ID: 18501

Received: 12/03/2018

Respondent: Mr Brian Evans

Number of people: 2

Representation Summary:

Additional homes will result in additional traffic using Honeypot Lane, which already has poor line of sight at the intersection with London Road creating dangerous driving conditions. Hill Road off Honeypot Lane is a private road - maintenance paid for by the residents of Homesteads Estate. Increase usage is causing additional maintenance costs to residents. The additional homes would change the local character of the area. Site is currently greenbelt and should remain as such. The Site we understand was previously rejected as it did not meet Councils Spatial Strategy we are unaware of why this should now change

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Like many local people we believe this site would NOT be a good choice for development. We object to the proposed inclusion of the Land at Honeypot Lane, Brentwood (Site Ref: 022) as a Preferred Site Allocation in the Draft Local Plan on the following grounds: Honeypot Lane is as the name suggests a lane (not a road) with limited width hence the 20 mph speed limit edged both sides by trees without any pavement for pedestrians. The sight splay as Honeypot Lane joins London Road is restricted making it particularly difficult and dangerous for traffic to turn right (to gain access to the A12 and M25) as the traffic coming up London Road is accelerating from the lights up the hill this results in long tail backs in Honeypot Lane. Hill Road leads off of Honeypot Lane and is a Private road (not Public adopted road) paid for and maintained by residents of the Homesteads Estate. Because of tail backs in Honeypot Lane Hill Road is being used more and more as a cut through from Weald Road to London Road and vis versa, leading to more and more maintenance costs for its residents due to the increased usage. The levels of traffic and the safety concerns this brings and increased maintenance costs for its residents resulting from the Homestreads now being used as a rat run is in the view of many nearing the point where the Residents Association who own the private roads including Hill Road will have to give serious consideration to applying for a Highway stopping up order for the private road, the tipping point probably would be if the Land at Honeypot Lane, Brentwood (Site Ref: 022) becomes a Preferred Site Allocation in the Local Development Plan. The stopping up of Hill Road would then make Honeypot Lane unsuitable for said development. The increased levels of traffic to Honeypot Lane and Hill Road resulting from an earlier development in Weald Road (Borromeo Way) was in our opinion the start of and a further development now of some 200 dwellings with or without a care home would cause a dramatic increase in traffic in all the local roads changing the character of the area still further detracting away from it being one of the most desired places to live in Brentwood an area people aspire to move into and live. There are also many safety risks and extra pollution. Whilst we support the possible introduction of a residential care home surely this would be better suited in a location that has both public transport and pedestrian access which Honeypot Lane has neither of. The Site is currently an important Metropolitan Green Belt area running by Weald Road should this be developed the president will be set for future development sprawl down Weald Road to South Weald. Putting more and more pressure on Local schools and doctors surgeries which have no capacity to support the additional residents. Whilst we can think of many Metropolitan Green Belt areas with a brown field feel to them this site is NOT one of these. The site has throughout its history been consistently let for horse grazing and is adjacent to well used allotments in Honeypot Lane. We therefore consider the site important Metropolitan Green Belt land that needs to remain protected as it is well used as it is and adds to the character of the area, its loss would also be sadly missed by those that are fortunate to live near the area. The Site we understand was previously rejected as it did not meet Councils Spatial Strategy we are unaware of why this should now change. Any development on the site would have the enjoyment of its amenity space affected by noise resulting from its close proximity to the A12. There is a Watercourse running through middle of site therefore any move away from Metropolitan Green Belt would likely result in flooding and drainage problems in Honeypot Lane etc. Please take our views into consideration and remove this site from the draft Local Plan.

Object

Preferred Site Allocations 2018

Representation ID: 18509

Received: 16/03/2018

Respondent: Mrs Namita Das

Representation Summary:

1. Congestion on roads - Priests Lane and Middleton Hall Lane are already a nightmare
2. Pollution and additional noise created by the proposed development
3. Strain placed on services such as GPs, hospitals and schools
4. Impact on the environment - flora and fauna - why not go for a brownfield site? Why is Priests Lane the only Greenfield site?
c.100 new dwellings will only worsen the problem.
Lack of proper consideration into these plans and if there has, a distinct shortage of common sense by the councillors.
Frustrating that these proposals have been around for so long and yet sensible sites and locations have not been found.

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Concerns regarding Brentwood Local Development Plan

No consideration given in respect of increased levels of:

1. Congestion on roads - Priests Lane and Middleton Hall Lane are already a nightmare
2. Pollution and additional noise created by the proposed development
3. Strain placed on services such as GPs, hospitals and schools
4. Impact on the environment - flora and fauna - why not go for a brownfield site? Why is Priests Lane the only Greenfield site?


c.100 new dwellings will only worsen the problem.

Lack of proper consideration into these plans and if there has, a distinct shortage of common sense by the councillors.

Frustrating that these proposals have been around for so long and yet sensible sites and locations have not been found.