Site 294 - Chestnut field. This is a piece of back land being part of the property encircled in RED "Chestnut Lodge" as shown below. The site is Green Belt and has been used for small ponies in the past. The site's development relies upon the owner of the land (adjoining the main road to Blackmore), giving permission for an access road, which we believe is Brentwood Council as detailed below and part of Tips Cross Remembrance Hall, referenced in site 085B which we comment on next. The name "Chestnut field" is a newly adopted name and we believe it has been given this name in an attempt to separate the scale of the development and to hide the fact that 20 houses are being planned, only 10 of which are on "Chestnut field" The landowner, who resides at "Chestnut Lodge" would profit massively from this development, which is on Green Belt land. The Council has strongly and fiercely declined planning permission on this site and site 085B over the last 40 years to our personal knowledge. (294 policy map included). Site 085B - Land adjacent to Tipps Cross Community Hall. In commenting on this development, our objections should also be read in conjunction with Site 294 as they effectively encompass the same proposed development on Green belt which is part of the Community Hall. These two sites 085B and 294 were in past times a cricket ground and social club called "The Stondon Massey Ex Servicemen's Club". This land was given in Trust to create a permanent amenity for the survivors, their families and descendants from two World Wars, and other conflicts like the Korean War. In the 1990's the "The Stondon Massey Ex Servicemen's Club" was acquired by Brentwood Council, and the backland (now called Chestnut Field) fenced off. The Council then built the new Community Hall. To develop the small existing playing field is a slap in the face to local people and shows complete disrespect and disregard by the Council of the original wishes and intentions of the Trust. If the development goes ahead, the value of the hall as a local amenity is greatly diminished. Both sites should remain as Green Belt, rather than being developed as an insidious urbanisation of a semi-rural area. Finally, we do not believe that The Council is unable to find more suitable locations to build 20 houses on true Brown field sites. We assert that this land should be retained as an important local resource. (085 policy map)

My objection to the above planning is as follows:- The density of residential housing in this area will be increased by a large percentage. 20 houses on such a small plot of land (which has been incorrectly identified on the plans) will mean that this semi-rural area will be changed significantly. The Brentwood Local Plan in 2016 states 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. The 2 proposals I am objecting to, most definitely conflict with this statement, as they will significantly change the look and feel of the open space next to my property and the look of Tipps Cross Remembrance Hall and its attached field. All of the gardens surrounding site 294 for will overshadowed and therefore changed by the proposed new development. According to the planning proposal consulted on previously in this area, it is stated that there must be green open spaces to use for recreation within a certain number of meters of every property. This cannot be adhered to if the proposed development takes place. The local community will be robbed of their recreation space. Again I quote from the Local Plan of 2016 POLICY 9.12: SITE ALLOCATIONS IN GREEN BELT Sites allocated to meet housing needs in Green Belt will be expected to provide significant community benefit, both for surrounding existing communities and those moving into new homes on site. I do not understand how sites 085B and 294 can possibly provide significant community benefit. The council, in fact, will be taking the benefit of a community green open space away from the surrounding community. The parish council has stated the hall will not benefit from the loss of their field, as it may become harder in some instances to hire out the hall. The hall may then become unsustainable due to a loss of revenue, thus further disadvantaging the local people. As the proposed 2 developments will mean an increase of traffic, noise, pollution in a small space, and will also increase the residential density of the area, I cannot see how anyone would benefit. All of the gardens backing onto the 2 fields will be adversely affected by the building of 20 houses. The privacy of these gardens will be changed for the worse, and several of them will be overshadowed and receive far less light. In the previous consultation, the above 2 sites are not mentioned at all. It is unfair that these 2 proposed developments be added, and not given very careful consideration. The plans also incorrectly show that the site 294 includes the gardens of 2 houses in Tipps Cross Lane. Surely the Council is not proposing they allow the developer to build on private property not belonging to them!! If this is incorrect and the developer cannot get their plans right at this stage, I am very concerned as to what else could be done wrong. Has this proposed site been added very quickly at the last moment, and not been fairly considered? The development of 20 houses on the 2 sites will comprehensively change the look and feel of this local area and of my property, to its detriment. Whilst I understand that site 294 is not a public place, the space is open, and has always been protected only by a small fence. This is stated in the Trust that is in place on site 085B. The land has a natural open look and is home to many species of birds and insects which need further protecting by the Green Belt registration currently on it. The registration was placed on the land for a reason, so should not be removed without very careful thought to the environment. In summary, I appeal to Brentwood Council to visit the area. Look at Tipps Cross Hall and the adjoining properties and see just how badly we as current residents will be affected by the 2 developments. I myself, wanted to buy part of the land directly next to my house, part of 085B, to extend my garden. I was told categorically that this could never happen, as the land could never be sold or used for anything other than a playing field attached to the hall because it was held in a trust. It is now unfair that we should be subjected to the 2 developments, when we were told by the Council that the space could never be built upon.

The proposed develepment will have a serve impact on the already fragile local infrastructure. The local roads, schools and Doctors surgery can not cope with the proposed increase in population. It will further erode what is left of the greenbelt.

A similar development was proposed before and was whole heartedly objected to by the villages.

The sites specified are in the Parish of Blackmore, Hook End and Wyatts Green and are all in long-established Green Belt zones. These latest proposals are contrary to the intention of Greenbelt legislation to permanently provide and protect open space and do not appear to meet the requirements of exceptional need.

Even if it will be necessary to withdraw some Green Belt designation to meet the Borough's housing requirements, the proposed building of 116 dwellings in this parish is disproportionately high in comparison with the majority of other comparable rural parishes/villages in the Borough. (It is also concerning to note in supporting documents to the LDP that other large areas of Green Belt in the parish have been identified as alternative building sites.)

In Blackmore alone, the proposed building of 96 dwellings represents a 28.6% increase in the number of homes in the village. It should be noted that building developments planned by Epping Forest District Council in locations just outside the village boundaries e.g., at the Norton Heath Equestrian Centre, will also have a considerable impact on the parish and its infrastructure and should be taken into account.

There is very real concern regarding the provision of essential utilities, transport, schools and medical facilities to cope with this additional housing. In particular, the road infrastructure in and around the parish, which already suffers from dangerously wide heavy goods vehicles travelling on its narrow roads, is likely to be inadequate to cope with the increased levels of traffic.

It appears that the understandable wish to avoid government intervention in the LDP has led to a seemingly sudden review of Greenbelt land and the requisitioning of sites not formerly considered suitable for development. For the reasons stated above, I object to the proposals relating to the Site Allocations in this parish and trust they will be reconsidered.

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I am extremely alarmed at the 20 new homes on the land adjoining Tips Cross Remembrance Hall and Chestnut Field. This will impact on my property. I will have to look out on roof tops instead of the present very pleasesant view of the open land and the cricket/croquet field.
This land was covenanted as permanent green belt when the Council purchased the old Ex-Servicemen's club. You will therefore be breaking your covenant and also the memories for those whom the hall was originally built. Those who had served their country in the armed forces.
Having to suffer a garage fire, we had to get planning permission to re-build. We were told in no uncertain terms that because this was green belt land we would be made to build a false roof. Totally unnecessary - but we had to go along with your rules. Why? Because of it being on green belt land.
I have lived here for 35 years now since my marriage. My late husband selected this property because of it being in a quiet village with a cricket/croquet field and hall nearby meaning his elderly mother was able to access the bus stop easily.
Since moving to Hook End I have become alarmed by the amount of building resulting in greater strain on services such as the doctors who are struggling at full capacity. As a dog owner I have noticed that the roads have now become so dangerous that I have to take my life in my hands along with others such as joggers runners, cyclists etc. No longer is taking exercise enjoyable (as is one of the Governments aims). It is becoming downright dangerous.
These developments will diminish the current happy caring atmosphere of our village where families know each's and enquire if somebody hasn't been seen for a while. We watch out for each other.
I strongly object on the above grounds along with the face that the areas are far too small for such a large development.
CC Alex Burghart MP; Neil McCarthy Chairman Blackmore Parish Council.

I am extremely alarmed at the 20 new homes on the land adjoining Tips Cross Remembrance Hall and Chestnut Field. This will impact on my property. I will have to look out on roof tops instead of the present very pleasesant view of the open land and the cricket/croquet field.
This land was covenanted as permanent green belt when the Council purchased the old Ex-Servicemen's club. You will therefore be breaking your covenant and also the memories for those whom the hall was originally built. Those who had served their country in the armed forces.
Having to suffer a garage fire, we had to get planning permission to re-build. We were told in no uncertain terms that because this was green belt land we would be made to build a false roof. Totally unnecessary - but we had to go along with your rules. Why? Because of it being on green belt land.
I have lived here for 35 years now since my marriage. My late husband selected this property because of it being in a quiet village with a cricket/croquet field and hall nearby meaning his elderly mother was able to access the bus stop easily.
Since moving to Hook End I have become alarmed by the amount of building resulting in greater strain on services such as the doctors who are struggling at full capacity. As a dog owner I have noticed that the roads have now become so dangerous that I have to take my life in my hands along with others such as joggers runners, cyclists etc. No longer is taking exercise enjoyable (as is one of the Governments aims). It is becoming downright dangerous.
These developments will diminish the current happy caring atmosphere of our village where families know each's and enquire if somebody hasn't been seen for a while. We watch out for each other.
I strongly object on the above grounds along with the face that the areas are far too small for such a large development.
CC Alex Burghart MP; Neil McCarthy Chairman Blackmore Parish Council.

I am extremely alarmed at the 20 new homes on the land adjoining Tips Cross Remembrance Hall and Chestnut Field. This will impact on my property. I will have to look out on roof tops instead of the present very pleasesant view of the open land and the cricket/croquet field.
This land was covenanted as permanent green belt when the Council purchased the old Ex-Servicemen's club. You will therefore be breaking your covenant and also the memories for those whom the hall was originally built. Those who had served their country in the armed forces.
Having to suffer a garage fire, we had to get planning permission to re-build. We were told in no uncertain terms that because this was green belt land we would be made to build a false roof. Totally unnecessary - but we had to go along with your rules. Why? Because of it being on green belt land.
I have lived here for 35 years now since my marriage. My late husband selected this property because of it being in a quiet village with a cricket/croquet field and hall nearby meaning his elderly mother was able to access the bus stop easily.
Since moving to Hook End I have become alarmed by the amount of building resulting in greater strain on services such as the doctors who are struggling at full capacity. As a dog owner I have noticed that the roads have now become so dangerous that I have to take my life in my hands along with others such as joggers runners, cyclists etc. No longer is taking exercise enjoyable (as is one of the Governments aims). It is becoming downright dangerous.
These developments will diminish the current happy caring atmosphere of our village where families know each's and enquire if somebody hasn't been seen for a while. We watch out for each other.
I strongly object on the above grounds along with the face that the areas are far too small for such a large development.
CC Alex Burghart MP; Neil McCarthy Chairman Blackmore Parish Council.

I am extremely alarmed at the 20 new homes on the land adjoining Tips Cross Remembrance Hall and Chestnut Field. This will impact on my property. I will have to look out on roof tops instead of the present very pleasesant view of the open land and the cricket/croquet field.
This land was covenanted as permanent green belt when the Council purchased the old Ex-Servicemen's club. You will therefore be breaking your covenant and also the memories for those whom the hall was originally built. Those who had served their country in the armed forces.
Having to suffer a garage fire, we had to get planning permission to re-build. We were told in no uncertain terms that because this was green belt land we would be made to build a false roof. Totally unnecessary - but we had to go along with your rules. Why? Because of it being on green belt land.
I have lived here for 35 years now since my marriage. My late husband selected this property because of it being in a quiet village with a cricket/croquet field and hall nearby meaning his elderly mother was able to access the bus stop easily.
Since moving to Hook End I have become alarmed by the amount of building resulting in greater strain on services such as the doctors who are struggling at full capacity. As a dog owner I have noticed that the roads have now become so dangerous that I have to take my life in my hands along with others such as joggers runners, cyclists etc. No longer is taking exercise enjoyable (as is one of the Governments aims). It is becoming downright dangerous.
These developments will diminish the current happy caring atmosphere of our village where families know each's and enquire if somebody hasn't been seen for a while. We watch out for each other.
I strongly object on the above grounds along with the face that the areas are far too small for such a large development.
CC Alex Burghart MP; Neil McCarthy Chairman Blackmore Parish Council.

I am extremely alarmed at the 20 new homes on the land adjoining Tips Cross Remembrance Hall and Chestnut Field. This will impact on my property. I will have to look out on roof tops instead of the present very pleasesant view of the open land and the cricket/croquet field.
This land was covenanted as permanent green belt when the Council purchased the old Ex-Servicemen's club. You will therefore be breaking your covenant and also the memories for those whom the hall was originally built. Those who had served their country in the armed forces.
Having to suffer a garage fire, we had to get planning permission to re-build. We were told in no uncertain terms that because this was green belt land we would be made to build a false roof. Totally unnecessary - but we had to go along with your rules. Why? Because of it being on green belt land.
I have lived here for 35 years now since my marriage. My late husband selected this property because of it being in a quiet village with a cricket/croquet field and hall nearby meaning his elderly mother was able to access the bus stop easily.
Since moving to Hook End I have become alarmed by the amount of building resulting in greater strain on services such as the doctors who are struggling at full capacity. As a dog owner I have noticed that the roads have now become so dangerous that I have to take my life in my hands along with others such as joggers runners, cyclists etc. No longer is taking exercise enjoyable (as is one of the Governments aims). It is becoming downright dangerous.
These developments will diminish the current happy caring atmosphere of our village where families know each's and enquire if somebody hasn't been seen for a while. We watch out for each other.
I strongly object on the above grounds along with the face that the areas are far too small for such a large development.
CC Alex Burghart MP; Neil McCarthy Chairman Blackmore Parish Council.

I am extremely alarmed at the 20 new homes on the land adjoining Tips Cross Remembrance Hall and Chestnut Field. This will impact on my property. I will have to look out on roof tops instead of the present very pleasesant view of the open land and the cricket/croquet field.
This land was covenanted as permanent green belt when the Council purchased the old Ex-Servicemen's club. You will therefore be breaking your covenant and also the memories for those whom the hall was originally built. Those who had served their country in the armed forces.
Having to suffer a garage fire, we had to get planning permission to re-build. We were told in no uncertain terms that because this was green belt land we would be made to build a false roof. Totally unnecessary - but we had to go along with your rules. Why? Because of it being on green belt land.
I have lived here for 35 years now since my marriage. My late husband selected this property because of it being in a quiet village with a cricket/croquet field and hall nearby meaning his elderly mother was able to access the bus stop easily.
Since moving to Hook End I have become alarmed by the amount of building resulting in greater strain on services such as the doctors who are struggling at full capacity. As a dog owner I have noticed that the roads have now become so dangerous that I have to take my life in my hands along with others such as joggers runners, cyclists etc. No longer is taking exercise enjoyable (as is one of the Governments aims). It is becoming downright dangerous.
These developments will diminish the current happy caring atmosphere of our village where families know each's and enquire if somebody hasn't been seen for a while. We watch out for each other.
I strongly object on the above grounds along with the face that the areas are far too small for such a large development.
CC Alex Burghart MP; Neil McCarthy Chairman Blackmore Parish Council.

I am extremely alarmed at the 20 new homes on the land adjoining Tips Cross Remembrance Hall and Chestnut Field. This will impact on my property. I will have to look out on roof tops instead of the present very pleasesant view of the open land and the cricket/croquet field.
This land was covenanted as permanent green belt when the Council purchased the old Ex-Servicemen's club. You will therefore be breaking your covenant and also the memories for those whom the hall was originally built. Those who had served their country in the armed forces.
Having to suffer a garage fire, we had to get planning permission to re-build. We were told in no uncertain terms that because this was green belt land we would be made to build a false roof. Totally unnecessary - but we had to go along with your rules. Why? Because of it being on green belt land.
I have lived here for 35 years now since my marriage. My late husband selected this property because of it being in a quiet village with a cricket/croquet field and hall nearby meaning his elderly mother was able to access the bus stop easily.
Since moving to Hook End I have become alarmed by the amount of building resulting in greater strain on services such as the doctors who are struggling at full capacity. As a dog owner I have noticed that the roads have now become so dangerous that I have to take my life in my hands along with others such as joggers runners, cyclists etc. No longer is taking exercise enjoyable (as is one of the Governments aims). It is becoming downright dangerous.
These developments will diminish the current happy caring atmosphere of our village where families know each's and enquire if somebody hasn't been seen for a while. We watch out for each other.
I strongly object on the above grounds along with the face that the areas are far too small for such a large development.
CC Alex Burghart MP; Neil McCarthy Chairman Blackmore Parish Council.

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I most strongly object to the sites 085B and 294 Tipps Cross.
This recreation field is a valuable and well-used asset to the community. It certainly cannot be regarded as "infill". Its loss would be detrimental to the health and wellbeing of the community.
The consequences of housing being built on this site would be:
An increased burden on the Dealtree Health Centre where there is currently a 3 week wait for appointments.
An increase in the need for primary school places
an increase in the volume of traffic in our village lanes
As Brentwood LDP is proposing development of 600 properties over and above the Governments target, I strongly urge the Council to THINK AGAIN. Build on brownfield sites not Green Belt land.
The building of 20 houses on these two sites is not justified and should be removed from the plan.

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Site 085B - Land adjacent to Tipps Cross Community Hall. In commenting on this development, our objections should also be read in conjunction with with Site 294 as they effectively encompass the same proposed development on Green Belt which is part of the Community Hall. These two sites 085B and 294 were in past times a cricket ground and social club called "The Stondon Massey Ex Servicemen's Club". This land was given in Trust to create a permanent amenity for the survivors, their families and descendants from two World Wars and other conflicts like the Korean War. In the 1990's the "The Stondon Massey Ex Servicemen's Club" was acquired by Brentwood Council, and the backland (now called Chestnut Field) fenced off. The Council then built the new Community Hall. To develop the small existing playing field is a slap in the face to local people and shows complete disrespect and disregard by the Council of the original wishes and intentions of the Trust. If the development goes ahead, the value of the hall as a local amenity is greatly diminished. Both sites should remain as Green Belt, rather than being developed as an insidious urbanisation a semi-rural area. Finally, we do not believe that The Council is unable to find more suitable locations to build 20 houses on true Brown field sites. We assert that this land should be retained as an important local resource.

We would like offer our observations on the way that the Local Development Plan affects our Parish. A couple of years ago we attended a Public Meeting at Tipps Cross Remembrance Hall where Brentwood Council officers categorically told residents that there would be no developments in our Parish. Then, out of the blue, the Council has decided that they are now planning to build 116 properties - 26 in the Tipps Cross area of Hook End and 96 in Blackmore. There are a total of 53 properties also being planned for Kelvedon Hatch. We are at a loss to understand why our Parish and Kelvedon Hatch have been targetted while the neighbouring Parishes of Doddinghurst and Stondon Massey have been left untouched. First let's leook at the 20 properties planned for the recreation field, aka the Croquet Lawn, and the adjoining Chestnut Field at Tipps Cross Remembrance Hall. At a recent Public Consultation at Tipps Cross Hall, many of the large number of residents from around the Parish who attended were left with very few answers to the questions put to Council officials. Requests for what seemed a logical Question and Answer session had been rejected in advance and a last-minute plea on the night for a Q and A session was turned even though a microphone was available. Residents variously described the meeting as "a waste of time" and a "pointless exercise". With regard to the proposed developments at Tipps Cross, many people got the feeling that the Council did not know that the recreation field is a vitally important and well-used asset that contributes significantly to the viability and continuing success of the Remembrance Hall. We got the impression that the Council thought the field was overgrown and never used - even though the field has served the local residents well for more than 100 years! Nothing could be further from the truth as the field is used regularly by the Tipps Cross Croquet Club who have been playing socially and competitively for 22 years at this venue. The field also features a basketball net and the field also used by a cycling club, Stondon Massey Pre-School, dog walkers and young people playing football. The field also plays host to a Dog Show and family activities and is used by the Papworth Trust, a charity for disabled young people. Brentwood Council has even booked the field for a Family Fun Day in August. The field is a vital selling point when Tipps Cross Hall is hired for weddings, anniversaries, children's birthday parties and other activities. If these properties are built why would people hire a hall with a brick wall just a few feet away from the back door? The loss of the field would have serious repercussions for a hall that us used seven days a week for well-run and well-attended community activities. With regards to the 96 houses proposed in two areas of the village of Blackmore, this seems a very high number of dwellings for such a small community and would, in our opinion, have a potentially disastrous effect on the balance of village life for its residents. We all accept that new properties, especially smaller and affordable houses and NOT 4-5 bedroom houses favoured by money-making developers, need to be built but to impose an increase of housing in the heart of Blackmore of almost 30 per cent is totally disproportionate. Yes, we need more housing but not such a large development for such a small community! Once again this proposed development seems to have been led by housing developers who have had their eyes on these sites for many years. It also again begs the question: "Why has Doddinghurst and Stondon Massey been left out of the housing equation?". You will receive many objections saying that there are not enough places in Blackmore School, the local doctors' surgery is totally full and patients wait weeks for an appointment, the public transport links are dismal and continually under threat and you even admit in your LDP that the local waste treatment centre are already running at "full capacity". Based on these facts can you seriously believe that Blackmore is the right place to impose an increase in population of nearly 30 per cent? Based on these facts can you seriously believe that Blackmore is the right place to impose an increase in population of nearly 30 per cent? Therefore, while readily accepting the need for an increased in housing, we feel that the two sites you have chosen in Tipps Cross are totally unacceptable and the number of properties planned for Blackmore need to be reduced considerably.

All but one of the proposed development suite to the north of Brentwood are in the Parish of Blackmore. They are all within the green belt.
Sites 076 and 077 would increase the local population by nearly 30%
Current drainage would be unable to cope.
Sites are on both sides of a minor narrow lane, Red Rose lane which is not suitable for increased traffic
The whole road network in the area is minor roads and are insufficiently developed to cope with more raffic
Local transport is meagre with no evening or Sunday service and are only being subsidised for a further short period.
There is only one school, Blackmore Primary which is already full
The GP is 1 1/2 miles away and is already full
The new sites are equidistant from both Ongar and Brentwood which are about 5 miles away and there is virtually no business interests or shops within the area

Sites 85B and 294 are
The recreation field is the only recreation area in Tipps Cross and is part of the Tipps Cross Remembrance Hall complex.
Development would impact on the successful running of the Tipps Cross Remembrance Hall without the recreational area such as pre-school location
The Chestnut Field area is an important part of the curtilage of a property on Blackmore Road and has no access except through the garden of that property
There is a lack of transport facilities schools and health services here.

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