The Spatial Strategy S1 aims to protect the Green Belt. Area 37 of the plan at West Horndon to the west of Thorndon Avenue is a Green Belt area. That is a justification not to build on that field, as evidenced by Council Strategy S1.
This site 37 is unsuitable for development, as the area will impact on potential residents of that area and be unsafe if they intended travelling by train from West Horndon. Station Road is linked via the road bridge over the railway to the west and this is an artery where traffic will be a greater hazard than is currently experienced. More houses - more risk.

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I am the owner of the above site [see site ref 070, land adjacent to St Margaret's Church, Doddinghurst]

I am disappointed to note that your Draft Site Assessment contains some inaccuracies that ought to be addressed and amended.

Access to road: Not the best; but certainly no worse than St. Margaret's Church.

Access to Post Office: Within 200 yards in Doddinghurst Road.

Consultation/Public Views: Parish Council Petition - I would like this to be discounted on the basis that the petition was organised by the Chairman of the Parish Council as a 'knee jerk' reaction and biased. It was dated 31st May 2011 and distributed - but not verified by the Parish Council until the 2nd June 2011 (see Parish minutes). I believe that the Parish Council were of the opinion that they were having a social housing estate similar to 'Outings Lane' thrust upon the village and based their petition accordingly. There was no consultation with the public and the public were led to tick the boxes to suit the council's aims.

I addressed the Parish Council at a Pubic Meeting on 7th July 2011 (see copy of attached statement) and copies of Brentwood Gazette articles 29th June and 13th July 2011 attached. Subsequently, I have had three parishioner couples requesting to be considered for this 'retirement' development.

Alternative site suggestion for a residential care home development (care for the elderly). A 15 hectare site is available for this use adjacent to Little Warley Hall Farm, Little Warley Hall Lane (south of A127).

Respresentation is that Policy DM23 (Housing Land Allocations - Major Sites) be amended to include the site for development of a residential care home for the elderly in order to meet the needs of an ageing population.

See attached documents for more detailed information regarding the site and need for additional care homes.

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I have read with interest your Newsletter of the Brentwood Local Development Plan together with the online information and fully support the Council's Policy regarding the aim to provide Affordable Housing in Brentwood.

I wish, therefore, to inform the Council's Planning Department that Thriftwood Scout Campsite would be prepared to negotiate the sale of a "finger" of our land, namely that which borders Beech Ave/Cherry Ave and Knights Way making it an ideal development for house building. The land is not used by campers except on very rare occasions as an emergency access.

I have been connected with Thriftwood as a volunteer for over 30 years, serving on various committees and have seen the campsite grow into a premier Centre providing Adventurous Activities for young people not only in Brentwood but also from around the country and abroad.

If this parcel of land, measuring approx. 2 acres can be used for house building, the Trustees would be keen to meet Planning Officers to talk further.

We would like to register my families objections to your proposed plans for West Horndon.

1. Infrastructure
The current infrastructure barely meets the needs of the village and would not be able to sustain a larger community. Both the A127 and A128 have seen a number of fatal and serious injury accidents and the local police continue with little success to enforce the current laws within the confines of the village. For example speed, parking and HGV. The polices' response time is also inadequate and poor, and a larger community will only increase crime, anti social behaviour and a heavier burden on an already over stretched police force. It is a stated fact that any new build will have to include a substantial amount of social housing and my experiences shows that this will allow your council and surrounding boroughs and London inner city councils to re home or place problem families within this community ( as it is out of sight and out of mind. ) The increase in size of the village would also have a financial burden on the residents that I am sure Brentwood council would not be responsible for. For example higher crime equals higher home insurance and more vehicles will increase car insurance.

2. Amenities
West Horndon is built within a flood area and has already experienced flooding in December 2012. Since we have lived in the village we have experienced a number of main drain over spills that has lead to excrement on our drives and pavements. It is a know fact in the village that the sewage struggles to cope with the demand. Therefore any build will also mean disruption to the sewage.
I am a current train user and know from personal experience that the station during rush hour is overwhelmed and has little scope for an increase in passengers. The car park too often over spills into the road. The shops within the village would not sustain a trebling of the house numbers that you propose, neither would the doctors, school or community hall.
The demolition and displacement of the industrial estate will also cause hardship and unemployment to villagers in a time of social disharmony. A number of villagers will not be able to relocate.

3. Travellers
Travellers already bring a well documented list of issues whereever they are housed and West Horndon already has a number of sites within a short radias ie Thurrock, Dale Farm a traveller site in Upminster and the A130. These sites although legal will often encourage illegal sites that the borough has already shown its inability and lack of interest to deal with appropriately and within a reasonable time period. There is no explanation as to why West Horndon has been selected when it was not considered appropriate several years ago when sites were being discussed. Other sites proposed are for only two or three pitches where as West Horndon has a minimum of 10.

4. Green Belt
The metropolitan green belt was set up to show a clear boundary between the city of London and its surrounding counties. Building on this land will reduce the identity of villages in Essex and other counties and will be swallowed up in the London Metropolis. Building on green belt land is ill advised and will set a precedence that will allow further builds. Other areas should be looked at such as the compulsory purchase of Tescos land at the end of Sawyers Hall lane or Childerditch that is several miles closer to Brentwood. This would cause less disruption to the community and have better access to current schools and amenities in the area.

Finally I would like to stress that I feel the consultation process has been flawed and lack of information and the inability or apathy of the planning unit towards us leads me to believe that as we are on the border of Brentwood it is easier for you to dump these issues on us rather than have them on your own doorsteps.

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[Original response received 1 October 2013. Revised response amended site area details and site map, received 5 November 2013. See attached.]

Policy DM23 (Housing Land Allocations - Major Sites) provides a list of sites with potential capacity for 10 or more homes allocated for housing development over the period 2015 to 2030. These allocations are based on the density categories set out in the SHLAA.

In light of recent press releases from central government it is clear that there is a demand for housing in the east of England within both the immediate and distant future. To accommodate this growth it is considered that the Council will require additional land beyond what has been put forward within Policy DM23.

My client's (Mr. N & R Hart and Mr. K & P Watson), are the joint owners of a parcel of land to the north of Pilgrims Hatch. The extent of land within my client's ownership is identified within the enclosed accompanying O.S. Plan. As part of the Councils Preferred Options Consultation I wish to put forward my client's site for residential development in accordance with Policy DM23.

The site in question measures 3.81ha and could accommodate a density of 114 dwellings (based upon 30dph) or 190 dwellings (based upon 50 dph). Part of the site has already been considered acceptable for residential development in the form of the redevelopment of the garages to the rear of 146-144 Hatch Road. The site in question is a green field parcel of land containing a number of trees which are not the subject of preservation orders. The site is situated adjacent to the defined settlement limits of Pilgrims Hatch behind a row of residential dwellings and services (such as shops).

It is noted that within a previous call for sites that sites have previously been brought forwards and discounted to the north of Pilgrims Hatch. One of the principle reasons for their dismissal was based upon the inability to provide suitable vehicular access and the sites being poorly related to the defined settlement limits.

My client's site provides the opportunity to allow vehicular access directly onto Hatch Road. The site, as illustrated within the aerial photograph below, is well related to the defined settlement limits of Pilgrims Hatch and would allow the expansion of housing without detriment to the function of the Green Belt.
It is also put forward that the site would be suitable for the accommodation of affordable housing, which is in demand within Brentwood. Based upon the Council's suggested affordable housing policy (DM24) of a 35% contribution, the site could provide for 50 affordable dwellings.

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AGREE TO DEVOLPMENTS IN THESE AREAS BELOW

Area 126 - East of West Horndon, South of Station Road to A128 (Note that this area was also set for development in the 1950's with plans for residential and roads) This could result in approximately 100 properties
Area 038 - East of Thorndon Ave, North of Station Road. (This area had development plans for residential and roads in the 1950's) This could result in approximately 100 properties
Area 048 - Elliots at junction of A127 and A128 including South towards Station Road (Area 038) This could result in approximately 500 properties
Area - East of A128 towards Laindon including Timmermans Garden Centre (who wants to move) and South towards Dunton Hills Golf Course. This could result in approximately 200 properties


AGAINST DEVELOPENT IN THESE AREAS BELOW
Area 020 & 021 - West Horndon Industrial Park and Childerditch Industrial Park (Wolsey Site) consists of small Industrial units. However TNT & other companies who use Station Road for their 40 ton lorries should be encouraged to move to Brentwood Enterprise Park at Junction 28 of the M25, South of the A127
Some employers should be allowed to stay because if the sites were to be ONLY residential, this would remove employment opportunities within the local West Horndon area.

Area 037 - Nutty's Farm (Green Belt) 1000 residential properties. Why not 500, why not 5000. The area concerned is farmland so ANY NUMBER OF RESIDENCES COULD BE BUILT. This area goes against a policy on Page 46/7 as follows: This development will cause MAJOR changes.

The general extent of the Green Belt across the Borough will be retained subject to minor allocations. The following settlements are excluded from the Green Belt as identified on the Policies Map:

Blackmore, Brentwood, Doddinghurst, Herongate, Hook End, Ingatestone, Ingrave, Kelvedon Hatch, Mountnessing, Stondon Massey, West Horndon and Wyatts Green.

SECTION on Page 145 - 14 Gypsy and Traveller Sites are to be located in West Horndon area. This contravenes all parts below:-

a. The site does not give rise to unacceptable harm to the Green Belt - It will affect the Green Belt!
b. The site is well related to existing communities and accessible to local services and facilities, such as shops, primary and secondary schools, healthcare and public transport - Wrong! The West Horndon School is full & has a waiting list. The Doctor at present cannot give enough appointments. Public transport buses to Brentwood is a joke. Access to A127 & A128 at peak times is terrible and cause major delays almost every day
c. The site is serviced by a suitable access road - Where is this access road? Why not build a new access road from A127 to West Horndon Industrial Park to alleviate the heavy lorries. Because it is too expensive!
d. The location would not result in unacceptable living conditions for its occupants - Wrong!
e. The proposed accommodation would not harm the character and/or appearance of the area and/or result in unacceptable visual impact - Wrong!
f. The site is located, designed and landscaped to minimise any impact on the environment - Wrong!!

I conducted a survey 6 years ago with the travellers when they were adjacent to South Essex Golf Course just North of the A127 and East of A128. They did not want to be in West Horndon! Also a major clear up expense occurred after they were evicted. So much for NO UNACCEPTABLE CONDITIONS.

FLOODING - Page 164 of the Report is unacceptable because:-
4.160 Brentwood Strategic Flood Risk Assessment (SFRA, 2010) maps flood risk zones in the Borough, with surface water flooding shown most notably on the A12 North West of Brentwood and on roads around Ingatestone. Incidences of fluvial (river) flooding are recorded along the eastern boundary of the River Wid and from Stondon Hall Brook and the River Roding to the North of the Borough. Areas at risk of fluvial flooding in the Borough are mainly rural, and include low lying areas south of the A127 west and east of West Horndon

Development of the areas 037, 038, 048 and 126 in the Report MUST be flood plain areas at present in view of the 3 major floodings that have occurred over the years. What proposals are there to deal with this problem?

Lastly, there is a proposed bus route along Thorndon Avenue out onto the A127 to the new Brentwood Enterprise Park at Junction 28 of the M25, South of the A127 and to the Codham Hall Industrial Park.

A BUS COULD NOT PULL OUT ONTO THE A127 AT ANYTIME OF DAY! IT WOULD BE DANGEROUS ESPECIALLY IN RUSH HOURS. I presume nobody actually looked at this scheme to aid the move of the West Horndon Industrial Park.

Overall there are some areas that are good for residential homes but flood schemes must be done before the development takes place

Alternative areas should be considered for Major developments include Shenfield (because of Cross Rail) and all the advantages that this super rail link would bring. Also house prices in this area would probably increase if the correct type of residences was built. Also Ingatestone and Mountnessing have good opportunities for residential housing.

Request that land at Searchlight Farm, School Road, Kelvedon Hatch, be allocated to provide for housing development.

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