MM2
Support
Schedule of Potential Main Modifications
Representation ID: 29479
Received: 03/11/2021
Respondent: Essex County Council
4. Consistent with National Policy
The modifications proposed to paragraph 3.19 SO4 ensure conformity with Paragraph 179 b) of the NPPF.
This reflects ECC’s Reg.19 Rep 22279 and the position in the Statement of Common Ground (F17D) between BBC and ECC.
4. Consistent with National Policy
The modifications proposed to paragraph 3.19 SO4 ensure conformity with Paragraph 179 b) of the NPPF.
This reflects ECC’s Reg.19 Rep 22279 and the position in the Statement of Common Ground (F17D) between BBC and ECC.
Object
Schedule of Potential Main Modifications
Representation ID: 29482
Received: 03/11/2021
Respondent: Mr Richard Thwaite
Legally compliant? No
Sound? No
The plan (SO1) states the aim is to direct development to the most sustainable locations along identified growth corridors. The sites R25 and R26 are clearly not in the growth corridors. They have no train link, minimal bus service and ares accessed by minor roads. So they are patently not in the growth corridor.
SO2 says enhance area of heritage value. By building 70 additional homes (an increase of 30%) in the village of Blackmore and increasing traffic in that location you will damage an area of special historic interest with the priory and the church.
The plan (SO1) states the aim is to direct development to the most sustainable locations along identified growth corridors. The sites R25 and R26 are clearly not in the growth corridors. They have no train link, minimal bus service and ares accessed by minor roads. So they are patently not in the growth corridor.
SO2 says enhance area of heritage value. By building 70 additional homes (an increase of 30%) in the village of Blackmore and increasing traffic in that location you will damage an area of special historic interest with the priory and the church.
Object
Schedule of Potential Main Modifications
Representation ID: 29609
Received: 05/11/2021
Respondent: Mr Raymond Consterdine
Legally compliant? Not specified
Sound? No
Development Outside Growth Corridors - The introduction of between 50 and 70 new homes in Blackmore will impact and place strain on existing infrastructure, such as the primary school and the medical centre.
Site has been identified without due consideration for the impact on the existing community and is therefore unsound.
See attached representation form
Object
Schedule of Potential Main Modifications
Representation ID: 29678
Received: 09/11/2021
Respondent: Mr John Darragh
Legally compliant? Not specified
Sound? Not specified
For paragraph 3.11:
Corridor development around A12 will lead to loss of identity of individual communities/villages which will become joined up by housing. it will become difficult to identify where one community begins or ends.
A12 and Great Eastern main line are already at capacity at rush hour. Additional transport routes are needed.
Four comments on proposed new plan:
1. For 3.11: Corridor development around A12 will lead to loss of identity of individual communities/villages which will become joined up by housing. Mountnessing will join Shenfield to Ingatestone – it will become difficult to identify where one community begins or ends. Will Mountnessing just disappear? Visitors to the area will just see urban sprawl either side of the A12.
2. For 3.11: A12 and Great Eastern main line are already at capacity at rush hour. Additional transport routes are needed.
3. For 3.21: Further development of green belt should be minimal to preserve them for future generations.
4. For MM 33, Open space and green areas at the centre of the villages and communities making up Brentwood should be preserved for future generations.
Object
Schedule of Potential Main Modifications
Representation ID: 29679
Received: 09/11/2021
Respondent: Mr John Darragh
Legally compliant? Not specified
Sound? Not specified
Paragraph 3.21:
Further development of green belt should be minimal to preserve them for future generations.
Four comments on proposed new plan:
1. For 3.11: Corridor development around A12 will lead to loss of identity of individual communities/villages which will become joined up by housing. Mountnessing will join Shenfield to Ingatestone – it will become difficult to identify where one community begins or ends. Will Mountnessing just disappear? Visitors to the area will just see urban sprawl either side of the A12.
2. For 3.11: A12 and Great Eastern main line are already at capacity at rush hour. Additional transport routes are needed.
3. For 3.21: Further development of green belt should be minimal to preserve them for future generations.
4. For MM 33, Open space and green areas at the centre of the villages and communities making up Brentwood should be preserved for future generations.
Object
Schedule of Potential Main Modifications
Representation ID: 29681
Received: 09/11/2021
Respondent: Mr Dave Kingaby
Legally compliant? No
Sound? No
A12 corridor is a red herring - unless access roads are created it will not help transit within the Borough in any meaningful way. Furthermore it will exacerbate already harmful levels of pollution in those areas. Finally, the specific proposed development off Doddinghurst Road alongside the A12 will introduce even more traffic to an already overloaded junction with Ongar Road and thence on into the Town Centre - I can find no reference to any traffic planning; it will also have an adverse impact on wildlife.
Section 3.11 refers to development along the A12 corridor being supportable due to access for sustainable mobility. There appears to be no consideration of providing access directly from any developments on this corridor to the A12 so referencing it is a red herring to say the least. Furthermore, areas alongside the A12 already have some of the worst air quality in the Borough and adding further development there will do nothing to reduce that and will probably exacerbate it.
Turning specifically to one area proposed for development, the two discontiguous areas of land either side of the A12 off Doddinghurst Road. These areas are currently offering diverse habitat to a wide range of wildlife from Crested Newts to Badgers - what provision is made for them? The large umber of properties proposed for these plots will also introduce a large amount of additional traffic to Doddinghurst Road's junction with Ongar Road that is already stressed with long queues at peak times - I can see no traffic planning of this impact unless, of course, an additional junction with the A12 is being proposed. Any such junction itself would cause issues with more traffic exiting the A12 there since it would be closer to the town centre which, again, would add more traffic to already overloaded roads (either Ongar Road or Doddinghurst Road), and a further deterioration in air quality.
Object
Schedule of Potential Main Modifications
Representation ID: 29711
Received: 10/11/2021
Respondent: Gita Mackintosh
Legally compliant? No
Sound? No
There is a concern that whilst bolstering transport corridors and development the village feel is lost. Concern around infrastructure of transport links as well. Increasing flow of traffic and dwelling will lead to grid lock.
There is a concern that whilst bolstering transport corridors and development the village feel is lost. Concern around infrastructure of transport links as well. Increasing flow of traffic and dwelling will lead to grid lock.
Object
Schedule of Potential Main Modifications
Representation ID: 29725
Received: 10/11/2021
Respondent: Mr Conrad Dixon
Legally compliant? No
Sound? No
Blackmore fails the tests set by the BBC for their strategic objectives. Blackmore is too remote, and car dependency is already high. Local road infrastructure is poor and the additional vehicles and journeys created by 70 new homes will create dangerous conditions on narrow roads used frequently by cyclists and pedestrians. There is an existing high level of flood risk that will be exacerbated by the developments, which renders surrounding roads impassable with increasing frequency, restricting access for emergency services. The proposals are unsound and not positively prepared, and important representations have not been sufficiently considered.
Blackmore fails the tests set by the BBC for their strategic objectives. Blackmore is too remote, and car dependency is already high. Local road infrastructure is poor and the additional vehicles and journeys created by 70 new homes will create dangerous conditions on narrow roads used frequently by cyclists and pedestrians. There is an existing high level of flood risk that will be exacerbated by the developments, which renders surrounding roads impassable with increasing frequency, restricting access for emergency services. The proposals are unsound and not positively prepared, and important representations have not been sufficiently considered.
Object
Schedule of Potential Main Modifications
Representation ID: 29742
Received: 11/11/2021
Respondent: Dr Murray Wood
Legally compliant? Yes
Sound? No
The vision and strategic objectives must satisfy tests to be meaningful, sound and effective. It does not:
- Existing residents rely on motor vehicles, including delivery vehicles, because Blackmore so remote
- Significantly increasing the housing stock, will increase the number of vehicles, which will increase congestion and pollution, while creating many more opportunities for accidents in a village with many young families
- Building on Greenbelt will negatively impact the biodiversity of the area
- MM1 and MM2 are unsound because they are not effective, or positively prepared if R25 and R26 remain in the plan
The vision and strategic objectives must satisfy tests to be meaningful, sound and effective. It does not:
- Existing residents rely on motor vehicles, including delivery vehicles, because Blackmore so remote
- Significantly increasing the housing stock, will increase the number of vehicles, which will increase congestion and pollution, while creating many more opportunities for accidents in a village with many young families
- Building on Greenbelt will negatively impact the biodiversity of the area
- MM1 and MM2 are unsound because they are not effective, or positively prepared if R25 and R26 remain in the plan
Object
Schedule of Potential Main Modifications
Representation ID: 29749
Received: 12/11/2021
Respondent: Mr Craig Stevens
Legally compliant? No
Sound? No
The only condition to build on the Green Belt is when all other options have been exhausted. When all brownfield sites have been considered and declined. This has not happened.
See attached representation form
Object
Schedule of Potential Main Modifications
Representation ID: 29758
Received: 18/11/2021
Respondent: Mrs Judith Bowland
Legally compliant? Not specified
Sound? No
Being a small village on the edge of Brentwood, Blackmore is too far away from main line stations to be suitable for commuters into the main cities. There are few buses and a car is essential. 70 more houses means at least 140 more cars adding to traffic jams and pollution.
See attached
Object
Schedule of Potential Main Modifications
Representation ID: 29766
Received: 18/11/2021
Respondent: Bernard Allen
Legally compliant? Not specified
Sound? No
Blackmore is a remote village with very poor bus service, not suitable for commuting. All current residents are totally reliant on cars to get anywhere.
More homes just mean more cars, more pollution, more congestion. 70 houses will mean 140 additional vehicles on village roads.
Significant impact on biodiversity if 2 large Green Belt fields are built on. MM1 and MM2 are unsound and never prepared on BBC Strategic Objectives of LDP for R25 and R26.
See attached
Object
Schedule of Potential Main Modifications
Representation ID: 29771
Received: 19/11/2021
Respondent: Mr Callum Cartwright
Legally compliant? Not specified
Sound? No
Understand Government Guidelines is new developments should avoid Green Belt and either be close to existing infrastructure or have it built. Blackmore has neither. It is remote with poor infrastructure.
See attached
Object
Schedule of Potential Main Modifications
Representation ID: 29775
Received: 19/11/2021
Respondent: Mr Scott Gosling
Legally compliant? Not specified
Sound? No
Car travel is essential if you live in Blackmore as it is a little village that is mainly accessed via country lanes. More houses will bring more cars/congestion and pollution. The proposal will see an increase in 20% of our village population. This increase will put pressure on our village amenities , school and the local doctors. Blackmore should not be aligned to larger local villages of Doddinghurst/Mountnessing and should be classified as a class 4 village.
See attached
Object
Schedule of Potential Main Modifications
Representation ID: 29779
Received: 19/11/2021
Respondent: Mrs Wendy Graham
Legally compliant? Not specified
Sound? No
Blackmore is a very remote village and is distant from towns and railway stations which means car travel is essential to get anywhere if you reside in the village, so more houses mean more car/pollution and congestion. Which is contrary to BBC strategic objectives and the government aims for reducing unnecessary journeys.
Also losing 2 large fields to houses means loss of wildlife habitat, badgers, foxes, voles and hedgehogs.
See attached
Object
Schedule of Potential Main Modifications
Representation ID: 29786
Received: 19/11/2021
Respondent: Mrs Kerry Gahagan
Legally compliant? Not specified
Sound? No
Blackmore is a remote village with poor road connections and a long way from towns/railway stations. Bus service is poor and not suitable for commuting. Car travel is essential to get anywhere if you reside in Blackmore, so more houses means more car/pollution/congestion. Which is contrary to BBC strategic objectives and the government aims for reducing unnecessary journeys. Also losing 2 large fields to houses means loss of wildlife habitat, which contain badgers, foxes, voles, hedgehogs. It will also exacerbate the existing flood problems of the village.
See attached
Object
Schedule of Potential Main Modifications
Representation ID: 29792
Received: 23/11/2021
Respondent: Blackmore Village Hall/Parish Council
Legally compliant? Not specified
Sound? No
Blackmore already suffers from congestion and subsequent pollution. To build the proposed developments R25 and R26 will make this far worse. Car travel is essential in this isolated rural village location which will increase air population.
see attached
Support
Schedule of Potential Main Modifications
Representation ID: 29830
Received: 25/11/2021
Respondent: Tesco Stores Limited
Agent: GL Hearn
Central Brentwood Growth Corridor - The insertion of this section as part of the Local Plan’s Strategic Objectives is
supported, as is the increased emphasis on concentrating growth within the Central Brentwood Growth Corridor. The establishment of the Central Brentwood Growth Corridor as a suitable location
for future growth should provide the basis for further releases of Green Belt land for housing development during the early drafts of the immediate Local Plan Review.
See attached
Object
Schedule of Potential Main Modifications
Representation ID: 29856
Received: 25/11/2021
Respondent: Mrs Edna Williams
Legally compliant? No
Sound? No
"Brownfield opportunities to be encouraged" has been deleted. This goes against recent government policy to promote brownfield development
See attached representation
Object
Schedule of Potential Main Modifications
Representation ID: 29883
Received: 26/11/2021
Respondent: Philip Cunliffe-Jones
Legally compliant? No
Sound? No
The “landscape-led design approach” in MM2 needs to be integrated with the Essex Design Guide Version 3 (2018) with a revised definition of Garden Land. The revised wording proposed (page 72) for paragraph 5.175 refers too loosely to relevant guidance in the Essex
Design Guide. The proposed definition of Garden Land in the Main Modification by implication always includes and allows communal garden space, which the Design Guide provide is a matter for each local authority. The MM definition should be revisited to avoid uncertainty as to the curtilage of each dwelling, and shared access to and maintenance of communal amenity garden spaces. The incorporation of a Health Impact Assessment into the design of communal gardens should also be considered.
See attached
Support
Schedule of Potential Main Modifications
Representation ID: 29890
Received: 26/11/2021
Respondent: GL Hearn
Agent: GL Hearn
Strategic Objectives is supported, as is the increased emphasis on concentrating growth within the Central Brentwood Growth Corridor. The establishment of the Central Brentwood Growth Corridor as a suitable location
for future growth should provide the basis for further releases of Green Belt land for housing development during the early drafts of the immediate Local Plan Review.
See attached.
Object
Schedule of Potential Main Modifications
Representation ID: 29894
Received: 26/11/2021
Respondent: Mrs Karen Geary
Legally compliant? Not specified
Sound? No
Blackmore is a remote village with poor road connections and is distant from towns/railway stations, bus service is poor and not suitable for commuting. Car travel is essential to get anywhere if you reside in Blackmore, so more houses means more car/pollution/congestion. Which is contrary to BBC strategic objectives and the government aims for reducing unnecessary journeys.
Also losing 2 large fields to houses means loss of wildlife habitat, which contain bats, newts, badgers, foxes, voles, hedgehogs. Plus increasing the already bad flood risk.
See attached representation
Object
Schedule of Potential Main Modifications
Representation ID: 29906
Received: 26/11/2021
Respondent: Mr Nicholas Griffiths
Legally compliant? Not specified
Sound? No
Blackmore does not fit in with either Government or BBC strategy guidelines. It is remote from towns/hospitals and not suitable for commuting. Cars are essential for all needs.
See attached representation
Object
Schedule of Potential Main Modifications
Representation ID: 29913
Received: 26/11/2021
Respondent: Mr Marcus Forstner
Legally compliant? Not specified
Sound? No
I feel that Blackmore is a small remote village with poor road connections and limited infrastructure. Blackmore is not suitable for commuting into London as we are far away from any towns/railway stations and the closest only have limited parking facilities. Bus connections are poor due to our narrow country lanes and car travel is essential to get from A to B. So more houses would cause more cars/pollution/congestion. We are also limited on the number of local schools available for children travelling to and from. This is contrary to BBC strategic objectives and the Government aims for reducing unnecessary journeys. Adding more houses, more cars to the village would impact on local wildlife, meaning loss of habitat to badgers, foxes, voles, deer and hedgehogs.
See attached representation
Object
Schedule of Potential Main Modifications
Representation ID: 29922
Received: 26/11/2021
Respondent: Mrs Ceri Fisher
Legally compliant? Not specified
Sound? No
Blackmore has been selected for 70 new dwellings and the reason for this is very unclear. The village is small and roads just lanes in the area of the planned development. We have already had houses built in this area recently on Redrose Lane and Norton Heath. This village is really not able to support 70 more new homes.
See attached representation
Object
Schedule of Potential Main Modifications
Representation ID: 29927
Received: 26/11/2021
Respondent: Mrs Tracy Fox
Legally compliant? Not specified
Sound? No
Blackmore is a distant village far from towns and stations, it has poor roads. It does not meet the aims of BBC or Government. Public transport is poor, every household needs a car and has to drive everywhere. This results in high car use, so more carbon in the air, which does not comply with BBC or Government guidelines.
See attached representation
Object
Schedule of Potential Main Modifications
Representation ID: 29931
Received: 26/11/2021
Respondent: Mr Derek Fox
Legally compliant? Not specified
Sound? No
Blackmore is a distant village far from towns and stations it has poor roads. It does not meet the strategic aims of BBC or Government. Public transport is poor, every household needs a car and has to drive everywhere. This results in high car use, so more carbon in the air, which does not comply with BBC or Government guidelines.
See attached representation
Object
Schedule of Potential Main Modifications
Representation ID: 29935
Received: 26/11/2021
Respondent: Sally French
Legally compliant? Not specified
Sound? No
Blackmore village does not fit the guidelines of either BBC or the Government it is a distant village with poor road connections, distant from all local towns/railway stations, the bus service is unsuitable for commuting. Car travel is essential to get anywhere, so more houses more cars/pollution/congestion. Which is contrary to both the BBC and Government aims for reducing unnecessary journeys.
See attached representation
Object
Schedule of Potential Main Modifications
Representation ID: 29943
Received: 26/11/2021
Respondent: Mr John Eaton
Legally compliant? Not specified
Sound? No
Car travel in Blackmore is essential. We have a very poor public transport system. Building 70 houses would greatly increase traffic and pollution. We should be trying to reduce unnecessary journeys.
See attached representation
Object
Schedule of Potential Main Modifications
Representation ID: 29950
Received: 27/11/2021
Respondent: Donna Eaton
Legally compliant? Not specified
Sound? No
To live in Blackmore, you need a car/van to travel as the bus service is not very adequate. We already have a lot of traffic through the village, and the roads are generally narrow, also parking is becoming a problem in the village, especially around the shop area, tea rooms etc.
See attached representation