Object

Representation ID: 30263

Received: 30/11/2021

Respondent: Mrs Terri Reed

Legally compliant? No

Sound? No

What is the purpose of building on the Green Belt? We do not recognise any exceptional circumstances. Blackmore has already been developed to capacity. Any further development on the Green Belt can only serve to reduce the beneficial purposes of it to the detriment of all.

Object

Representation ID: 30284

Received: 02/12/2021

Respondent: Miss Natalie Keefe

Legally compliant? Not specified

Sound? No

I do not believe the exceptional circumstances test has been carried out appropriately. Exceptional circumstances do not exist. An alternative on brownfield sites should have been considered and included in the LDP.

Object

Representation ID: 30299

Received: 02/12/2021

Respondent: Mrs Janet Jacob

Legally compliant? Not specified

Sound? No

No exceptional circumstances test have been carried out with any convictions. If it had then the brownfield site would have been identified and included in the LDP.

Object

Representation ID: 30306

Received: 02/12/2021

Respondent: Mr Steven Jacobs

Legally compliant? Not specified

Sound? No

Do not believe that exceptional circumstances test were carried out with conviction. If it has then brownfields such as Redrose Lane, Blackmore and Stondon Massey would have been identified and included in LDP.

Object

Representation ID: 30316

Received: 02/12/2021

Respondent: Ms Annie Jackson

Legally compliant? Not specified

Sound? No

Do not believe the exceptional circumstances test was carried out with any conviction. If it had been the brownfield sites in Red Rose Lane, Blackmore and at Stondon Massey would have been identified and included in LDP.

Object

Representation ID: 30323

Received: 02/12/2021

Respondent: Mrs Iris Jones

Legally compliant? Not specified

Sound? No

BBC did not carry out exceptional circumstances test, otherwise they would have identified available brownfield sites, 12 houses were built on such a site in 2020/21 in Red Rose Lane Blackmore. With the additional 70 houses proposed. The 3 sites in Red Rose Lane will result in a 23% increase in dwellings, village cannot absorb such an increase and retain its original character.

Object

Representation ID: 30328

Received: 02/12/2021

Respondent: Mrs Charlotte Howse

Legally compliant? Not specified

Sound? No

There are better sites than Blackmore which BBC did not investigate. Instead followed easy option developer led plan.

Object

Representation ID: 30333

Received: 02/12/2021

Respondent: Mr Ben Holmes

Legally compliant? Not specified

Sound? No

Do not believe the exceptional circumstances test was carried out with any conviction. If it had been the brownfield sites in Red Rose Lane, Blackmore and at Stondon Massey would have been identified and included in LDP.

Object

Representation ID: 30340

Received: 02/12/2021

Respondent: Mrs Jane House

Legally compliant? Not specified

Sound? No

Field opposite Wells Farm is boggy in parts at all times of year, there are already ponds/a duck pond. Loss of this acreage to impervious materials will significantly increase the flooding risk in an already troubled area.

Object

Representation ID: 30346

Received: 02/12/2021

Respondent: Mr Fraser House

Legally compliant? Not specified

Sound? No

There are other better sites than Blackmore which BBC did not look thoroughly. Just followed easy option from developers.

Object

Representation ID: 30355

Received: 02/12/2021

Respondent: Ms Cherie Hicks

Legally compliant? Not specified

Sound? No

Blackmore residents identified alternate non Green Belt sites i.e. brownfield sites in Red Rose Lane, Blackmore and at Stondon Massey therefore had to believe that BBC could not also have located them and included in LDP.

Object

Representation ID: 30364

Received: 26/11/2021

Respondent: Mrs Melanie Sanders

Legally compliant? Not specified

Sound? No

I do not think the Exceptional Circumstances Test was carried out with any thoroughness. If it had been it would have identified, and included in the LDP, the brown field sites in Stondon Massey and Red Road Lane, Blackmore.

Object

Representation ID: 30369

Received: 03/12/2021

Respondent: Susan Harris

Legally compliant? Not specified

Sound? No

No evidence that exceptional circumstances test was ever carried out by BBC as it does not meet strategic aims.

Object

Representation ID: 30375

Received: 03/12/2021

Respondent: Mrs Kathryn Hurford

Legally compliant? Not specified

Sound? No

I do not believe that the authority has exhausted all other reasonable options for meeting its identified need for development. The authority has not demonstrated a pressing housing need in Blackmore especially at the levels suggested at the site R25/R26.
The release is not a sustainable option as the settlement does not have a good range of services and facilities and is not well served by sustainable travel modes i.e. railway station or regular public transport.

Object

Representation ID: 30378

Received: 03/12/2021

Respondent: Ms Elaine Harris

Legally compliant? Not specified

Sound? No

The fields are good farmable land and their removal and inclusion in the LDP is not sound and contrary to guidelines of the NPPD and Environmental Agency 'building on site which will contribute to local flooding' or at risk of flooding. Other than so called moving of Green Belt boundary to make the area more defendable to development which itself is questionable. There are no circumstances which justify these sites to be removed from the Green Belt.

Object

Representation ID: 30387

Received: 03/12/2021

Respondent: Mr John Lester

Legally compliant? Not specified

Sound? No

MM81, page 177 In the last paragraph in this section it states 'Development will be considered inappropriate and refused unless very special circumstances are demonstrated and/or where the exceptions apply in line with paras 145 and 146 of the NPPF.
Para 145 relates to outdoor sport and recreation and providing access to it. This does not appear to be compliant with the planned use of R25 and R26. It would mean that development of R25 and R26 would not be considered very special circumstances as they would not provide access to other Green Belt land, sports facilities etc.
Paragraphs B, C & D support the evidence that R25 and R26 are unsuitable for development. There are so many deletions in this section it is clear that developing the Green Belt should not be considered and removed from the LDP.

Object

Representation ID: 30396

Received: 03/12/2021

Respondent: Mrs Danielle Cohen

Legally compliant? Not specified

Sound? No

In my opinion, the exceptional circumstances test was not carried out with any meaningful thought or conviction. There are two brownfield sites in Stondon Massey and Red Rose Lane (Blackmore) that would have been included in the LDP.

Object

Representation ID: 30414

Received: 03/12/2021

Respondent: Miss Laura Harris

Legally compliant? Not specified

Sound? No

Do not believe exceptional circumstances test was carried out thoroughly if at all. There are other more suitable sites which were identified several years ago.

Object

Representation ID: 30422

Received: 03/12/2021

Respondent: Ms Patricia Taylor

Legally compliant? Not specified

Sound? No

What are the ‘exceptional circumstances’ that justifies R25 and R26 being released from the Green Belt? This has not been proven and seems to simply be developer led. The only ‘exceptional circumstance’ I can see is that Brentwood Borough Council have failed to identify suitable brownfield sites to develop before taking R25 and R26 into the plan. There have been other brownfield sites put forward but these have not been explored fully. How can Redrose Lane be considered as a ‘defendable boundary’ when there was a development of 8 properties on a brownfield site along the lane and there are existing properties along Nine Ashes Road and the Chelmsford Road? There needs to be a housing need proven to justify building 70 extra houses within the green belt.

Object

Representation ID: 30430

Received: 03/12/2021

Respondent: Mrs Patricia Moulton

Legally compliant? Not specified

Sound? No

I don't believe the exceptional circumstances test was carried out with any conviction. If it had been the brownfield sites in Red Rose Lane, Blackmore and at Stondon Massey would have been identified and included in the LDP.

Object

Representation ID: 30438

Received: 03/12/2021

Respondent: Mr Malcolm Hurford

Legally compliant? Not specified

Sound? No

The authority has not fully evidenced or justified the exceptional circumstances that allow for altering the boundaries of existing Green Belt. There is not an unmet need in Blackmore for further redevelopment and there is no pressing housing need. The authority has not examined all other reasonable options for meeting its identified need for development, including making use of brownfield land, increasing the density of existing settlements and exploring whether neighbouring can help to meet its needs. The release is not the most sustainable option it does not have a range of services and facilities nor is it serviced by sustainable travel modes. A lack of access to services and facilities and access to sustainable modes of transport surely suggests that more development within the Green Belt is not a more sustainable approach. These site allocations fail to set out ways in which the impact of removing land from the Green Belt will be offset by compensatory improvements to the environmental quality. Seems a contradiction how will the quality of the environment in Blackmore be improved by increasing the housing stock by over 30%

Object

Representation ID: 30440

Received: 03/12/2021

Respondent: Mr Kevin Wood

Legally compliant? No

Sound? No

What are the “very special circumstances” that make it appropriate to allow this development to take place in R25 and R26?

Object

Representation ID: 30447

Received: 03/12/2021

Respondent: Mr Luke Holmes

Legally compliant? Not specified

Sound? No

Do not believe the exceptional circumstances test was carried out with any conviction. If it had been the brownfield sites in Red Rose Lane, Blackmore and at Stondon Massey would have been identified and included in LDP.

Object

Representation ID: 30453

Received: 03/12/2021

Respondent: Vera Read

Legally compliant? Not specified

Sound? No

BBC did not carry out exceptional circumstances test, otherwise they would have identified available brownfield sites, 12 houses were built on such a site in 2020/21 in Red Rose Lane Blackmore.

Object

Representation ID: 30456

Received: 03/12/2021

Respondent: Mr Kenneth Read

Legally compliant? Not specified

Sound? No

BBC did not carry out exceptional circumstances test, otherwise they would have identified available brownfield sites, 12 houses were built on such a site in 2020/21 in Red Rose Lane Blackmore.

Object

Representation ID: 30461

Received: 03/12/2021

Respondent: Mrs Jeanette Richardson

Legally compliant? Not specified

Sound? No

BBC did not carry out exceptional circumstances test, otherwise they would have identified available brownfield sites, 12 houses were built on such a site in 2020/21 in Red Rose Lane Blackmore.

Object

Representation ID: 30465

Received: 03/12/2021

Respondent: Mr Keith Richardson

Legally compliant? Not specified

Sound? No

BBC did not carry out exceptional circumstances test, otherwise they would have identified available brownfield sites, 12 houses were built on such a site in 2020/21 in Red Rose Lane Blackmore.

Object

Representation ID: 30476

Received: 04/12/2021

Respondent: Mr Ken Holmes

Legally compliant? Not specified

Sound? No

Do not believe the exceptional circumstances test was carried out with any conviction. If it had been the brownfield sites in Red Rose Lane, Blackmore and at Stondon Massey would have been identified and included in LDP.

Object

Representation ID: 30496

Received: 04/12/2021

Respondent: Mrs Lucille Foreman

Legally compliant? Not specified

Sound? No

What are the "exceptional circumstances" that suggest that R25 and R26 should be released from Green Belt as the arguments put forward at the Hearings (from Brentwood Borough Council, the developer and legal teams) do not appear to contain any substance. The statement that Red Rose Lane is a defendable
boundary does not take into consideration housing on the north side, the new Stonebond development (on brownfield lane) and the existing housing along the Chelmsford Road, Nine Ashes Road and Spriggs Lane There does not appear to be any "exceptional circumstances" and the fact that there is no objectively assessed housing needs investigation only underlines this.

Object

Representation ID: 30502

Received: 04/12/2021

Respondent: Mr Colin Foreman

Legally compliant? Not specified

Sound? No

What are the "exceptional circumstances" that suggest that R25 and R26 should be released from Green Belt as the arguments put forward at the Hearings (from Brentwood Borough Council, the developer and legal teams) do not appear to contain any substance. The statement that Red Rose Lane is a defendable
boundary does not take into consideration housing on the north side, the new Stonebond development (on brownfield lane) and the existing housing along the Chelmsford Road, Nine Ashes Road and Spriggs Lane There does not appear to be any "exceptional circumstances" and the fact that there is no objectively assessed housing needs investigation only underlines this.