MM108

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Object

Schedule of Potential Main Modifications

Representation ID: 30318

Received: 02/12/2021

Respondent: Ms Annie Jackson

Legally compliant? Not specified

Sound? No

Representation Summary:

Houses were reduced from 70 to 50 by BBC due to high level of concerns by majority of Blackmore residents. For the Inspector to just increase back to 70 ignores the point of asking for public response to the LDP.

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Schedule of Potential Main Modifications

Representation ID: 30335

Received: 02/12/2021

Respondent: Mr Ben Holmes

Legally compliant? Not specified

Sound? No

Representation Summary:

Houses were reduced from 70 to 50 by BBC due to high level of concerns by majority of Blackmore residents. For the Inspector to just increase back to 70 ignores the point of asking for public response to the LDP.

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Schedule of Potential Main Modifications

Representation ID: 30389

Received: 03/12/2021

Respondent: Mr John Lester

Legally compliant? Not specified

Sound? No

Representation Summary:

Red Rose Lane is a lane and would not support access or egress to the proposed development R26. It frequently floods and developing on this Green Belt area will only cause the problem to become worse. Access through Orchard Piece is not suitable for plant and heavy vehicles doing development, potentially 120, would be a noise nuisance to current occupants. Entry into Fingrith Hall Road would be a traffic hazard as well as a danger to pedestrians, cyclists etc. This site is not suitable for development.

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Schedule of Potential Main Modifications

Representation ID: 30398

Received: 03/12/2021

Respondent: Mrs Danielle Cohen

Legally compliant? Not specified

Sound? Not specified

Representation Summary:

BBC listened and understood the local issues relating to Blackmore and reduced the number of new dwellings from 70 to 50. The inspectors seem to have ignored this and increased the number back to 70. This is a display or either ignorance or laziness that they refuse to investigate specific sites.

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Schedule of Potential Main Modifications

Representation ID: 30415

Received: 03/12/2021

Respondent: Ms Patricia Taylor

Legally compliant? Not specified

Sound? No

Representation Summary:

Contradicts with MM14C. The sewerage system for Blackmore is over-capacity, this was not considered before R25 and R26 were allocated. Any considerable development within the village, as proposed, would only add to the existing flood risk and drainage problems. The source of the River Wid is just North of Blackmore and regularly floods Red Rose Lane, which has become impassable on 10 occasions over the period Dec-Feb 2021. No mitigation measures could cope and to use this lane as an access point is unsustainable. It is narrow, unlit and without pathways and not a suitable route for emergency vehicles.

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Schedule of Potential Main Modifications

Representation ID: 30417

Received: 03/12/2021

Respondent: Miss Laura Harris

Legally compliant? Not specified

Sound? No

Representation Summary:

Increasing from 50 to 70 is a 40% increase and they were reduced to lower figures as BBC accepted some of residents views about unsuitability of site.

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Schedule of Potential Main Modifications

Representation ID: 30419

Received: 03/12/2021

Respondent: Ms Patricia Taylor

Legally compliant? Not specified

Sound? Not specified

Representation Summary:

An increase in the number of houses proposed to around 70 (and no doubt the developers will press for more)the more the pressure on the village and the flooding and drainage situation increases. NPPF guidelines should not be manipulated the put a village, which is rich in history and is very rural and unique, at risk from all the fall-out from such development. Blackmore has one small Co-op and two public houses, so how it can be classed as a Category 3 Settlement is very questionable. We have no parade of shops (as in Doddinghurst for instance) and we certainly do not have a travel agency!!!

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Schedule of Potential Main Modifications

Representation ID: 30424

Received: 03/12/2021

Respondent: Ms Patricia Taylor

Legally compliant? Not specified

Sound? No

Representation Summary:

Contradicted with SO2 and SO3. Blackmore has very few ‘walkable streets’. Most are narrow dark lanes with no pavements. There are limited bus services. This would add140 cars being used on the badly maintained roads. Sustainable Communities does not automatically come from building houses on green belt. In fact the income of the village could be affected in a negative manner as many people visit the village. A housing needs assessment has not been undertaken. Who will be living in these houses? Not local people, so how this will add to the rural economy is questionable.

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Schedule of Potential Main Modifications

Representation ID: 30432

Received: 03/12/2021

Respondent: Mrs Patricia Moulton

Legally compliant? Not specified

Sound? No

Representation Summary:

The house numbers were reduced from 70 to 50 by Brentwood Borough Council due to high levels of concerns by Blackmore residents. Why ask for the public response to the LDP if we are just going to be ignored and the number of houses is increased back to 70.

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Schedule of Potential Main Modifications

Representation ID: 30435

Received: 03/12/2021

Respondent: Mr Malcolm Hurford

Legally compliant? Not specified

Sound? No

Representation Summary:

The plan for vehicular access via Red Rose Lane is inherently flawed as this is a narrow lane which will not tolerate increased traffic giving rise to risk to life and limb to pedestrians, cyclists and horse riders who regularly use this narrow lane. There are no pathways or street lighting which further increases the risk when introducing more vehicles to the lane. It is acknowledged as a critical drainage area in the document but there is little depth to the mitigation required the developer. Blackmore is in a critical drainage area and sustainable drainage systems will not provide a workable solution, green fields clearly provide a more effective solution.

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Schedule of Potential Main Modifications

Representation ID: 30437

Received: 03/12/2021

Respondent: Mr Kevin Wood

Legally compliant? No

Sound? No

Representation Summary:

The proposal to increase the proposed number of dwellings on sites R25 and R26, where in both instances the numbers had previously been reduced as the original number was not considered appropriate seems nonsensical. These proposals to build on greenfield sites on what is potentially good quality agricultural land also make no sense. The proposed developments are on the edge of, and on higher ground than, a known flood risk area. Building on the existing greenfield areas is only going to increase the flood risk to the houses within the flood zone.
Red Rose Lane, which is one of the proposed access was flooded and impassable on a number of occasions during the period of the original consultation. The alternative suggestions now added for R26 of access via Fingrith Hall Lane or Orchard Piece are also not viable as the access from Fingrith Hall Lane would require a new road either on or very close to the existing junction between Red Rose Lane and Fingrith Hall Lane, and Orchard Piece is a cul-de-sac and therefore access from there would create an unreasonable amount of disruption for existing residents of that road.

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Schedule of Potential Main Modifications

Representation ID: 30448

Received: 03/12/2021

Respondent: Mr Edward Turner

Legally compliant? Not specified

Sound? No

Representation Summary:

The reason for selecting Blackmore for 70 new dwellings needs to be reviewed. BBC need to be transparent and advise how this decision was arrived as Blackmore does not meet any of the strategic BBC tests or meet government guidelines. Blackmore does not fit the criteria of class 3 village, needs to be reviewed by BBC or independent body before the plan goes any further. Environment Agency needs to be involved & their recommendations acted upon. There is no evidence that an exceptional circumstances test was carried out to allow the release of Green Belt that fits government guideline.

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Schedule of Potential Main Modifications

Representation ID: 30450

Received: 03/12/2021

Respondent: Mr Luke Holmes

Legally compliant? Not specified

Sound? No

Representation Summary:

Houses were reduced from 70 to 50 by BBC due to high level of concerns by majority of Blackmore residents. For the Inspector to just increase back to 70 ignores the point of asking for public response to the LDP.

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Schedule of Potential Main Modifications

Representation ID: 30478

Received: 04/12/2021

Respondent: Mr Ken Holmes

Legally compliant? Not specified

Sound? No

Representation Summary:

Houses were reduced from 70 to 50 by BBC due to high level of concerns by majority of Blackmore residents. For the Inspector to just increase back to 70 ignores the point of asking for public response to the LDP.

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Schedule of Potential Main Modifications

Representation ID: 30481

Received: 04/12/2021

Respondent: Mr Colin Holbrook

Legally compliant? Not specified

Sound? No

Representation Summary:

The Plan is unsound as not consistent with NPPF in various aspects
Sustainable Development
Under NPPF para 16(a) a plan must be prepared with the objective of contributing to the achievement of sustainable development. The plan fails this objective when it contains sites (i.e. R25 & R26) that will be subject to, or exacerbate, flooding. This is confirmed in Para 159 which requires developments to be made safe for its lifetime without increasing flood risk elsewhere. There is no evidence to support that this policy requirement can be met as no site assessment has been carried out on any sites in the LDP and certainly not for R25 & R26. This has been specifically pointed out at every stage of the LDP flawed process. To seek to make corrections and after the event condition is poor planning, as such should have been considered and dealt with prior to allocation (i.e. there should be no allocation if there is an issue unless clear evidence that it is a nonissue or can be overcome by a specified method).
Government Inspectors in other locations have required a higher level of sustainability to release Green Belt land where the sites were considered unsustainable, due to "lack of access to sustainable modes of transport" and/ or "reducing private car usage and establishing better public transport". These issues are a very significant problem for R25 & R26 even before any additional development takes place, but has not been addressed by the LOP nor the Inspectors (unlike their counterparts elsewhere in the country).
Green Belt
Altering the boundaries of the existing green belt must be done through new or updated local plans and "exceptional circumstances" are required to justify this. Before green belt boundaries are redrawn, an
authority must demonstrate that it has "examined all other reasonable options for meeting its identified need for development", including making use of brownfield land, and exploring whether neighbouring authorities can help meet its needs. This can't be demonstrated as BBC has failed to examine other options e.g. : It did not consider including a brownfield site in Blackmore which has subsequently been successfully developed after support from BVHA; it did not explore potential for large development in Epping Forest which sits on the borough borders and directly negatively impacts Blackmore
infrastructure, facilities and services without compromising anything for Epping Forest.
NPPF (para 11) says that the titled balance - i.e. in favour of granting development where there is no up-to-date local plan - is disapplied where there are clear policies to reject. Footnote 7 to para 11 confirms that Green Belt but also "areas at risk of flooding" are some exceptions - R25 and R26 [currently] fall within both. Taking this further, para 11(b) confirms that objectively assessed needs (i.e.
for housing/ housing supply) do not need to be met by strategic policies where protective policies of the NPPF (i.e. as identified in footnote 7) provide a strong reason for restricting the overall scale etc of development or any adverse impacts of meeting housing need in full would significantly and demonstrably outweigh the benefits when assessed in the round.
Sites require" exceptional circumstances" to justify Green Belt release. Whilst site unsuitability is not sufficient reason alone to keep it in Green Belt, it is equally true that site suitability for development (housing) is not sufficient reason alone to justify Green Belt release. More is needed. This all comes back to, are there areas where release of the Green Belt is more apt? - eg poorer quality Green Belt land exists, or there is brownfield land within the Green Belt that should be released first etc.

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Schedule of Potential Main Modifications

Representation ID: 30485

Received: 04/12/2021

Respondent: Mrs Sara Harris

Legally compliant? Not specified

Sound? No

Representation Summary:

BBC recognised the error of including R25 & R26 and went as far as partially mitigating the situation by reducing the number of houses. The Inspectors showing total ignorance of local problems and refusing to look at, or judge any individual sites blindly propose increasing the numbers back to an arbitrary National standard and increased the total number to 70 houses on these sites.
This makes the a bad situation worse and renders the sites (and therefore the Plan whilst they remain) unsustainable.

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Schedule of Potential Main Modifications

Representation ID: 30491

Received: 04/12/2021

Respondent: Mr James Harris

Legally compliant? Not specified

Sound? No

Representation Summary:

Also Chris Hossack visited Blackmore advised that over 50% of entire objections to development in LDP were from Blackmore. He advised no point asking for residents views if you are going to ignore. So he reduced number of houses from 70 to 50. The Inspector who has no local knowledge increased back to 70 which defeats whole point of consultations.
Blackmore has 354 dwellings, BBC is proposing additional 70 plus 12 already built in 2021, in Red Rose Lane total 82, which is a 23% increase no village can take such as increase without serious detrimental effects on its infrastructure.

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Schedule of Potential Main Modifications

Representation ID: 30498

Received: 04/12/2021

Respondent: Mrs Lucille Foreman

Legally compliant? Not specified

Sound? No

Representation Summary:

Both sites are located in a critical drainage area, there is
significant water run of and frequent flooding from the River Wid. The increase in housing numbers from around 50 to around 70 means that with the greater the number the more the risk factors increase: flooding, drainage capacity, infrastructure issues (roads, schools, health services). Brentwood Borough Council understood this, hence the Focussed Consultation of November 2019. The NPPF guidelines should be forced to retrofit a flawed strategy in a historic, unique, remote, rural village,
Category 3 Settlement - there is no parade of shops, there is no travel agency.
There is one small Co-Op store for day-to-day needs, together with a hairdressers, two pubs, and a teashop (What village in England does not have a tea shop or a
pub).
MM116 Appendix 2
SO2 Sustainable Means of Travel and Walkable Streets - 70 extra homes means more cars, more journeys, more congestion in the village centre and more pollution. Many of the lanes in Blackmore are not safely "walkable" as they are too narrow with no pavements.
SO3 - Deliver Sustainable Communities - building extra homes will not create any employment opportunities, support the rural economy or enhance community facilities. However, other "zombie" villages nearby do need this regeneration.
Strategic thought needs to be given to the sustainability of villages in the north of the Borough. In Policy MG06 it is stated that a Housing Needs Assessment needs to be
undertaken before the next LDP is constructed in the short term, begs the question "why is this not done first" before Blackmore is selected.
With regard to other reference points in the MM paper.
Page 3 - promoting sustainable mobility - this cannot be ticked by building in Blackmore
Page 4 creating environmental net gain - building on Green Belt in Blackmore will destroy the significant wildlife that current inhabits the R25 and R26 green fields.
Page 54/56 promoting improved choices in modes of transport - this underlines the paradox of Brentwood Borough Council's strategy versus its developer led decision to promote building in Blackmore.
Sustainability Appraisal September 2021
Page 5 - community and wellbeing - the comments in this paragraph underline that Brentwood Borough Council has zero understanding of the community that has been
created by villagers of Blackmore over the decades, and it is appalling that and not acceptable that BBC think that concerns are not significant. The work done with
Stonebond on a brownfield site in Blackmore shows that we are not just "Nimbys".
Page 8 Reasonable Alternatives - in July 2018 Redrose Farm was presented as a reasonable alternative a brownfield site, which was subsequently ignored and then
used as a "windfall" site, and pressed ahead with developer led destruction of the Green Belt.
Page 9 - Omission Sites - Honeypot Lane (a long-standing "included" site) was voted out of the LDP due to site access issues and being on Green Belt and Blackmore was voted in , despite even more difficult access issues and being Green Belt - where is the consistency and strategy.
In a village of c.350 dwellings to add c.70 (an c.20% increase) it is quite clear that the decision to build in Blackmore is developer led and opportunistic and does not "tick the boxes in Brentwood Borough Council's own limited strategic thinking.
In conclusion, it would appear that the decision to use Green Belt in Blackmore is developer led and the only consideration being given to the amount of profitability
there is to be made. No consideration, has been given to the concerns of the residents or the findings of professionals concerning drainage, flooding, etc.

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Schedule of Potential Main Modifications

Representation ID: 30504

Received: 04/12/2021

Respondent: Mr Colin Foreman

Legally compliant? Not specified

Sound? No

Representation Summary:

Both sites are located in a critical drainage area, there is
significant water run of and frequent flooding from the River Wid. The increase in housing numbers from around 50 to around 70 means that with the greater the number the more the risk factors increase: flooding, drainage capacity, infrastructure issues (roads, schools, health services). Brentwood Borough Council understood this, hence the Focussed Consultation of November 2019. The NPPF guidelines should be forced to retrofit a flawed strategy in a historic, unique, remote, rural village,
Category 3 Settlement - there is no parade of shops, there is no travel agency.
There is one small Co-Op store for day-to-day needs, together with a hairdressers, two pubs, and a teashop (What village in England does not have a tea shop or a
pub).
MM116 Appendix 2
SO2 Sustainable Means of Travel and Walkable Streets - 70 extra homes means more cars, more journeys, more congestion in the village centre and more pollution. Many of the lanes in Blackmore are not safely "walkable" as they are too narrow with no pavements.
SO3 - Deliver Sustainable Communities - building extra homes will not create any employment opportunities, support the rural economy or enhance community facilities. However, other "zombie" villages nearby do need this regeneration.
Strategic thought needs to be given to the sustainability of villages in the north of the Borough. In Policy MG06 it is stated that a Housing Needs Assessment needs to be
undertaken before the next LDP is constructed in the short term, begs the question "why is this not done first" before Blackmore is selected.
With regard to other reference points in the MM paper.
Page 3 - promoting sustainable mobility - this cannot be ticked by building in Blackmore
Page 4 creating environmental net gain - building on Green Belt in Blackmore will destroy the significant wildlife that current inhabits the R25 and R26 green fields.
Page 54/56 promoting improved choices in modes of transport - this underlines the paradox of Brentwood Borough Council's strategy versus its developer led decision to promote building in Blackmore.
Sustainability Appraisal September 2021
Page 5 - community and wellbeing - the comments in this paragraph underline that Brentwood Borough Council has zero understanding of the community that has been
created by villagers of Blackmore over the decades, and it is appalling that and not acceptable that BBC think that concerns are not significant. The work done with
Stonebond on a brownfield site in Blackmore shows that we are not just "Nimbys".
Page 8 Reasonable Alternatives - in July 2018 Redrose Farm was presented as a reasonable alternative a brownfield site, which was subsequently ignored and then
used as a "windfall" site, and pressed ahead with developer led destruction of the Green Belt.
Page 9 - Omission Sites - Honeypot Lane (a long-standing "included" site) was voted out of the LDP due to site access issues and being on Green Belt and Blackmore was voted in , despite even more difficult access issues and being Green Belt - where is the consistency and strategy.
In a village of c.350 dwellings to add c.70 (an c.20% increase) it is quite clear that the decision to build in Blackmore is developer led and opportunistic and does not "tick the boxes in Brentwood Borough Council's own limited strategic thinking.
In conclusion, it would appear that the decision to use Green Belt in Blackmore is developer led and the only consideration being given to the amount of profitability
there is to be made. No consideration, has been given to the concerns of the residents or the findings of professionals concerning drainage, flooding, etc.

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Object

Schedule of Potential Main Modifications

Representation ID: 30512

Received: 04/12/2021

Respondent: Blackmore Village Heritage Association

Agent: Blackmore Village Heritage Association

Legally compliant? Not specified

Sound? No

Representation Summary:

Deletion of (b), the ridiculous 'minimum 25% reserved for locals etc' clause, was inevitable to all bar the Councillors who voted in favour of it.
- What did not become clear during the Hearings, in spite of the very good questions posed by Mrs Wright, is how this clause came to be there in the first place. It certainly did not come from anything akin to a 'Village housing
need', it was simply proposed as a means of stifling any proper debate about the late inclusion of R25 and R26 into the Plan, at the ECM in November 2018. As BBC's own Barrister summed it up nicely at the Hearing on 03.02.2021, it was 'embarrassing'.
- This is mentioned, as it is about time the true context as to why these (previously long-standing omission) sites suddenly and unexpectedly became 'included'....and at the same time other previously 'included' sites became 'omission' sites, and could not therefore be discussed at the Hearings. Where is / was the strategic thinking?
- Access to R26 and R26. Various issues to flag up, including: Redrose Lane is wholly inadequate for this purpose, and ECC Highways need to look into this matter again. It is a narrow, single track lane, with no pavements and no accessible grass verge. Quite apart from the frequent flooding, there is a real danger to walkers; cyclists; horse-riders; and wildlife, that frequent the lanes. Red rose Lane is inadequate for existing vehicle users, including lorry access restrictions, let alone what will happen if another (around) 70 houses are built.
- Orchard Piece as an alternative access road (R26): Presumably that has been added due to the realisation of the flooding and other drawbacks identified along Redrose Lane? Orchard Piece is a quiet, residential, cul­
de-sac, and will be totally unsuitable for an additional several hundred traffic movements per day, especially given the number of young children who live and play in the Close.
- 'A defendable Boundary'? Not really, in fact there are already around 100 houses and mobile homes to the north of this Lane, plus the (currently illegal) Travellers' camp.
- Proposed changes to site allocations (back up to around 70 from around 60): the Sustainability Appraisal comments on page 5, 'Community and Wellbeing' are a massive understatement and further evidence of the
lack of knowledge and understanding of our community. There are currently 354 homes in Blackmore, add 70 equals a 20% increase, plus all the housing that EFDC has had built on the Village borders. It comes back to the points raised earlier about Village resources and infrastructure - it is not sustainable development. In fact, it would destroy the sustainable community that already exists, and which has been built over many decades. It would have a serious detrimental impact on: lives; resources; infrastructure etc. MM1 and MM2 'rules' need to be applied here.

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Object

Schedule of Potential Main Modifications

Representation ID: 30530

Received: 06/12/2021

Respondent: Mrs Margaret Roast

Legally compliant? Not specified

Sound? No

Representation Summary:

Proposed change to access through Orchard Piece is unacceptable. A quite but bust cul-de-sac with its own and existing issues of parking and access. Would be made unsafe by this change.

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Schedule of Potential Main Modifications

Representation ID: 30540

Received: 06/12/2021

Respondent: Mrs Joanne Ryan

Legally compliant? Not specified

Sound? No

Representation Summary:

Houses were reduced from 70 to 50 by BBC due to high level of concerns by majority of Blackmore residents. For the Inspector to just increase back to 70 ignores the point of asking for public response to the LDP.

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Schedule of Potential Main Modifications

Representation ID: 30548

Received: 06/12/2021

Respondent: Mrs Joan Westover

Legally compliant? Not specified

Sound? No

Representation Summary:

Houses were reduced from 70 to 50 - which I oppose to even 50 new homes being built. It would not be classified as a village if we are doing to continue building.

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Schedule of Potential Main Modifications

Representation ID: 30563

Received: 06/12/2021

Respondent: Mr John Richardson

Legally compliant? Not specified

Sound? No

Representation Summary:

The whole point of reducing the number of houses was in response to the effect the greater number will have on the historical village of Blackmore. To increase the number of houses to maximise land utilisation completely misses this point.
Access to field R26 via Orchard Piece is undesirable due to the road being a quite cul-de-sac with children playing safely without traffic.
Orchard Piece is a narrow road on which some residents park their cars. If the flow of traffic is increased, they would be forced to park on the front gardens, which will further increase the concrete, reducing water drainage.

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Schedule of Potential Main Modifications

Representation ID: 30567

Received: 06/12/2021

Respondent: Mr John Warner

Legally compliant? No

Sound? No

Representation Summary:

Local borough council after investigation reduced the number of dwellings in Blackmore from 70 to 50. The Inspectors increased the numbers back to 70. They have no knowledge the sites or implications of that. They cite NPPF as their justification in using an National density 'guide' but totally ignore NPPF guidance in other aspects of their comments. Those other guides would preclude any development at all on the sites.

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Local borough council after investigation reduced the number of dwellings in Blackmore from 70 to 50. The Inspectors increased the numbers back to 70. They have no knowledge the sites or implications of that. They cite NPPF as their justification in using an National density 'guide' but totally ignore NPPF guidance in other aspects of their comments. Those other guides would preclude any development at all on the sites.

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Schedule of Potential Main Modifications

Representation ID: 30571

Received: 06/12/2021

Respondent: Blackmore Village Heritage Association

Legally compliant? Not specified

Sound? No

Representation Summary:

Deletion of (b), the 'minimum 25% reserved for locals etc' clause, is pretty obvious.
- However, what did not come to light in the Hearings, is why this clause is there in the first place. As it certainly did not come from village demand in fact it was deemed ridiculous by BVHA when promoted and voted on at the ECM in November 2018.
- No it was introduced to stifle proper debate, ad as BBCs own Barrister put it on 01.02.21 it was embarrasing.
- Again MM1 and MM2 - The 50's have been ignored.
- The above is the true context behind these sites (previously omission sites) suddenly and unexpectedly being included at Reg 18 and it is something that needs to go on record. It has nothing to do with strategic thinking. In fact it is the polar opposite of a proper strategy.
- Access to R26 and R26. Redrose Lane is wholly inadequate for this purpose, narrow, single track lane, no pavements, frequent flooding and a danger to wildlife and humans (walkers, cyclists, horse riders etc). It might not have received protected land status (Sustainability Appraisal refers), but Redrose Lane is inadequate for existing vehicle usage (including lorry restrictions) and certainly should not be threatened with an additional 700 (plus?) vehicle movements per day.
- It is not a defendable boundary look at the number of houses already to the north of Redrose Lane.
- Orchard Piece as an alternative access road (R26): Presumably that has been added in because the above comments have been taken on board but Orchard Piece is a quiet, residential, cul­-de-sac. Again totally unfit for purpose as a new access route.
- Proposed changes to site allocations (back up to around 70 from around 60): the Sustainability Appraisal comments on page 5, 'Community and Wellbeing' is a massive understatement and further evidence of the
lack of understanding of our community. A 20% increase in total dwellings (on top of all the other well documented development going on around Blackmore including EFDC) is not sustainable: (354 + 70 +EFDC housing, plus, plus). In fact, it will destroy the sustainable community that has been built over many decades and it will have a serious detrimental impact on lives, resources, infrastructure etc etc. MM1 and MM2 rules should apply.

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Schedule of Potential Main Modifications

Representation ID: 30572

Received: 06/12/2021

Respondent: Mrs Judith Wood

Legally compliant? Not specified

Sound? Yes

Representation Summary:

R25 and R26 have been increased - total for the two site equaling 70 new homes. Land is higher than the rest of the village increasing the flooding issues. Village is a CDA. Existing infrastructure and services (roads, school places, GP surgery) at capacity. Sites are green belt.

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Schedule of Potential Main Modifications

Representation ID: 30578

Received: 06/12/2021

Respondent: Mrs Alison Ratcliffe

Legally compliant? No

Sound? No

Representation Summary:

Redrose Lane is a narrow, dangerous, single carriageway. It floods incessantly, cars frequently get stuck in flood water. To consider using it as an access road would be negligent, as well as unsound. Why were the numbers increased on sites R25 and R26? Development of these sites cannot be considered sound.

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Schedule of Potential Main Modifications

Representation ID: 30588

Received: 06/12/2021

Respondent: Mrs Lesley Richardson

Legally compliant? Not specified

Sound? No

Representation Summary:

This is an area of critical drainage. Already problems with surface water in village. Notable flooding events in 1987, 2016 and 2018. So why have development at all uphill from village, let alone increase plans from 50 to 70 houses. The infrastructure in the area is already struggling, so why put more on it.

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Schedule of Potential Main Modifications

Representation ID: 30595

Received: 06/12/2021

Respondent: Mr Raymond Thompson

Legally compliant? Not specified

Sound? No

Representation Summary:

Houses were reduced from 70 to 50 houses due to residents concerns. Fir this to be increased back to 70 disregards the public response which was asked for.

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