Question 8
Support
Strategic Growth Options
Representation ID: 11263
Received: 13/02/2015
Respondent: Denis Nobbs
Yes. Our town centre, has been run down due to the number of eating places and charity shops. We should encourage small traders and support them by reducing car parking costs.
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Support
Strategic Growth Options
Representation ID: 11281
Received: 16/02/2015
Respondent: Mr James Beenham
Yes.
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Support
Strategic Growth Options
Representation ID: 11298
Received: 16/02/2015
Respondent: Mrs Lynda Hills
Yes I feel it is important to follow a "Town Centre First" approach firstly to maintain a viable and focussed area for shopping. Secondly out of town shopping centres add to increased volumes of traffic on the road.
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Support
Strategic Growth Options
Representation ID: 11311
Received: 16/04/2015
Respondent: Mr W P Wix
Yes, but no point if most housing is south of A127. Unreliable bus service from West Horndon south of A127 (three busses a day in and back to Brentwood). Dunton unknown as yet but more likely to shop in Laindon.
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Support
Strategic Growth Options
Representation ID: 11346
Received: 17/02/2015
Respondent: MRS JANE MILES
This seems the most sensible option all round as there is an existing centre that has slowly developed over the last ten years and that, with focus, could be built upon more swiftly.
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Support
Strategic Growth Options
Representation ID: 11350
Received: 12/02/2015
Respondent: Mr Lukas Warren
Apart from the need for local shops in villages, primary shopping locations should be focused within Town Centres. However, Town Centre First retail development should be preceded by both reliable and regular public transport links to all, including the more rural locations, car parking facilities and road network improvements.
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Support
Strategic Growth Options
Representation ID: 11351
Received: 16/04/2015
Respondent: David and Lesley Peterson
Yes.
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Support
Strategic Growth Options
Representation ID: 11377
Received: 12/02/2015
Respondent: Mr Anthony Warren
Apart from the need for local shops in villages, primary shopping locations should be focused within Town Centres. However, Town Centre First retail development should be preceded by both reliable and regular public transport links to all, including the more rural locations, car parking facilities and road network improvements.
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Support
Strategic Growth Options
Representation ID: 11401
Received: 12/02/2015
Respondent: Mrs Linda Warren
Apart from the need for local shops in villages, primary shopping locations should be focused within Town Centres. However, Town Centre First retail development should be preceded by both reliable and regular public transport links to all, including the more rural locations, car parking facilities and road network improvements.
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Comment
Strategic Growth Options
Representation ID: 11414
Received: 17/02/2015
Respondent: Ms Martine Schweyer
Additional investment in the Brentwood town area is supportable however it has to be carefully managed. Social need versus safe areas to partake in leisure is essential.
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Object
Strategic Growth Options
Representation ID: 11464
Received: 17/02/2015
Respondent: Mr Stephen Tower
No. I am a great believer that if promote a town first approach then this will mean that the high street will get even busier, which will affect the quality of life for Brentwood residents. Out of town opportunities should be explored without destroying green belt land and open spaces
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Support
Strategic Growth Options
Representation ID: 11477
Received: 17/02/2015
Respondent: Mrs Louise Phillips
Yes. It would be nice to get some worth while shops in Brentwood. It is currently a bit of a mismatch. I tend to use Lakeside or the Mayflower estate.
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Support
Strategic Growth Options
Representation ID: 11514
Received: 13/02/2015
Respondent: Hutton Preservation Society
With reservation and common sense.
Because of my very long association with Hutton Preservation Society I have been asked by its secretary (there is no chairman at present) to give our views on this subject.
As longtime members of CPRE and the Metropolitan Green Belt we have fought strenuously over the years to keep this area of Hutton, with its conservation village, without undue building. We do recognise, however, the difficulties the Borough is under, we really have considered the matter impartially.
If Brentwood and Basildon can come to proper agreement, of the three difficult categories this Society feels that of the Dunton Garden Suburb must be the best. It presents so much the better facilities, despite the sad reduction in the Green Belt. There would be opportunity for a sustainable community. In our area we cannot see this happening without drastic change.
1) What prospect has ECC for upgrading the A129 say in the next decade? At times it is infinitely overcrowded, flooded in this area in three places and a source of several accidents. It cannot support heavy construction lorries and nor can the surrounding country lanes. Which are already suffering hugely? A dual carriageway?
2) Much of the suggested farmland has received from DEFRA considerable tax payers money in the form of single farm payments. This could be substantial consideration. It is by no means a huge brownfield site.
3) Like, sadly much of the borough, we have many historical associations, Roman coins, Saxon broaches, Tudor brick kiln and so on are all found along Church Lane, a very early settlement. It is a constant joy to its many walker as this Society has frequently been told. It has poor communal facilities however, no GPs, no immediate state schools, no late evening buses, no easy train service. Transport would need total revision (in this of course I refer only to the Hutton Preservation area). Also this too, this committee felt would apply to the scrubland and scenic villages of your third option, the most difficult and complex of them all.
Thank you for giving us the opportunity to take part in the consultation. We have always been grateful to the Council for helping us to uphold the Green Belt over the years.
Consultation Questionnaire:
Q1: Yes - In a difficult situation they are the best choice.
Q2: Yes.
Q3: Sadly ECC will have a restricted budget for many years. Can we manage transport difficulties to heavy materials needed for growth without maximum disturbance?
Q4: Dunton Garden Suburb.
Q5: Yes - I think needs must, but with care and reluctance.
Q6: Most definitely brownfield sites, even within the Green Belt.
Q7: Yes.
Q8: Yes - With reservation and common sense.
Q9: No - We are very fortunate and have open space and it is much used.
Q10:
Scenic Beauty: 5
Outdoor Recreation/ Leisure Use: 4
Wildlife Interest: 5
Historic Interest: 5
Tranquility: 5
Other - Air Quality: 5
Q11:
Houses: 2
Commercial/ Industrial buildings: 1
Nature Reserves/ Wildlife: 4
Farmland: 4
Woodland: 3
Degraded/ Derelict/ Waste Land: 2
Infrastructure: 2
Leisure/ Recreation Facilities: 4
Q12: Yes - This seems to me to be an exceedingly comprehensive review of a very complex subject. Most of us dislike change but the population pressures on this area and political influence have forced it on us.
Q13: Alas, road structure in my corridor at least coupled with transport in general of which Crossrail is going to be a future unknown entity, both good and bad. And health facilities of all kinds are already a problem with an already exploding population.
Support
Strategic Growth Options
Representation ID: 11526
Received: 17/02/2015
Respondent: Mr Gerald Mountstevens
Yes. Very,very important
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Support
Strategic Growth Options
Representation ID: 11543
Received: 17/02/2015
Respondent: Mr Nicholas Padfield
Yes.
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Support
Strategic Growth Options
Representation ID: 11556
Received: 17/02/2015
Respondent: Mrs Jenny Jobbins
Yes. Subject to ensuring the continued viability of village shops and other businesses by proportionate development.
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Support
Strategic Growth Options
Representation ID: 11567
Received: 17/02/2015
Respondent: Mr Gary Sanders
Yes. But suitable parking needs to be available.
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Support
Strategic Growth Options
Representation ID: 11579
Received: 17/02/2015
Respondent: Mr Garry Steptowe
Yes. Local shops are essential but major shopping locations should be centred within existing larger towns. Good public transport as well as improve road connections have to be developing along with affordable parking facilities to encourage people to shop in town centres.
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Support
Strategic Growth Options
Representation ID: 11591
Received: 17/02/2015
Respondent: Mr Tom Bennett
Yes.
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Support
Strategic Growth Options
Representation ID: 11602
Received: 17/02/2015
Respondent: Mr Kevin Nicholson
Yes. I agree the "Town Centre First" approach should be taken to create employment and housing close by. The development should be centred around the town centres.
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Object
Strategic Growth Options
Representation ID: 11617
Received: 11/02/2015
Respondent: Mr Christopher Ringe
No, not necessarily. Satellite areas with improved facilities/retail etc will also benefit the town centre.
Q1: Generally yes, considering the task Brentwood Council is charged with. I think it is generally well thought out.
Q2: Yes, although transport and access would need to be carefully thought through. If every proposed development has at least one car - the problems speak for themselves.
Q3: No.
[Q3 site 076]: I am directly adjacent to a proposed development site (076). I have lived there since 1967. Had the objections lodged at the time been sustained I would have been deprived of what I consider to be an idyllic life and upbringing. I don't see why other people shouldn't have a crack at it also. As stated, I am more concerned with what would be built and for whom, the type of development and access than the actual building on Green Belt itself.
Q4: A127 corridor. I think this area would benefit most.
Q5: Yes, as time passes all areas need to expand slightly or risk becoming stale. I always think that new buildings - carefully planned mind, can hep to revitalise areas. Most villages are only pleasant to live in because they have been allowed to expand.
Q6: No, brownfield is always preferable, but I have no problem with greenfield. I'm always more concerned with what is actually being built, and for whom, rather than the type of site.
Q7: No thoughts on this.
Q8: No, not necessarily. Satellite areas with improved facilities/retail etc will also benefit the town centre.
Q9: Blackmore is largely open space - make of it what you will.
Q10: Scenic Beauty Attractiveness: 5
Outdoor Recreation / Leisure Use: 5
Wildlife Interest: 5
Historic Interest: 5
Tranquility: 5
Q11: Houses: 3
Commercial / Industrial Buildings: 2
Nature Reserves / Wildlife: 4
Farmland: 4
Woodland: 4
Degraded / Derelict / Waste Land: 1
Infrastructure: 2
Leisure / Recreation Facilities: 3
Q12: There are more than likely other issues but generally I think it is a well proposed plan.
Q13: Roads and transport links.
Support
Strategic Growth Options
Representation ID: 11629
Received: 17/02/2015
Respondent: Mr Richard Wright
Yes.
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Comment
Strategic Growth Options
Representation ID: 11642
Received: 17/02/2015
Respondent: Mr Martin Clark
Difficult whilst the 'Towie' culture exists. Less boutiques and resturants with more genuine retail outlets required.
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Support
Strategic Growth Options
Representation ID: 11683
Received: 11/02/2015
Respondent: Mrs Blanche Dust
Yes.
Q1: Yes. My main concern is that by allowing landowners of Green Belt sites to put forward their land for inclusion in the Plan, it will put a blight on households that border their land.
Q2: Yes.
Q3: Don't agree to the following sites in the Plan:
028 A/B/C Land East of Running Waters, Brentwood
067 A/B Salmonds Farm, Salmonds Grove, Ingrave
146 Land adjacent to Hillcrest Nursery
192 Heron Hall, Herongate
183 Former sewage pumping station, Ingrave Hall, Ingrave
Q4: West Horndon.
Q5: Don't know.
Q6: Develop brownfield sites.
Q7: Yes.
Q8: Yes.
Q9: No.
Q10: Scenic Beauty Attractiveness: 5
Outdoor Recreation / Leisure Use: 5
Wildlife Interest: 5
Historic Interest: 5
Tranquility: 5
Other - Public Footpaths: 5
Q11: Houses: 3
Commercial / Industrial Buildings: 2
Nature Reserves / Wildlife: 3
Farmland: 3
Woodland: 2
Degraded / Derelict / Waste Land: 1
Infrastructure: 2
Leisure / Recreation Facilities: 2
Q12: Yes.
Q13: Schools, healthcare.
Support
Strategic Growth Options
Representation ID: 11703
Received: 11/02/2015
Respondent: Mr Peter Dust
Yes.
Q1: Yes. I am concerned that by allowing landowners of Green Belt sites to put forward their land for inclusion in the Plan, it will put a blight on properties that border their land.
Q2: Yes.
Q3: Don't agree to the following sites in the Plan:
028 A/B/C Land East of Running Waters, Brentwood
067 A/B Salmonds Farm, Salmonds Grove, Ingrave
146 Land adjacent to Hillcrest Nursery
192 Heron Hall, Herongate
183 Former sewage pumping station, Ingrave Hall, Ingrave
Q4: West Horndon.
Q5: Don't know.
Q6: Develop brownfield sites.
Q7: Yes.
Q8: Yes.
Q9: No.
Q10: Scenic Beauty Attractiveness: 5
Outdoor Recreation / Leisure Use: 5
Wildlife Interest: 5
Historic Interest: 5
Tranquility: 5
Other - Public Footpaths: 5
Q11: Houses: 3
Commercial / Industrial Buildings: 2
Nature Reserves / Wildlife: 4
Farmland: 4
Woodland: 2
Degraded / Derelict / Waste Land: 1
Infrastructure: 2
Leisure / Recreation Facilities: 2
Q12: Yes.
Q13: Schools, healthcare.
Support
Strategic Growth Options
Representation ID: 11726
Received: 12/02/2015
Respondent: Mr Graham Cooper
Yes. The Town Centre should remain sustainable and improvements made.
Q1: Yes. I understand the need for growth, but any considered areas must take local resident views into account. Infrastructure must be one of the most important points, and what impact will development bring.
Q2: Yes. Any Local Plan must take all aspects into account with all residents views taken into account to have a good outcome.
Q3: Yes. When reading the consultations regarding the Brentwood Strategic Growth Options, it would appear to me that the most suitable options would be the Dunton Garden Suburb as the existing travel links are already in place.
Q4: As stated above [see Rep ID 11719] Dunton Garden Suburb would be most suitable. Very good travel links, which would help travel.
Q5: Yes. Only after all other options have been considered.
Q6: Brownfield sites would be better.
Q7: Yes. That's why Dunton Garden is a good plan.
Q8: Yes. The Town Centre should remain sustainable and improvements made.
Q9: No. Other than farmland there is not much open space left, that would be suitable.
Q10: Scenic Beauty Attractiveness: 5
Outdoor Recreation / Leisure Use: 4
Wildlife Interest: 5
Historic Interest: 4
Tranquility: 5
Other - Peace: 5
Q11: Houses: 4
Commercial / Industrial Buildings: 2
Nature Reserves / Wildlife: 4
Farmland: 4
Woodland: 3
Degraded / Derelict / Waste Land: 1
Infrastructure: 2
Leisure / Recreation Facilities: 2
Q12: Yes.
Q13: Suitable housing with good transport links.
Support
Strategic Growth Options
Representation ID: 11745
Received: 12/02/2015
Respondent: Mr Thomas Lennon
Yes. It is important that a Town Centre First approach is taken to improve retail development in order to promote growth in employment.
Q1: Yes. All areas have separate issues to be considered.
Q2: Yes. 1) Social housing would be beneficial to allow growth in the villages, in particular brownfield sites. 2) A new bypass is essential to ensure increased traffic is diverted and not interrupt progress in the Town Centre. 3) This area offers the best option for housing and road networks.
Q3: Yes. Housing in these areas should be sympathetic to the local neighbourhoods.
Q4: The A127 Corridor offers the best opportunities for growth and development.
Q5: No. There appears to be enough scope for development alone for housing or new business interests to bring employment growth into the area.
Q6: No. In an ideal world it would be preferable to develop brownfield sites before intruding onto greenfield sites.
Q7: Yes. It is imperative that new sites sit in isolation and are served by separate networks in order not to intrude into housing development.
Q8: Yes. It is important that a Town Centre First approach is taken to improve retail development in order to promote growth in employment.
Q9: No this area is semi rural, there are two large playing fields with children's play areas and one small field with children's playground. To provide further open spaces would mean intrusion into the Green Belt areas.
Q10: Scenic Beauty Attractiveness: 4
Outdoor Recreation / Leisure Use: 4
Wildlife Interest: 5
Historic Interest: 3
Tranquility: 4
Other - Public Footpaths: 5
Q11: Houses: 2
Commercial / Industrial Buildings: 2
Nature Reserves / Wildlife: 4
Farmland: 4
Woodland: 4
Degraded / Derelict / Waste Land: 2
Infrastructure: 2
Leisure / Recreation Facilities: 2
Other - Public Footpaths: 4
Q12: Yes. New and much improved broadband connection would be a considerable asset.
Q13: This would be expensive (any figure, not known) but necessary.
Support
Strategic Growth Options
Representation ID: 11774
Received: 12/02/2015
Respondent: Mr Donald Mackenzie
Yes.
Q1: Yes.
Q2: Yes.
Q3: Yes. Doddinghurst does not have the infrastructure to support further development. Small school, shop car park already overflowing, narrow twisting roads in and out of village. The suggested development would substantially dilute the quality of life in this rural community.
Q5: No.
Q6: Brownfield sites should be given priority.
Q7: Yes.
Q8: Yes.
Q9: No.
Q10: Scenic Beauty Attractiveness: 5
Outdoor Recreation / Leisure Use: 5
Wildlife Interest: 5
Historic Interest: 5
Tranquility: 5
Q11: Houses: 3
Commercial / Industrial Buildings: 2
Nature Reserves / Wildlife: 4
Farmland: 4
Woodland: 4
Degraded / Derelict / Waste Land: 1
Infrastructure: 1
Leisure / Recreation Facilities: 2
Q12: No.
Q13: To build new homes adjacent to easily accessible amenities such as shops and restaurants.
Support
Strategic Growth Options
Representation ID: 11810
Received: 12/02/2015
Respondent: Mr and Mrs John and Linda Minch
Yes. There does need to be local shops for villages but focus needs to be on Town Centres.
Q1: Yes. Splitting the Borough into three areas appears to make sense due to the different characteristics of these areas.
Q2: No. Road and rail infrastructure is overstretched. A127 at peak times is at a standstill and c2c is packed at peak times with no seats available, which will only get worse. Flood risk has not been assessed, we have flooding in Thorndon Avenue and roads around Dunton often flooded on slip road.
Q3: Yes. 020 and 021 industrial estates in West Horndon are brownfield sites and in my opinion if we have to have extra housing, this would be the preferred option, rather than Green Belt land. But there would need to have schools, doctors and public transport to satisfy demand.
Q4: Site 200 (Dunton Garden Suburb) is preferred to other sites as it would give a large number of housing in one location, although it would put a strain on surrounding road and rail networks.
Q5: Yes. Suitable sites should be included in the A12 Corridor to spread the impact on one area.
Q6: Where there are suitable brownfield sites these should be developed first as in West Horndon Industrial Park as it provides housing in a good location without damaging Green Belt land.
Q7: Yes. To relocate employment sites such as West Horndon Industrial Park it is important that it is within the A12 Corridor with good access to major road networks but ideally with access to public transport.
Q8: Yes. There does need to be local shops for villages but focus needs to be on Town Centres.
Q9: Yes. The park in Cadogan Avenue in West Horndon could be enhanced and expanded. If they build the Dunton Garden Suburb they could put in park areas.
Q10: Scenic Beauty Attractiveness: 4
Outdoor Recreation / Leisure Use: 3
Wildlife Interest: 4
Historic Interest: 3
Tranquility: 5
Q11: Houses: 3
Commercial / Industrial Buildings: 3
Nature Reserves / Wildlife: 3
Farmland: 4
Woodland: 2
Degraded / Derelict / Waste Land: 1
Infrastructure: 3
Leisure / Recreation Facilities: 2
Q12: Yes. If the Dunton Garden Suburb gets the go ahead it would need a train station, otherwise the residents would drive to neighbouring stations at West Horndon or Laindon which would cause chaos at peak times, and Laindon would not have enough allocated parking in station car parks, and there would need to be better bus services.
Q13: Given the scale of development proposed in A127 Corridor it would need to be evenly spread between education, transport, healthcare, community facilities and green space.
Object
Strategic Growth Options
Representation ID: 11823
Received: 20/04/2015
Respondent: Mrs Doreen Worth
Out of town retail development has been hugely successful because of ease of travel, ease of parking, free parking, parking in close proximity to the shops.
I never go to Brentwood Town Centre because none of the above are true. The A128 is horrendous with its many junctions, mini-roundabouts, traffic lights, the amount of traffic, the constantly changing speed limits etc. On arrival, the only credible place to park is the one multi-storey cark park.
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