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Q1: Yes.

Q2: Yes.

Q3: Yes - The use of brownfield sites with good local amenities within areas having good local transport to areas that provide employment opportunities is more desirable than greenfield sites with limited amenities and require private transport on country lanes to places of work and schooling.

Q4: Dunton Garden Suburb.

Q5: No.

Q6: No to both but if an option is needed then brownfield site.

Q7: Yes.

Q8: Yes.

Q9: No.

Q10:
Scenic Beauty: 5
Outdoor Recreation/ Leisure Use: 3
Wildlife Interest: 5
Historic Interest: 5
Tranquility: 5

Q11:
Houses: 3
Commercial/Industrial buildings: 1
Nature Reserves/ Wildlife: 4
Farmland: 4
Woodland: 4
Degraded/ Derelict/ Waste land: 1
Infrastructure: 1
Leisure/ Recreation Facilities: 2

Q12: Services such as sewage etc.

Q13: To improve the quality of life without adversely affecting the status quo.

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Q1: Yes.

Q2: Yes.

Q3: Yes - I think you have highlighted the problems of each area very well. As a volunteer for Brentwood Community Transport, I know only too well about the transport problems in the north of the borough!

Q4: The most appropriate location for growth would seem to be the A127 corridor although judicious use of brownfield sites in the A12 corridor could be an option.

Q5: Yes.

Q6: I think that it is obviously better to develop brownfield sites but it might be necessary in some cases to use some greenfield sites, possibly where they overlap.

Q7: Yes.

Q8: Yes.

Q9: No.

Q10:
Scenic Beauty: 5
Outdoor Recreation/ Leisure Use: 5
Wildlife Interest: 5
Historic Interest: 3
Tranquility: 4

Q11:
Houses: 3
Commercial/Industrial buildings: 1
Nature Reserves/ Wildlife: 3
Farmland: 4
Woodland: 3
Infrastructure: 2.5
Leisure/ Recreation Facilities: 2

Q12: Yes - I think you have prioritised all the main infrastructure issues.

Q13: The priorities for spending are as you list them in the consultation document i.e. Education, Healthcare, Transport, Community Facilities, Green Infrastructure.
You have a difficult balancing act providing homes for the future and protecting our lovely surroundings. Good Luck.

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Email: Strategic Growth Options Consultation - incorrectly structured question

Hi

I am in the process of completing the Strategic Growth Options consultation questionnaire and an unable to proceed because of what I consider a serious structural flaw in Q6.

Q6 reads: In order to provide for local needs is in preferable to greenfield sites on the edge of villages to be released, or to develop brownfield sites (both within the green belt)?

A Yes or No answer is required (with the option to comment).

However if the answers to Q6 are to be interpreted statistically, it is clearly not possible to answer a multiple choice question with a yes/no answer. Any qualification in the comment box renders analysis impossible.

This elementary error renders one of the most important questions raised in the consultation meaningless. I cannot believe that such a fundamental mistake in questionnaire construction can have been made on a key issue.

I would regard any answer to this question as invalid.

I would be interested to hear your comments as a matter of urgency.

Q1: Yes.

Q2: Yes.

Q3: Yes - A127 corridor provides access to major roads, A127, A128, M25. Development on other sites would cause major road access problems.

Q4: Option 2 and development east and west of Horndon.

Q5: No - Not if this incorporates Hutton, where increase in road access to west is limited to minor roads, reduced access to walks, woods and ancient sites.

Q6: Greenfield sites on the edges of villages use key to the quality of living in these areas. Development in these areas should be avoided at all costs.

Q7: Yes.

Q8: Yes.

Q9: No - Not unless the social benefits of Green Belt are involved/removed.

Q10:
Scenic Beauty: 5
Outdoor Recreation/ Leisure Use: 5
Wildlife Interest: 4
Historic Interest: 3
Tranquility: 4

Q11:
Houses: 3
Commercial/Industrial buildings: 1
Nature Reserves/ Wildlife: 4
Farmland: 4
Woodland: 3
Degraded/ Derelict/ Waste Land: 1
Infrastructure: 2
Leisure/ Recreation Facilities: 3
Other - Footpaths: 4

Q12: No - Provide greater attention to the effect of reducing Green Belt, the major attraction of living in Brentwood.

Q13:
1. Early development of all brownfield sites excluding Green Belt.
2. Town Centre development.
3. Prioritise joint plan with Basildon - Dunton.
4. Utilise scrubland on south of A127.

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The "North of the Borough" area is made up of mostly villages and rural areas where further development would be detrimental to the character of the area.

Also, most of the villages do not have enough spare capacity in terms of roads, schools, GPs etc to support additional housing.

And the majority of this part of the Borough s Green Belt where development should not be permited.

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Q1: Yes - Option 4 best. Growth everywhere but the opportunity to do something special in Dunton Garden Suburb - environmentally friendly, using existing transport links, renewable energy?

Q2: Yes.
1. North restricted by landscape and road links. Brownfield development of housing where possible and increased primary education.
2. A12 corridor - Improved road (perhaps spur to Brentwood centre and greater retail/ leisure provision there. Thus reduce congestion in Shenfield/Brentwood. Brown sites utilised for housing wherever possible.
3. A127 exciting opportunity to build new homes using latest technology.

Q3: Yes - A127 excellent chance to build sustainable housing for families with own schools, surgeries, retail, leisure facilities. Creation of new jobs. One off opportunity to create 21st century town - ecologically friendly etc.

Q4: Dunton Garden Suburb - Rail and road links there, working in conjunction with Basildon would give greater scope flexibility. Chance to build good affordable housing which can offer future income to the Councils.

Q5: Yes - Seems this is the only viable option to fulfil housing need. As greater capacity than can be provided by brownfield sites within the urban areas is needed best to use sites on the edge rather encroach on open land. Prefer to keep Green Belt between Havering and Brentwood.

Q6: Villages should be allowed to grow as need occurs and subject to schools/surgeries etc being capable of dealing with extra population. Smaller developments or infills preferred.

Q7: Yes - Proposed Brentwood Enterprise Park good idea as could provide employment for Dunton Garden Suburb if carefully planned. Feasibility studies as to the nature of units required and size essential so no white elephant created.

Q8: Yes - Most difficult decision as shopping habits are still changing with so much internet purchasing. Mix of housing and retail good. Baytree Centre and Multi-Story car park could be imaginatively developed for a big store, leaving William Hunter Way for housing. Cinema at Brentwood Centre where ample parking. Corner of High Street/Western Road possible roundabout to alleviate congestion. One way system High Street/ William Hunter Way?

Q9: Yes - Area opposite proposed Officers Meadows development and/or between Merrymeade House and Hall Lane running behind County Ground and Brentwood School grounds.

Q10:
Scenic Beauty/Attractiveness: 4
Outdoor Recreation/Leisure Use: 3
Wildlife Interest: 3
Historic Interest: 4
Tranquility:4

Q11:
Houses: 3
Commercial/ Industrial buildings: 1
Nature Reserves/ Wildlife: 2
Farmland: 3
Woodland: 3
Degraded/ Derelict/ Waste land: 1
Infrastructure: 2
Leisure/ Recreation Facilities: 2

Q12: Yes - If infrastructure is considered alongside development then Shenfield is well placed to cope with the envisaged growth.

Q13: Transport - with Crossrail need to ensure that traffic can bypass Shenfield unless to park to us rail/amenities. Park and Ride good idea. Healthcare and education to cover Officers Meadows development if goes ahead. Community facilities and green infrastructure.

Q1: Yes.

Q2: Yes.

Q3: Yes - The joint venture with Basildon will hopefully alleviate the need to allow inappropriate developments in other parts of the Borough and is my main reason for supporting this particular approach.

Q4: A127 corridor.

Q5: Yes.

Q6: No - Brownfield sites should be identified and used rather than Green Belt.

Q7: Yes.

Q8: Yes - But making sure we have the parking capacity to cope with any development.

Q9: No.

Q10:
Scenic Beauty/Attractiveness: 5
Outdoor Recreation/Leisure Use: 5
Wildlife Interest: 5
Historic Interest: 4
Tranquility:5

Q11:
Houses: 3
Commercial/ Industrial buildings: 2
Nature Reserves/ Wildlife: 3
Farmland: 4
Woodland: 3
Degraded/ Derelict/ Waste land: 1
Infrastructure: 2
Leisure/ Recreation Facilities: 2

Q12: No.

Q13: If the Dunton Garden Suburb scheme is adopted then a BR Station plus significant improvements to the A127.

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Q1: No - The A12 corridor and A127 are the best choices. Keep the north of the borough with its collection of villages as it is. Roads and transport could not cope, difficult as they are.

Q2: Yes - Land north of the borough is getting increasingly vulnerable as landowners try to turn them into 'brownfield' sites.

Q3: Yes - Plots 143, 224, 196, 185, 070 are greenfield sites. In particular 143 will be particularly difficult to develop, the logistics will be a nightmare for the existing residents.

Q4: Dunton.

Q5: Yes.

Q6: No - I chose to live on a village not a town.

Q7: No.

Q8: No.

Q9: No.

Q10:
Scenic Beauty/Attractiveness: 5
Outdoor Recreation/Leisure Use: 5
Wildlife Interest: 5
Historic Interest: 5
Tranquility:5

Q11:
Houses: 2
Commercial/ Industrial buildings: 2
Nature Reserves/ Wildlife: 4
Farmland: 4
Woodland: 4
Degraded/ Derelict/ Waste land: 2
Infrastructure: 1
Leisure/ Recreation Facilities: 2

Q12: Yes - The waiting for appointment to see a doctor is 2-3 weeks now. As influx of new residents will have to be reviewed by the practice seriously. A review of the bus shelters needs to be done.

Q13: Condition of roads.

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Q1: Yes.

Q2: Yes.

Q3: Yes - In general I consider that any use of Green Belt for housing must be rigidly restricted to a base minimum. In particular I object to the use of sites 143, 224, 185, 070, 019 and 185. Due to the lack of infrastructure including transport link, water sewage as well as school places in Doddinghurst area. It would seem inappropriate to include these areas in the "Strategic Growth Options" Plan.

Q4: Site 200 Dunton Garden Suburb.

Q5: No - As previously stated any infringement of Green Belt must be strictly limited.

Q6: Not happy with either proposal.

Q7: No comment.

Q8: Yes - Careful consideration needs to be given to the retail development in the town centre. At present there are too many pubs and eating places. There is a real need for a greater variety of individual shops.

Q9: No.

Q10:
Scenic Beauty/Attractiveness: 5
Outdoor Recreation/Leisure Use: 4
Wildlife Interest: 4
Historic Interest: 4
Tranquility:5
Value of village community: 5

Q11:
Houses: 3
Commercial/ Industrial buildings: 2
Nature Reserves/ Wildlife: 3
Farmland: 4
Woodland: 3
Degraded/ Derelict/ Waste land: 2
Infrastructure: 2
Leisure/ Recreation Facilities: 2

Q12: No - Has sufficient consideration been given to the size and condition of the roads generally in the area with the inevitable increase in the volume of traffic that would ensue.

Q13: Roads, schools, sewage, water, gas and electricity supplies.
Other comments: Having lived in Doddinghurst for many years and noticed the increase in traffic, schools places, housing, etc since we first moved here it would be detrimental to village life and surrounding areas should there be further building development in this area.

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Q1: Yes and No. Growth is essential to life. However, how do we grow? The value of a new garden city is appealing providing this growth is maintained in an orderly way. The growth of villages is not desirable. The infrastructure is not there for growth.
B) A real need for better traffic systems. The trouble is with the M25 it will become full and then where do we go?
C) Agree but road problems like above.

Q2: Yes and No.
A) North of the Borough comment 2.14 agree, comment 2.15 disagree.
B) Broadly agree.
C) Broadly agree.

Q3: The village garden site at Dunton should be the preferred option. As stated enlarging villages causes problems re social, education, roads and then village life becomes town life. Sure there is no difference between the village and town.

Q4: The Dunton site.

Q5: Yes - The A12 is an obvious growth area alongside the corridor. The trouble is again are of infrastructure and urban creep. The A12 is a very busy road. Unless planned well it will become even busier and disrupt the economic well being of the region.

Q6: The green and beautiful land will become not Jerusalem but that of the film 'Blade Runner'. We have a duty to protect it therefore Brownfield sites are the preferred option. Once you take Greenfield sites the next step is to take the next but if greenfield next to the site just developed.

Q7: Yes - Businesses need to access transport links quickly. Locating these near Strategic highway networks is sensible providing safeguards are taken in order to reduce the impact it has on the surrounding areas and general environment.

Q8: Yes - Brentwood needs a 'honeypot'. A store that will encourage people to come. At the same time the individual businesses must be safe and ordered. Parking prices are unjustifiable. In Hornchurch they charge 20p for 2 hours. Make the price somewhere for people to come and enjoy the experience.

Q9: No - After nearly 20 years of living in this village it is noticeable the increase in traffic and the noise that has come with the years. The thought of these two ingredients increasing due to 'more open space provision is numbing. People live in such areas to get away from less open space environment. So why should we have to provide more 'open space provision'. Use brownfield sites!

Q10:
Scenic Beauty/Attractiveness: 5
Outdoor Recreation/Leisure Use: 5
Wildlife Interest: 5
Historic Interest: 5
Tranquility: 5
Other - Breathing space: 5

Q11:
Houses: 3
Commercial/ Industrial buildings: 2
Nature Reserves/ Wildlife: 4
Farmland: 4
Woodland: 3
Degraded/ Derelict/ Waste land: 2
Infrastructure: 2
Leisure/ Recreation Facilities: 2
Other - Wildlife: 4

Q12: Increasing the size of a village by say 40 homes brings a major problem to the infrastructure, education and environment. Litter around the village is not fine. This will increase. Noise will increase. Unsocial behaviour may well develop. Flooding could increase due to the concreting of fields.

Q13: In this area, the roads are bad, potholes come and don't go! Alleviate the areas that flood. Over the past couple of years the flood planes in the roach flood. I hate to think what it will be like when fields disappear. Where will the water go? Provision for infrastructure should be roads and flood alleviation.

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Q1: Yes.

Q2: Yes.

Q3: Yes - We do not have the infrastructure in Blackmore to cope with more homes and a big population. It would spoil the village.

Q4: Dunton Garden Suburb. It would help take the pressure.

Q5: No.

Q6: Brownfield sites within Green Belt plots between existing homes.

Q7: Yes.

Q8: Yes - As "High Streets" are dying.

Q9: No - If left alone, we have enough open spaces.

Q10:
Scenic Beauty/Attractiveness: 5
Outdoor Recreation/Leisure Use: 4
Wildlife Interest: 5
Historic Interest: 5
Tranquility: 5

Q11:
Houses: 2
Commercial/ Industrial buildings: 1
Nature Reserves/ Wildlife: 3
Farmland: 3
Woodland: 3
Degraded/ Derelict/ Waste land: 2
Infrastructure: 2
Leisure/ Recreation Facilities: 3

Q12: Yes.

Q13: Using the rail where possible and take care of wildlife habitat.

Q1: Yes.

Q2: Yes.

Q3: Yes - I don't think our village services could cope with more homes.

Q4: Dunton Garden Suburb to help take off the pressure.

Q5: No.

Q6: Brownfield within Green Belt.

Q7: Yes.

Q8: Yes - Most High Street are in a bad way. So I think we should help support them.

Q9: No - We are lucky to have open spaces.

Q10:
Scenic Beauty/Attractiveness: 5
Outdoor Recreation/Leisure Use: 4
Wildlife Interest: 5
Historic Interest: 5
Tranquility: 5

Q11:
Houses: 2
Commercial/ Industrial buildings: 1
Nature Reserves/ Wildlife: 3
Farmland: 3
Woodland: 3
Degraded/ Derelict/ Waste land: 2
Infrastructure: 2
Leisure/ Recreation Facilities: 3

Q12: Yes.

Q13: Helping protect our wildlife and better transport.

Q1: Yes.

Q2: No - Flood risk and potential is not addressed. Open areas and farmland are vital and not given enough consideration. General infrastructure and transportation is not considered adequately and neither is the impact of road widening schemes.

Q3: Yes - Use of brownfield sites should be considered more effectively for housing over Green Belt, however, the density of housing needs to be considered carefully for the impact on the locality. Flood issues are not considered neither is the impact on natural resources and wildlife, some development in Dunton is preferred with limitations.

Q4: A12 corridor has more potential than A127 and also the greater capacity. Again flood risk is important village environment. Should be maintained. Development of a Dunton village is preferable to growing existing villages.

Q5: Yes.

Q6: Brownfield sites are preferable. Greenfield is essential for food production, local amenities and wildlife use of greenfield should only be considered where no other alternative is available.

Q7: Yes.

Q8: Yes.

Q9: Yes.

Q10:
Scenic Beauty/Attractiveness: 4
Outdoor Recreation/Leisure Use: 3
Wildlife Interest: 5
Historic Interest: 4
Tranquility: 5
Other - Agriculture: 4

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 - The whole road network needs considering as do the serious flood issues. Other infrastructure issues such as adequate drainage and general local amenities.

Q13: Supporting and maintaining existing infrastructure is essential prior to future development.

Q1: Yes.

Q2: Yes.

Q3: Yes - It would seem logical to adopt the A127 corridor option especially if co-operation is obtained with Basildon council's plans. However as I do not know the area well my opinion may well be in conflict with the opinion of West Horndon residents! Some limited development could be possible north of the borough but only limited because the transportation links, schools, sewage etc.

Q4: A127 corridor if this can be reasonably achieved.

Q5: Yes.

Q6: Ideally brownfield sites.

Q7: Yes.

Q8: Yes - However, there is a need to retain existing retail shops in the wider area e.g. in villages to maintain the accessibility and character. Losing shops in the villages would be a disaster for local inhabitants.

Q9: Yes - Yes there would be if the sites at the top of the Woollard Way and Orchard Piece were turned into an allotment area or nature reserve! The agricultural land must be preserved at all costs.

Q10:
Scenic Beauty/Attractiveness: 5
Outdoor Recreation/Leisure Use: 5
Wildlife Interest: 5
Historic Interest: 5
Tranquility: 5

Q11:
Commercial/ Industrial buildings: 2
Nature Reserves/ Wildlife: 3
Farmland: 4
Woodland: 4
Degraded/ Derelict/ Waste land: 1
Infrastructure: 2
Leisure/ Recreation Facilities: 3
Other - Village green, allotment allocations pending

Q12: Yes - But I don't know if you've solved them.

Q13: Road upkeep. Healthcare provision in the villages. Education. But must maintain Green Belt, recreation facilities, green infrastructure. See p.31 section 6.9.
N.B. Not infrastructure but NB the Bus Service must go to the health centres. Old people are dependent on public transport.

Consultation Comments: I would like to protest in the strongest possible terms at the short timescale for completion of this questionnaire. It was only distributed towards the end of this week i.e. 12/02/15 with insufficient and inaccurate supporting information.

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Q1: No - Not all areas seem appropriate.

Q2: Cannot comment on all areas.

Q3: Yes - Blackmore - This is an historic village. It is a village with a small school, which must already be under pressure, having had to take in the Travellers children. The doctors surgery is I would think under pressure too. There is no land to extend the school where it is.

Q4: Where there are towns not villages.

Q6: The fields in Blackmore should remain it's parcel of Green Belt. These have been used for grazing (cows and horses) and should remain as such for future use. The centre village has one shop and no ground for building on. Parking there is a problem from 8.30am each day onward.

Q7: Building in a town area seems to be the most sensible idea. Working people prefer to be near bus and train networks this is certainly not the case in Blackmore.

Q8: Yes - Certainly.

Q9: No, Blackmore is a small village but to start extending the population you would end up by having to build a larger school, more shops etc and end up turning this village who's history includes a 900 year old church and history of Henry VIII's son back here into a town.

Q10:
Scenic Beauty/Attractiveness: 5
Outdoor Recreation/Leisure Use: 3
Wildlife Interest: 4
Historic Interest: 5
Tranquility: 4
Other - Care for our village: 5

Q11:
Houses: 2
Commercial/ Industrial buildings: 2
Nature Reserves/ Wildlife: 4
Farmland: 4
Woodland: 4
Degraded/ Derelict/ Waste land: 1
Infrastructure: 2
Leisure/ Recreation Facilities: 3

Q12: Yes - Consideration of the people who live in the areas you have high lighted.

Q13: To build in areas which are already built up areas.

Q1: Yes - For the purpose of breaking down into more manageable areas.

Q2: Yes - But with reservations, brownland that's Green Belt land should not be released because it cause misuse of land for building.

Q3: Yes - 143 Land east of Peartree Lane and north of Peartree Close access to these dwellings would be via Peartree Lane and Lime Grove, this means that there will be substantially more traffic on our quiet roads along with significant noise and light pollution from the dwellings.

Q4: The Dunton Garden Suburb make sense got all amenities without effecting the neighbourhood.

Q5: Yes - Within reason the A12 corridor has a number of areas that could be developed.

Q6: This is not a good option and it will destroy the character of the village that surrounds of Brentwood.

Q7: Yes - If its on the M25/A127 but away from minor roads which are already in poor state of repair.

Q8: Yes - Brentwood Town Centre needs much better shops if its to justify the expensive parking as Lakeside parking is free.

Q9: No - In the area were farms and walkways foot paths, on foot is not issue.

Q10:
Scenic Beauty/Attractiveness: 4
Outdoor Recreation/Leisure Use: 4
Wildlife Interest: 5
Historic Interest: 3
Tranquility: 4

Q11:
Houses: 3
Commercial/ Industrial buildings: 2
Nature Reserves/ Wildlife: 2
Farmland: 3
Woodland: 3
Degraded/ Derelict/ Waste land: 1
Infrastructure: 2
Leisure/ Recreation Facilities: 3

Q12: No - What about broadband or power supplies the area has very bad reception for broadband.

Q13: The infrastructure should be funded on houses being built and spent on the area being developed not other areas.

Q1: Yes and No - Some.

Q2: Yes and No - Some.

Q3: Yes - Land west of Laindon, Basildon and East of West Horndon does not infringe on residential properties and has easy access to London.

Q4: Dunton Garden Suburb.

Q5: No - No room for improved services. No easy access.

Q6: No - Villages already at maximum. Doctors surgery unable to take more patients. Schools at full capacity.

Q7: No - Any employment requires a good transport system both from and to Brentwood not really in existence yet.

Q8: Yes - Majority of local empty shops are owned by out-of-town landlords - rents are too high! Further scope exists within the town for retail development.

Q9: No - Any further development in any of the villages would completely spoil the nature of a "village" only one plot of land available in Hook End - Land at Outings Lane.

Q10:
Scenic Beauty/Attractiveness: 3
Outdoor Recreation/Leisure Use: 3
Wildlife Interest: 4
Historic Interest: 5
Tranquility: 5

Q11:
Houses: 3
Commercial/ Industrial buildings: 2
Nature Reserves/ Wildlife: 3
Farmland: 4
Woodland: 3
Degraded/ Derelict/ Waste land: 1
Infrastructure: 2
Leisure/ Recreation Facilities: 2

Q12: Yes - Electricity, gas, water. Schools. Doctors Surgery. Drainage System = Very poor.