Question 13
Comment
Strategic Growth Options
Representation ID: 9980
Received: 17/02/2015
Respondent: Mr John Riley
Page 31 of the Local Plan document deals with the issues and the order in which infrastructure spending should be addressed.
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Comment
Strategic Growth Options
Representation ID: 9995
Received: 04/02/2015
Respondent: Mrs Vivienne Dellow
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 - 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.
Comment
Strategic Growth Options
Representation ID: 10012
Received: 17/02/2015
Respondent: Cllr. Andrew Watley
If the Dunton Garden Suburb scheme is adopted then a BR Station plus significant improvements to the A127.
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.
Comment
Strategic Growth Options
Representation ID: 10030
Received: 14/04/2015
Respondent: Mrs Irene Richardson
To assist the village in their hard work in making the village a more pleasing place to live.
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Comment
Strategic Growth Options
Representation ID: 10040
Received: 17/02/2015
Respondent: Mrs Vera Hunt
Condition of roads.
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.
Comment
Strategic Growth Options
Representation ID: 10053
Received: 14/04/2015
Respondent: Ms Dawn Ireland
Protect the wildlife habitats and minimise road use by using rail where possible.
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Comment
Strategic Growth Options
Representation ID: 10071
Received: 17/02/2015
Respondent: Mr William Norris
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.
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.
Comment
Strategic Growth Options
Representation ID: 10087
Received: 14/04/2015
Respondent: Mrs Sandra Keeble
In the Dunton project the infrastructure for the area could be estimated and new schools/Drs/medical centres and community & leisure facilities could be built to accommodate the increase in population.
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Comment
Strategic Growth Options
Representation ID: 10110
Received: 17/02/2015
Respondent: Mr Graham Hesketh
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.
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.
Comment
Strategic Growth Options
Representation ID: 10128
Received: 17/02/2015
Respondent: Mrs Beryl Burgess
Using the rail where possible and take care of wildlife habitat.
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.
Comment
Strategic Growth Options
Representation ID: 10141
Received: 17/02/2015
Respondent: Mr Peter Burgess
Helping protect our wildlife and better transport.
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.
Comment
Strategic Growth Options
Representation ID: 10154
Received: 17/02/2015
Respondent: Mr Alan Slawson
Supporting and maintaining existing infrastructure is essential prior to future development.
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.
Comment
Strategic Growth Options
Representation ID: 10169
Received: 17/02/2015
Respondent: Mrs Judith Wood
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.
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.
Comment
Strategic Growth Options
Representation ID: 10195
Received: 17/02/2015
Respondent: Mrs Ruby Lawrence
To build in areas which are already built up areas.
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.
Comment
Strategic Growth Options
Representation ID: 10209
Received: 17/02/2015
Respondent: Mr and Mrs Raymond and Valerie Gilbey
Number of people: 2
The infrastructure should be funded on houses being built and spent on the area being developed not other 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.
Comment
Strategic Growth Options
Representation ID: 10240
Received: 17/02/2015
Respondent: Mr & Mrs Samuel Cousins
Green infrastructure.
Q1: No - Small villages north of the A12 do not have adequate transport links. Increasing housing in Blackmore by 10% will change the aesthetics of the village forever and consequently will no longer be a village.
Q2: Yes.
Q3: Yes - Blackmore - Sewage capacity unavailable at one of these sites. Phone lines are at capacity at Orchard Piece. The Primary School is at capacity. The village roads are not able to cope with increased car use. The wildlife will suffer - barn owls, little owls and tawny owls all present behind Orchard Piece.
Q4: The A127 corridor. It contains the single settlement of Horndon and not several and the A12 and nor them villages cannot cope with any more traffic congestion, including Brentwood through the town and Ongar Road. Services would suffer more and they are already strained.
Q5: No - Again, services and infrastructure in these surrounding areas are already at or over coping capacity. The towns and villages around these areas are developed enough, the traffic is always built up, roads unable to cope, queues into small towns built up throughout the day, schools already at capacity, services full and don't run enough.
Q6: Neither option is preferable, constraining opportunity for growth is a need in some places to preserve our Green Belt land, its wildlife, asset to villages and landscape character. The areas just aren't suitable, already constrained transport links, sewage at capacity, phone lines at capacity, schools at capacity, wildlife already suffering in the UK. The areas could not cope!
Q7: Between Thurrock, Basildon and Havering where highways and towns are less congested than A12 and north, perhaps.
Q8: Yes.
Q9: No.
Q10:
Scenic Beauty/Attractiveness: 5
Outdoor Recreation/Leisure Use: 4
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: 2
Infrastructure: 2
Leisure/ Recreation Facilities: 3
Q12: Brentwood Borough is beautiful and attractive because of its rural areas and wildlife. Please don't take this away and squander its environment and the quality of life it offers by developing the areas considered treasures to so many.
Q13: Green infrastructure.
Comment
Strategic Growth Options
Representation ID: 10253
Received: 17/02/2015
Respondent: Ms Jennifer Emmett
Transport and schooling- already shortage of primary school places.
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Comment
Strategic Growth Options
Representation ID: 10283
Received: 17/02/2015
Respondent: H. Watson
Given the scale of development proposed within the A127 Corridor, whilst there will be priorities, the development will require infrastructure spending across all categories (education, healthcare, transport, green space, community facilities, superfast broadband, etc.). Failure to provide any one element of this infrastructure will have a materially negative impact on both existing residents, and the new development. As such, whilst there may be priorities in areas where development is expected to be lower/less significant, in areas expected to see high levels of development, a holistic infrastructure plan needs to be delivered to ensure the development is undertaken in a sustainable manner.
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Comment
Strategic Growth Options
Representation ID: 10295
Received: 17/02/2015
Respondent: Mr Rohan Powell
Small industrial sites to encourage small businesses, and low volume manufacturing.
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Comment
Strategic Growth Options
Representation ID: 10322
Received: 17/02/2015
Respondent: Mrs Samantha Law
Education, healthcare and transport.
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Comment
Strategic Growth Options
Representation ID: 10335
Received: 17/02/2015
Respondent: Professor Peter Clegg
In order of priority: Education, Healthcare, Transport, Green Infrastructure, Community Facilities.
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Comment
Strategic Growth Options
Representation ID: 10351
Received: 17/02/2015
Respondent: Julie Horton
Making sure family life is important. Saving the landscape as it is.
Transport - ensuring traffic does not take over.
Safety.
Healthcare.
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Comment
Strategic Growth Options
Representation ID: 10369
Received: 17/02/2015
Respondent: Mr J.E. King
Really good schools for all age groups. Good medical facilities. Reliable and easy to use public transport (buses).
Q3: The possible development of the land to the south of Rayleigh Road A129 between Haverings Grove and Church Lane Hutton and extending southwards to include Creasey's Farm poses problems. 028C and 192 refer.
Without knowledge of the size of such a development predictions are difficult. But this would mean a step in the "in filling" between Hutton and Billericay creating a virtual ribbon development, a retrograde step.
Any development would result in increased traffic on the A129 and especially through Shenfield which is very congested especially at peak times. The increased load on the public transport system i.e. the railway stations at both Shenfield and Billericay must result in increased parking demand. There would inevitably, given it's outstanding performance and reputation, be an increase in demand for places at St Martin's school and one only has to visit Hanging Hill Lane in peak times to see how bad it is as present. No doubt there would be assurances that the problem will be covered but from past experience one can only be apprehensive about that.
The other aspect of any development there is environmental.
One only has to be in Hall Green Lane on a sunny or just bright Sunday, be it winter or summer, to see many families of all ages walking or cycling up to the Blue Bell woods. But it is not just the woods they want to see it is the wonderful views across open country, the peacefulness (no traffic) young children can walk along safely and there is the friendly rapport between people that results. Where else in the area can you see such views with so few buildings and no traffic in sight? To lose all of that would be a shame on all of us.
I realise that you have the problem of finding land to provide homes for people and would not wish to be NIMBY.
Q4: Not really familiar with the area.
Q5: 2) With regard to the A12 proposal.
Presumably as the A12 is a Trunk Road and therefore the responsibility of the Dept. of Transport/ Highways Agency they would have the final say.
The possibility of a new junction or connection to the local highway network might not be viewed very favourably by them especially, if what I read in the local highway network might not be viewed very favourably by them especially, if what I read in the local press about the bad accident record on the A12 is true and the lack of spare capacity (talk of widening to dual 3 lanes). The use of land adjacent to Sawyers Hall Lane might be an alternative as would a link to the Brentwood Leisure Centre although of course there are a number of sports facilities on that side of the A12.
I regret that I seem to be rather negative about the Options and realise that you have a seemingly impossible task in pleasing everyone but please let the Creasey's Farm option "die the death".
Q6: Would always prefer brownfield sites.
Q7: I have underlined close. Should people live close to busy highways? Bearing in mind noise, pollution and road safety.
Q8: Yes - Absolutely.
Q12: Links to railway station, shopping, educational facilities, doctors surgeries, hospitals.
Q13: Really good schools for all age groups. Good medical facilities. Reliable and easy to use public transport (buses).
Comment
Strategic Growth Options
Representation ID: 10376
Received: 17/02/2015
Respondent: Mrs Laura Fairweather
Priorities for infrastructure should be that an area should be considered that is not already built up i.e the A127 corridor which can be planned without interfering with already built up areas such as Brentwood and it's urban areas.
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Comment
Strategic Growth Options
Representation ID: 10388
Received: 17/02/2015
Respondent: Mr Paul Measday
Improving existing infrastructure for the benefit of current residents rather than detrimental expansion.
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Comment
Strategic Growth Options
Representation ID: 10410
Received: 14/04/2015
Respondent: S. Arkieson
Transport, education/schools, hospitals/healthcare, green space, community facilities. These need to be expanded before and not once all the homes are built but while they are being built.
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Comment
Strategic Growth Options
Representation ID: 10455
Received: 16/02/2015
Respondent: Mr John Hughes
Public Transport access to rail network.
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Comment
Strategic Growth Options
Representation ID: 10462
Received: 17/02/2015
Respondent: Mrs Barbara J. Meacher
Improve buses and make them more frequent.
Q1: No - The proposed amount of new houses is preposterous. It will have a massive impact on greenfield sites, roads, schools etc will be unable to cope with large numbers of new houses and the people who live in them.
Q2: No - No, I find it insulting that these enormous issues are being planned without our approval and blessing. No doubt greedy developers are rubbing their hands with glee at the profits to be made.
Q3: Yes - Villages like Herongate and Ingrave would be totally unable to cope with a large influx of new housing. There are no facilities to cope with the extra children, cars etc.
Q4: Land between West Horndon and Laindon.
Q5: Yes - Yes, but in moderation.
Q6: Develop brownfield sites only.
Q7: Yes - Within reason! Yes.
Q8: Yes - Not so many restaurants and pubs but a vibrant High Street with a good variety of shops. Also keep the multi-storey car park. Otherwise the Ongar Road will be constantly blocked with traffic.
Q9: No - We are within easy reach of greenfield sites and woodland, I hope this will always remain like this.
Q10:
Scenic Beauty/ Attractiveness: 5
Outdoor Recreation/ Leisure Use: 3
Wildlife Interest: 3
Historic Interest: 2
Tranquility: 5
Q11:
Commercial/ Industrial buildings: 1
Nature Reserves/ Wildlife: 1
Farmland: 2
Woodland: 3
Degraded/ Derelict/ Waste land: 1
Infrastructure: 2
Leisure/ Recreation facilities: 3
Other - Lovely Country Parks: 3
Q12: Yes - The proposed amount of housing is far too high, the infrastructure cannot possibly cope with this! Pressurise the government to reduce this amount.
Q13: Improve buses and make them more frequent.
Comment
Strategic Growth Options
Representation ID: 10467
Received: 14/04/2015
Respondent: Mrs Jill Saddington
Development would require infrastructure spending on education, healthcare, transport, green space, community facilities etc. failure to provide any one element of this infrastructure will have a materially negative affect.
See attached.
Comment
Strategic Growth Options
Representation ID: 10478
Received: 11/02/2015
Respondent: Mr P.M. Creighton
Look at what makes Brentwood a attractive for, living in, leisure, work, education, health, open spaces, and make sure you protect and improve.
Q5: Yes - All developments should be in keeping with local needs and "blend in".
Q6: Develop brownfield sites.
Q7: Yes - Provided the highway network is well maintained and modified to meet increased needs.
Q8: Yes - "Core need" should be met in the town centre other needy services on the fringe.
Q12: Yes - 'Style' green spaces, public transport, local community cohesion. By this I mean meeting the needs of young/old.
Q13: Look at what makes Brentwood a attractive for, living in, leisure, work, education, health, open spaces, and make sure you protect and improve.