Comment

Representation ID: 256

Received: 01/10/2013

Respondent: Essex County Council

The Policy refers to working in partnership with the local community, which should also refer to key stakeholders. Essex County Council would wish to be involved in consideration of the overall transport strategy with regards impacts on the A127 and beyond; enhanced bus links to Brentwood Town Centre, and improved walking and cycling routes within the development and to wider networks.

Reference is also made to the provision of community facilities within the area, and ECC would wish to be consulted on any opportunities, including the youth service.

Support

Representation ID: 257

Received: 01/10/2013

Respondent: Essex County Council

Essex County Council has already indicated a concern at the lack of spare capacity at existing primary schools in the Brentwood urban area. In calculating future demand for school places it is assumed that no pupil product is generated from 1 bedroom properties and housing for the elderly. Consequently, Essex CC would welcome as much detail as possible in the Policy regarding housing mix, in order that any future cumulative assessment of growth on primary school provision is not over estimated. Essex County Council welcomes reference to specialist accommodation in this policy, and Policy DM26 is supported in principle.

Comment

Representation ID: 261

Received: 01/10/2013

Respondent: Essex County Council

Evidence (Page 45) - whilst the Essex Historic Environment Record includes details of all listed buildings, scheduled monuments, designated and other non-designated heritage assets it does not provide an assessment of the significance of those heritage assets. Essex County Council has undertaken an Historic Environment Characterisation assessment for most of the local authorities in Essex, which have been used in the consideration of both emerging spatial strategies and the determination of planning applications. This assessment provides a planning tool which gives an overview of the historic environment character and significance.

Support

Representation ID: 263

Received: 01/10/2013

Respondent: Essex County Council

Essex County Council supports this policy and the strong support for archaeological assessment.

Object

Representation ID: 264

Received: 01/10/2013

Respondent: Essex County Council

Policy CP3 Strategic Sites and CP4 - West Horndon Opportunity Area identifies a significant Green Belt release for mixed use development including 1500 new dwellings, and this should be referenced in the policy. As worded the policy implies that the general extent of the Green Belt will be retained subject to minor allocations, which appears to be inconsistent with the policies above.

Comment

Representation ID: 265

Received: 01/10/2013

Respondent: Essex County Council

Essex County Council would seek the policy to be reworded into the separate aspects of sustainable travel.

Specific wording requested to supporting text (Justification).

Comment

Representation ID: 266

Received: 01/10/2013

Respondent: Essex County Council

Essex County Council would seek reference to Policy S4 - Reducing the use of mineral resources (Page 39), as contained in the Replacement Minerals Local Plan, Pre Submission Draft, January 2013, which seeks to increase the rate of aggregate re use and recycling in Essex, partly through maximising the recovery of minerals through construction and demolition .

Comment

Representation ID: 268

Received: 01/10/2013

Respondent: Essex County Council

Paragraph 2, page 67 - reference should be made to cycle parking facilities

Comment

Representation ID: 269

Received: 01/10/2013

Respondent: Essex County Council

The policy needs some wording to clarify that contributions from proposed development can be in the form of land as well as a financial contribution. This is particularly significant under a CIL regime where s106 contributions will still be used to secure school and pre-school sites. Paragraph 2: we would seek specific reference to `education/early years and childcare provision' rather than a general reference to `other community infrastructure' Essex County Council would seek developer contributions in order that existing library services can be maintained and enhanced in relation to the impact of the growth in Brentwood Urban area (1800 dwellings) and West Horndon (1500 dwellings) at both Brentwood and Shenfield libraries. We would seek provision of shared community space in appropriate locations. Such shared space is an important community facility not just as places where local people can meet but also as potential hubs for delivering services in the community, as locations for leisure activities and as bases for community and voluntary groups. This is particularly important with regards the West Horndon Opportunity Area (Policy CP4), and its future masterplanning.

Comment

Representation ID: 271

Received: 01/10/2013

Respondent: Essex County Council

Essex County Council welcomes Criteria c. Essex County Council will seek to consider these impacts, in line with policies contained in the Development Management Policies, February 2011. Essex County Council would seek to ensure that the forthcoming highway modelling will assist in meeting this criteria and issues outlined in paragraph 4.5 concerning highway capacity and safety. Reference should also be made to construction traffic.

Essex County Council seek an additional criteria should be included whereby:

'All new development must mitigate its impact on local services and community infrastructure'.