Comment

Representation ID: 8392

Received: 31/03/2015

Respondent: Crest Nicholson

Agent: AECOM

Directing growth along the A127 Corridor will deliver better outcomes, most notably in terms of economic and employment objectives. This will help deal with the overall unmet employment need. This approach also complements the approach taken by Basildon in their Revised Preferred Options Core Strategy in that they are also focusing employment and housing along the A127 Corridor (namely draft allocation PADC 5, West of Basildon).

Comment

Representation ID: 8393

Received: 31/03/2015

Respondent: Crest Nicholson

Agent: AECOM

Via Basildon's Local Plan process, Crest is committed to working with Basildon Council on the delivery of PADC5 West of Basildon. This allocation has the potential to deliver up to 2,300 new homes, new employment opportunities and associated supporting infrastructure. The boundary of PADC5 goes right up to the borough boundary with Brentwood, and Crest has significant landholdings within this area. From our discussions with Basildon Council, and the fact that the highway and infrastructure network is the most advanced in the borough, it is more likely and realistic for development to come forward in the west of Basildon Borough first. This represents a positive and important element to the successful development of PADC
5, as well as the successful delivery of housing and employment growth in Brentwood.

Comment

Representation ID: 8394

Received: 31/03/2015

Respondent: Crest Nicholson

Agent: AECOM

Development along the A127 corridor could provide potential funding for improvements to capacity along the A127. It is also important to note that development is not likely to have similar negative impacts on infrastructure and services as at the A12 Corridor Housing Site Options.

Comment

Representation ID: 8405

Received: 31/03/2015

Respondent: Crest Nicholson

Agent: AECOM

Brentwood has an unmet employment need for new employment land. This is partly due to an increase in housing which creates the need for new jobs. Whilst we recognise that Brentwood has the lowest level of unemployment within Essex, there is still the requirement to accommodate this unmet need. The majority of new employment land could be provided along the A127 Corridor. Although it would create additional demands on infrastructure and services, this could be mitigated by funding for improvements.

Comment

Representation ID: 8408

Received: 31/03/2015

Respondent: Crest Nicholson

Agent: AECOM

The 2013 Preferred Options proposed the Brentwood Enterprise Park as an opportunity to provide a new business park for the borough. This would meet the majority of the unmet employment need. Alternative sites would not meet this unmet need together. Furthermore, the strategic mixed-use allocation south of the A127 corridor (Dunton) could include some new employment land which would also meet this unmet need.

Comment

Representation ID: 8410

Received: 31/03/2015

Respondent: Crest Nicholson

Agent: AECOM

Due to their proximity to the M25, focusing much of the growth along the A127 Corridor would also facilitate employment growth. It is correct to say that this would also likely contribute to the economy of Basildon (PADC 5) given transport links. Another consideration is the effect that growth in the south of the borough would have on Thames Gateway regeneration objectives.

Comment

Representation ID: 8411

Received: 31/03/2015

Respondent: Crest Nicholson

Agent: AECOM

Given the level of change since 2013 and the fact that the level of growth required is now higher, specifically the need to meet full housing need, it is likely that growth options may be limited in the A12 Corridor of Brentwood and Shenfield, including Brook Street, Hutton, Pilgrims Hatch, Warley and Mountnessing.

Comment

Representation ID: 8412

Received: 31/03/2015

Respondent: Crest Nicholson

Agent: AECOM

The Council has commissioned a study to identify objective housing need for the borough, which concludes a requirement to provide for around 360 new homes per year. The previous target in the East of England Plan was 175 homes per year. Over 15 years that comes to around 5,500 homes, some 3,000 more than what can be provided from brownfield sites in urban areas. The shortfall from previous years will also need to be taken into account in the future Plan period, which will increase the overall housing need figure.
Any housing provision over 2,500 homes within Brentwood will need to consider the use of Green Belt. This is the amount that could be sustainably developed on available brownfield land. There are also other development needs, such as employment.

Object

Representation ID: 8413

Received: 31/03/2015

Respondent: Crest Nicholson

Agent: AECOM

We welcome the Council's review of the Green Belt to accommodate future development to meet housing and employment needs. As such, we believe development coming forward along the A127 Corridor and at PADC 5 can be 'feathered' into the wider landscape, creating an attractive environment for those living in the area, as well as providing a more visually coherent and defensible boundary for the extended urban area. For these reasons, we would disagree with the findings of the interim SA Report (January 2015) which states that west of Basildon performs poorly on landscape issues and that part of the 'area has low relative capacity to accommodate development without adverse landscape impacts'.

Comment

Representation ID: 8414

Received: 31/03/2015

Respondent: Crest Nicholson

Agent: AECOM

The collection of villages and attractive natural landscapes provides limited potential for significant growth in Brentwood over the life of the Local Plan. Furthermore, transport connections and local facilities are not as good in this part of the borough and so we would agree with the Council that it would not be sustainable to locate significant growth in this area.