Comment

Representation ID: 12976

Received: 17/02/2015

Respondent: Anderson Group

Agent: Bidwells

The larger the scale of an allocation on this site (i.e. nearer the 6,000 unit maximum), the further west it would push Basildon, giving rise to coalescence with West Horndon. Brentwood Borough's residual requirement (minus 2,500 brownfield capacity from 5,500 OAN) an allocation of this size runs the very serious risk of unduly depriving the remainder of Brentwood Borough of the growth it needs to develop throughout the Plan period. To deliver the Garden Suburb. 6,000 units, an approach would be unsustainable because it would fail to plan properly for the needs of Brentwood Borough as a whole, and in particular those locations where there is an identified requirement for locally generated need which cannot be accommodated solely on suitable brownfield land, such as Blackmore.

Comment

Representation ID: 12977

Received: 17/02/2015

Respondent: Anderson Group

Agent: Bidwells

The Interim SA for the Local Plan considers the Garden Suburb proposal against the other alternative growth options in the Borough. We therefore question why the Garden Suburb SA document does not do the same. This key omission from the SA/HRA is of concern because it is currently not yet understood what sustainability implications a proposal of this size, in this location, would have upon the growth prospects of the rest of Brentwood Borough, a Garden Suburb proposal could form part of a Submission Local Plan, generally considered as an advanced stage in the process, the next stage in Brentwood Borough Council's Local Plan process (Interim SA para 15.1.1), without having previously been tested or consulted upon. Dunton GS therefore needs a revised SA.