Comment

Representation ID: 12729

Received: 17/02/2015

Respondent: Martin Grant Homes

Agent: Pegasus Group

ALTERNATIVE SITE SUBMISSION

New site to be considered by the Local Plan process. land between Heron Close and Billericay Road. This is a 5.7ha which includes 1ha for housing development and the rest, which is currently woodland could provide linked opportunities for enhancement and improved access to benefit the local community.

Support

Representation ID: 12730

Received: 17/02/2015

Respondent: Martin Grant Homes

Agent: Pegasus Group

Yes, the Borough needs to consider growth in each of the identified broad areas in order to meet its objectively assessed need. Specifically, the promotion of growth within the A12 corridor will enable improvements to be made to the surrounding transport network, possibly even to the A127, given the position of Herongate to the north.

Support

Representation ID: 12731

Received: 17/02/2015

Respondent: Martin Grant Homes

Agent: Pegasus Group

We consider that the main issues of each area have been raised in the document and that opportunities for improvements have been identified within the A12 corridor and that through development, the opportunity for improvements to be made to the A127 to alleviate its congestion problems and support further growth within this area could be possible.

Comment

Representation ID: 12736

Received: 17/02/2015

Respondent: Martin Grant Homes

Agent: Pegasus Group

ALTERNATIVE SITE SUBMISSION

This proposed site (land between Heron Close and Billericay Road) is sustainable as it abuts the existing development boundary of Herongate, with a Green Travel route passing through the village linking through to Brentwood and West Horndon. The site does not have any complex ownership requirements to obstruct its delivery. It is a Greenfield site that is not known to have any constraints such as remediation requirements that could impede its development. Therefore the site is deliverable within a 5 year period, as identified within the objective assessed needs study.

Comment

Representation ID: 12737

Received: 17/02/2015

Respondent: Martin Grant Homes

Agent: Pegasus Group

Are concerned the Garden Suburb at Dunton is proposed as an alternative to development at other strategic sites, as suggested in the SGO document. We do not consider that this would be an appropriate strategy for Brentwood and instead would be supportive of Dunton as a means of providing some of the development needed by both Councils. This would allow for both strategic site allocations and the Garden Suburb to be brought forward as a robust strategy for housing delivery. We request that this ambiguous matter is clarified in future versions of the strategy.

Comment

Representation ID: 12738

Received: 17/02/2015

Respondent: Martin Grant Homes

Agent: Pegasus Group

If Dunton Garden Suburb is solely relied upon to deliver an additional 3,000 dwellings, a
time delay of at least 8 years within a 15 year plan period would be detrimental to the
Borough meeting its OAN.
Allocation of sites such as land between Heron Court and Billericay Road will provide Brentwood with a range of sites that enable a flexible approach to housing delivery within the plan period.

Comment

Representation ID: 12739

Received: 17/02/2015

Respondent: Martin Grant Homes

Agent: Pegasus Group

We consider that Brentwood should consider all options available to them in order to deliver housing within their administrative boundary, including appropriate greenfield sites that abut the development edge of settlements.

Support

Representation ID: 12740

Received: 17/02/2015

Respondent: Martin Grant Homes

Agent: Pegasus Group

The Strategic Growth Options document identifies proposed sites within the A12 Corridor that are either Brownfield sites within urban areas or to require the release of sites within the Green Belt that adjoin urban areas. The nature of Brownfield sites can mean that their deliverability is unpredictable due to existing operational uses, complex landownership's, possible loss of employment uses and likely remediation works that would-be required.

Comment

Representation ID: 12742

Received: 17/02/2015

Respondent: Martin Grant Homes

Agent: Pegasus Group

This site has not been identified as an allocation, it is adjacent to the urban edge of Herongate, which was identified as part of the 2013 Preferred Options, Draft Assessment as a Larger Village. We recognise the proposition that most new development will be focused upon Brentwood and Shenfield, the scale of the future housing requirements arising in the period to 2030 will inevitably require the considered release of land from the Green Belt in Larger Villages. Our client's site (land between Heron Close and Billericay Road) would provide an appropriate scale and balance of development in this vicinity which would meet the longer term needs of the Borough as identified in the objectively assessed needs study. A limited release of land on the eastern side of the settlement between Heron Court and Billericay Road would not be in conflict with the Green Belt purposes identified at paragraph 80 of the NPPF.

Comment

Representation ID: 12743

Received: 17/02/2015

Respondent: Martin Grant Homes

Agent: Pegasus Group

The Borough is unable to demonstrate a 5 year supply, only 4.29 years. The Objectively Assessed Need for the Borough has concluded that 360 homes are required per year during 2015-2030. Brownfield capacity within urban areas in the Borough could provide for a maximum of 2,500 new homes, some 3,000 short of the total number needed during the 15 year plan period. Brentwood are reluctant to release any appropriate land from the Green Belt, the five year housing land supply relies upon allocated sites on brownfield land. Realistically the nature of brownfield sites means that their deliverability can be uncertain. Given that it is approaching two years into the five year period and few of these sites have delivered any housing, along with the fact that Brentwood are unable to demonstrate a 5 year housing land supply, a range of sites should be considered including appropriate Greenfield sites on the edge of urban areas such as the identified land at Herongate to bring forward an appropriate supply of housing and provide a more flexible approach to delivery.