Comment

Representation ID: 5521

Received: 25/02/2015

Respondent: Mid and South Essex STP

Agent: Smart Planning Ltd

Limited growth and infill in existing settlements may not have a significant impact. However, large scale growth and intensification of urban areas will lead to a population increase that will have a resultant burden on healthcare infrastructure within the established areas. It is important to acknowledge that, dependent upon the location of the growth, existing GP practices do not have capacity to accommodate significant growth.

Comment

Representation ID: 5523

Received: 25/02/2015

Respondent: Mid and South Essex STP

Agent: Smart Planning Ltd

The Brentwood Community Hospital in Crescent Drive does have some capacity, and is an underutilised resource at present. The role of this hospital will need to be reviewed with the expanding population. The CCG will continue to work with Brentwood Borough Council on improving the service provision at this premises.

Comment

Representation ID: 5525

Received: 25/02/2015

Respondent: Mid and South Essex STP

Agent: Smart Planning Ltd

A large number of the housing sites being considered for potential strategic growth are to the southeast of Brentwood and Shenfield, and east of Ingrave (Figure 8 in the consultation document). (Including sites: 028A, 028B, 028C067A, 067B, 192, 183, 026, 030, 031, 029, 067A, 067B, 055, 146, 063, 036. 222). NHS England would raise concerns regarding the sustainability of this location from a healthcare perspective. Most of these sites are a significant distance from existing healthcare facilities.

Comment

Representation ID: 5526

Received: 25/02/2015

Respondent: Mid and South Essex STP

Agent: Smart Planning Ltd

There are GP surgeries within Brentwood and Shenfield (capacity issues identified in Appendix 1) but these are beyond reasonable walking distance. No services are available in Ingrave or Herongate on the A 129. Therefore a lot of the growth sites within the 'A12 Corridor' would be unsupported by medical facilities. Therefore the existing health infrastructure requires investment and improvement in order to meet the requirements/needs of the planned growth. The development would have an impact on healthcare provision in the area and its implications, if unmitigated, would be unsustainable.

Comment

Representation ID: 5529

Received: 25/02/2015

Respondent: Mid and South Essex STP

Agent: Smart Planning Ltd

In progressing the Plan, care should be taken to ensure that emerging policies and allocations will not have an adverse impact on healthcare provision. Where major policies involve the provision of development in locations where healthcare service capacity is insufficient to meet the augmented needs (identified above), appropriate mitigation will need to be sought. The content of paragraph 6.5 in the consultation document is welcomed. Delivery of essential infrastructure via developer funded projects would be the most effective scenario for meeting the intended growth. It is also recommended that partnership working with the CCG is enhanced.

Comment

Representation ID: 5530

Received: 25/02/2015

Respondent: Mid and South Essex STP

Agent: Smart Planning Ltd

There will be a need to support the relocation and/or expansion of existing primary care facilities within the established urban areas. There will also be a need to provide new bespoke healthcare services to meet the demands arising from the proposed additional residential expansion outside of existing settlements.

Comment

Representation ID: 5532

Received: 25/02/2015

Respondent: Mid and South Essex STP

Agent: Smart Planning Ltd

Provision of new facilities could be in the form of a new purpose built building to act as a health centre hub, incorporating relocation of an existing primary care practice, or specific planned expansion at those surgeries closely linked to and affected by proposed growth; it will be easier to identify and plan for healthcare once more formal development plans are tabled.

Comment

Representation ID: 5533

Received: 25/02/2015

Respondent: Mid and South Essex STP

Agent: Smart Planning Ltd

NHS England advise that any applications for 50 dwellings or more (or smaller schemes in a locality that cumulatively exceed this figure) will have an impact on healthcare infrastructure and sufficient contributions to mitigate against the impact must be secured from the developers. In larger sites, space and land allocated must be preserved for health care services at the heart of the new population.

Comment

Representation ID: 5534

Received: 25/02/2015

Respondent: Mid and South Essex STP

Agent: Smart Planning Ltd

Policies should be explicit in that financial contributions towards healthcare provision will be obtained for healthcare purposes and the Local Planning Authority will consider a development's sustainability with regard to effective healthcare provision.

Comment

Representation ID: 5538

Received: 25/02/2015

Respondent: Mid and South Essex STP

Agent: Smart Planning Ltd

Of the five options advocated in the accompanying Sustainability Appraisal, it is suggested that a single large site necessitating the need for new facilities specific to that development would be more sustainable than dispersing growth in many settlements. Numerous smaller extensions could have impacts on existing infrastructure left unmitigated, or the level of contribution falling short of the requirements to provide adequate healthcare.