The Parish Council has looked at the Strategic Growth Options document and has come to the following conclusions.

It supports the Plan and the proposal to develop along the A127 Corridor and the Dunton Garden Suburb. We see this joint venture with Basildon Borough Council as a very strategic and sensible way of delivering the required number of houses to meet Government criteria without overly burdening parts of the Borough that do not have the infrastructure to support any reasonably sized development.

This proposal also takes the strain off small Parishes within the Borough and should eliminate the need to develop on inappropriate Green Belt within the Parishes. We are of course mindful that a large chunk of Green Belt will be used to deliver the government requirements in the West Horndon area. However, given the scale of the development, local infrastructure can be put in place and a new rail station is proposed (although not agreed by Network Rail as yet). The A127 road would also get some significant improvements which it is very much in need of.

The consultation document includes many sites within our Parish that we would find unpalatable for development. However, it has been pointed on numerous occasions that these have to be included if they have been proposed at any time, otherwise the LDP document can be deemed as inadmissible. The need to build on these sites is greatly reduced if the larger Dunton Garden Suburb scheme is adopted.

To sum up, we recommend to Brentwood Borough Council that the Parish Council supports the proposed Dunton proposed plan and is in favour of transport corridor led development predominantly along the A127. It does not however support the development of the Green Belt within the smaller parished areas, as with Blackmore, Hook End and Wyatts Green, and feel that the infrastructure would not accommodate such development.

The Parish Council has looked at the Strategic Growth Options document and has come to the following conclusions.

It supports the Plan and the proposal to develop along the A127 Corridor and the Dunton Garden Suburb. We see this joint venture with Basildon Borough Council as a very strategic and sensible way of delivering the required number of houses to meet Government criteria without overly burdening parts of the Borough that do not have the infrastructure to support any reasonably sized development.

This proposal also takes the strain off small Parishes within the Borough and should eliminate the need to develop on inappropriate Green Belt within the Parishes. We are of course mindful that a large chunk of Green Belt will be used to deliver the government requirements in the West Horndon area. However, given the scale of the development, local infrastructure can be put in place and a new rail station is proposed (although not agreed by Network Rail as yet). The A127 road would also get some significant improvements which it is very much in need of.

The consultation document includes many sites within our Parish that we would find unpalatable for development. However, it has been pointed on numerous occasions that these have to be included if they have been proposed at any time, otherwise the LDP document can be deemed as inadmissible. The need to build on these sites is greatly reduced if the larger Dunton Garden Suburb scheme is adopted.

To sum up, we recommend to Brentwood Borough Council that the Parish Council supports the proposed Dunton proposed plan and is in favour of transport corridor led development predominantly along the A127. It does not however support the development of the Green Belt within the smaller parished areas, as with Blackmore, Hook End and Wyatts Green, and feel that the infrastructure would not accommodate such development.

The Parish Council has looked at the Strategic Growth Options document and has come to the following conclusions.

It supports the Plan and the proposal to develop along the A127 Corridor and the Dunton Garden Suburb. We see this joint venture with Basildon Borough Council as a very strategic and sensible way of delivering the required number of houses to meet Government criteria without overly burdening parts of the Borough that do not have the infrastructure to support any reasonably sized development.

This proposal also takes the strain off small Parishes within the Borough and should eliminate the need to develop on inappropriate Green Belt within the Parishes. We are of course mindful that a large chunk of Green Belt will be used to deliver the government requirements in the West Horndon area. However, given the scale of the development, local infrastructure can be put in place and a new rail station is proposed (although not agreed by Network Rail as yet). The A127 road would also get some significant improvements which it is very much in need of.

The consultation document includes many sites within our Parish that we would find unpalatable for development. However, it has been pointed on numerous occasions that these have to be included if they have been proposed at any time, otherwise the LDP document can be deemed as inadmissible. The need to build on these sites is greatly reduced if the larger Dunton Garden Suburb scheme is adopted.

To sum up, we recommend to Brentwood Borough Council that the Parish Council supports the proposed Dunton proposed plan and is in favour of transport corridor led development predominantly along the A127. It does not however support the development of the Green Belt within the smaller parished areas, as with Blackmore, Hook End and Wyatts Green, and feel that the infrastructure would not accommodate such development.