Object

Representation ID: 15194

Received: 29/04/2016

Respondent: Crest Nicholson

Agent: Savills UK

Paragraph 5.21 - There are very limited brownfield sites to develop within the Rural Areas. As such there will there be little or no growth within the Villages which again will only worsen local issues of affordability and put additional pressure on viability and vitality of local shops and services.

Object

Representation ID: 15195

Received: 29/04/2016

Respondent: Crest Nicholson

Agent: Savills UK

Paragraph 5.17 - We disagree that the Council has carefully considered evidence on all matters. The Council has not provided a settlement hierarchy paper to determine suitable villages for development or an urban capacity study to determine potential number of units at those villages. As such we question the validity of the Council's Spatial Strategy.

Object

Representation ID: 15196

Received: 29/04/2016

Respondent: Crest Nicholson

Agent: Savills UK

Paragraph 5.41 - No Green Belt release at large villages is clearly not a proportionate approach and is a U turn on the previous strategy as well as being contradictory to the Local Plan's strategic aims to meet local needs and ensure that village facilities continue to "thrive".

Paragraph 5.33 states that "No amendment is proposed to the Green Belt around larger villages in order to retain the character of the Borough". However, there is no definition of character. The loss of village services as a result of inadequate housing and subsequent decline in the working age population will result in a detrimental "character". Rural character is retained by allowing new housing to sustain village services and enabling community activity and interaction.

Spatial Strategy has not been considered in thorough and logical way.

Comment

Representation ID: 15197

Received: 29/04/2016

Respondent: Crest Nicholson

Agent: Savills UK

There should be recognition that some of the villages are more sustainable than others and therefore, warrant some development. The villages of Ingrave and Herongate as well as Mountnessing are the least sustainable of the larger villages: they have very limited services and are linear in nature so further development would disrupt the pattern of development. In Mountnessing village, the redevelopment of Thoby Priory is sufficient to sustain the village over the plan period. In terms of services and facilities, Blackmore, has significantly more services than the other villages identified within the same settlement hierarchy group. However, as a result of the lack of development over recent years, the services within the village are under threat. Without the residential development to sustain such services, they will close and the quality and sustainability of the village will come under pressure. In addition Blackmore has capacity to accommodate additional primary school places.

Comment

Representation ID: 15198

Received: 29/04/2016

Respondent: Crest Nicholson

Agent: Savills UK

As a result of the lack of development over recent years, the services within Blackmore village are under threat, which is evidenced by the closure of The Bull Public House.

Without the residential development to sustain local business and services, they will close and the quality and sustainability of the village will come under pressure.

Object

Representation ID: 15199

Received: 29/04/2016

Respondent: Crest Nicholson

Agent: Savills UK

Whilst the Spatial Strategy Policy 5.1 identifies that limited development in villages will be acceptable to sustain services, Policy 9.10 sets out the areas in which limited infill only will be acceptable. These are restricted to short frontages of ribbon development and does not include any areas within Blackmore. It is therefore considered that by following only this approach, the Council will put at risk the future sustainability of services within Blackmore.

Object

Representation ID: 15200

Received: 29/04/2016

Respondent: Crest Nicholson

Agent: Savills UK

The Objectively Assessed Housing Needs for Brentwood Report (2015) prepared by PBA, states that the OAN based on 2011 population projections. The 2012 population projections have since been published and although PBA state that these were likely to be similar to those published in 2011, it is noted that the Council has not updated this figure or published an assessment of the OAN following the publication of the 2012 household projections. It is therefore considered that the Council should set out the OAN based on the 2012 projections and without doing so, it cannot be considered appropriate for the Council to rely on the current figure, as it is not the most up to date needs figure.

Object

Representation ID: 15201

Received: 29/04/2016

Respondent: Crest Nicholson

Agent: Savills UK

There are concerns in respect of nearly a third of the housing supply coming from one source (Dunton Hill Garden Village) and it is highly questionable whether such a large scale concept can be relied upon to address the significant housing shortfall that currently exists. In order to deliver the required number of houses in the first five years of the plan, the Council should allocate smaller, more suitable and deliverable sites.

Object

Representation ID: 15202

Received: 29/04/2016

Respondent: Crest Nicholson

Agent: Savills UK

We object to the scale of the garden suburb and consider that an urban extension to the west of Basildon Town (PADC 5 in Basildon's Core Strategy Revised Preferred Options) represents a more suitable and deliverable approach. The scale of the Garden Suburb currently proposed would unduly restrict the remainder of Brentwood and Basildon's towns and villages to meet local, settlement -specific housing and socio-economic needs.

Comment

Representation ID: 15204

Received: 29/04/2016

Respondent: Crest Nicholson

Agent: Savills UK

The site at Land South of Redrose Lane, Blackmore (076) should be released from the Green Belt in order to meet the existing and future housing and socio-economic requirements within Blackmore.

- The site is well screened, with defensible boundaries on four sides, ensuring that visual impact from the proposals will be minimal, and considerably less than other promoted sites;

- The site does not result in any symptoms of coalescence and is located within an area of established residential character, that presents itself as a logical extension to the existing settlement boundary;

- The site does not perform the function of preserving the setting and special character of a historic town or any assets of historic value;

- No environmental or ecological constraints have been identified on the site that would prevent its development for residential use; and
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- The proposals would result in a number of significant socio-economic community benefits.