Comment

Representation ID: 15856

Received: 11/05/2016

Respondent: Essex County Council

To assist in reviewing the policies, see ECC Place Services latest revised version of "Model Policies for Local Plans".

Comment

Representation ID: 15892

Received: 11/05/2016

Respondent: Essex County Council

Emerging Essex and Southend-on-Sea Waste Local Plan does not allocate any strategic waste management allocations in the Borough. However, the Waste Plan identifies two areas of search within Brentwood Borough. These Areas of Search are existing industrial estates at Childerditch Industrial Estate and West Horndon. The Replacement Waste Local Plan would seek to focus any new proposals for waste management facilities, which support the local housing and economic growth, within these Areas of Search.

Support

Representation ID: 15895

Received: 11/05/2016

Respondent: Essex County Council

ECC welcomes the inclusion of a clear and concise vision and strategic objectives within the Local Plan. It is recognised that BBC is seeking to ensure the strategic objectives are consistent with the national guidance. The strategic objectives clearly send the message that the purpose of the new plan will be to align key infrastructure with sustainable growth, the development and resilience of health and wellbeing, creating a prosperous economy, whilst protecting the environment. ECC welcomes the anticipated benefits of this approach. Many of these aspects are consistent with the current vision and priorities in the Vision for Essex (2013 - 2017) and Corporate Outcomes Framework.

Support

Representation ID: 15896

Received: 11/05/2016

Respondent: Essex County Council

Addition of SO8 welcomed in relation to providing new homes and businesses with telecommunications, including superfast broadband, as set out in the NPPF. ECC considers this is important in unlocking new development and contributing to a prosperous economy in attracting new businesses and jobs, and ensuring the connectivity of residents to key services, and should be more reflected in Policy 8.5 - Supporting the Rural Economy.

Comment

Representation ID: 15897

Received: 11/05/2016

Respondent: Essex County Council

Support the Councils objective to enhance economic growth in the rural area. Recommend reference is made to the `Essex Rivers LEADER programme'.

Policy 8.5 should be more reflective of SO8 in relation to providing new homes and businesses with telecommunications, including superfast broadband and an additional criterion should be added to encourage the provision of telecommunications, which are essential for rural businesses.
`Include provision for connection to broadband and mobile phone coverage across the site.'

Criterion f) - refers to having `no unacceptable effect' on water quality or flooding, watercourses, biodiversity or important wildlife habitats. However it is not clear what would be considered unacceptable. ECC recommends the policy refers to the SuDs Design Guide with regards appropriate standards.

Comment

Representation ID: 15899

Received: 11/05/2016

Respondent: Essex County Council

ECC acknowledges BBC's ambition to fully meet its `objectively assessed need'.
ECC agrees that the Local Plan will be critical for making sure Brentwood has the right infrastructure, at the right time, to accommodate the new jobs and homes needed in the future. ECC considers that large scale housing developments will need to include appropriate infrastructure such as schools, community facilities and improvements to the roads. Small scale development should also fund improvements to existing services and facilities. ECC note that infrastructure provision is likely to have a major impact on the phasing and deliverability of development.

Comment

Representation ID: 15910

Received: 11/05/2016

Respondent: Essex County Council

Consider the phasing of development and funding of infrastructure will be crucial for effective delivery and this will need to be reflected in the evidence base as Local Plan preparation progresses, and its supporting IDP. Any proposed strategy is of particular importance to ECC as it will need to be satisfied that the impact of any planned scale and distribution of growth can be accommodated by ECC areas of responsibility, or identify what additional facilities or mitigation is required to make the strategy sustainable in social, economic and environmental grounds.

Comment

Representation ID: 15966

Received: 11/05/2016

Respondent: Essex County Council

The `Brentwood Borough Local Plan Development Options - Highway Modelling' has been published in draft form. It is acknowledged that the draft Report has not yet been fully considered by Highways England or ECC as local highway authority. This work will be further developed in partnership with highways authorities, under `duty to co-operate', before a final version is published.
Highway modelling will need to consider the impact of the growth in the preferred strategy, and the identification of necessary mitigation; the cumulative impact of growth; and the impact of wider planned growth. In addition, consideration will need to be given to the modelling undertaken to support the emerging Basildon Local Plan.

Comment

Representation ID: 15982

Received: 11/05/2016

Respondent: Essex County Council

National infrastructure projects of relevance have been realised in the Governments Road Building Strategy which includes commitments to the A12, which seek to improve its long term reliability and capacity.
Other national infrastructure projects of relevance include the Lower Thames Crossing following which a range of potential Implications / Opportunities need to be assessed and factored in to the further modelling in support of the Brentwood Local Plan, regardless of the LTC route. In respect of modelling Highways England, acknowledge within their consultation that further modelling is required, and this is strongly supported by ECC.
ECC strongly agrees with the proposal for a new Crossing at Location C, east of Gravesend and Tilbury.

Comment

Representation ID: 15983

Received: 11/05/2016

Respondent: Essex County Council

Specific reference should be made to the "A127 A Corridor for Growth: an Economic Plan" (2014), which recognises the importance of the A127 to support economic growth both within Brentwood and as a strategic corridor for South Essex, and proposes a range of improvements including the safeguarding of the A127 corridor.
A major aim of ECC is to improve journey time reliability along this route. There is significant growth planned along the A127 Corridor in adopted and emerging Local Development Plans along its entire route, which will need to be considered in any highway modelling in terms of capacity, key junctions and access from direct and access to side roads, if necessary.