Comment

Representation ID: 15931

Received: 12/05/2016

Respondent: West Horndon Parish Council

Policy 10.1 of the Draft Local Plan states that a Green Travel Route will be created to link the strategic allocations in the A127 Corridor with Brentwood Town Centre. This statement is too vague and more detail is required to assess whether this supports sustainability or not.

Comment

Representation ID: 15933

Received: 12/05/2016

Respondent: West Horndon Parish Council

It is unclear what the proposed phasing or delivery timing is for Dunton Hills Garden Village. It is not included in Appendix 3. WHPC state concern regarding any development within this site given its scale, and the knock-on impact to West Horndon should infrastructure not be delivered in an appropriate, timely, and properly phased manner.

Object

Representation ID: 15935

Received: 12/05/2016

Respondent: West Horndon Parish Council

5.20 of the Draft Local Plan states that a new village centre will be created for West Horndon, with supporting services and facilities close to the village rail station. No evidence is provided as to how this would be funded and provided, and indeed hence if this is a realistic assumption based on the other changes needed at sites 020 and 021 in order to make them suitable for large scale residential redevelopment.

Object

Representation ID: 15937

Received: 12/05/2016

Respondent: West Horndon Parish Council

WHPC questions whether the BBC stated need to meet objectively assessed housing needs justifies using green belt land for housing development. This is a question WHPC has raised at each round of consultation on the LDP and underpinning evidence. To date, no satisfactory answer has been provided.

Object

Representation ID: 15938

Received: 12/05/2016

Respondent: West Horndon Parish Council

Para 87 of the National Planning Policy Framework ("NPPF") states that "inappropriate development is, by definition, harmful to the Green Belt and should not be approved except in special circumstances." WHPC state that housing need alone does not necessarily represent special circumstances.

Object

Representation ID: 15939

Received: 12/05/2016

Respondent: West Horndon Parish Council

5.22 in the Draft Local Plan notes that loss of just 1% of Green Belt "means development needs can be sustainably met in the Borough whilst Green Belt would still make up 88% of the total area". WHPC challenge that a small loss of Green Belt implies that development needs can be met sustainably - there are far greater elements of sustainability than simply considering what proportion of Green Belt is lost. WHPC also note that whilst the Borough as a whole would lose only 1% of its Green Belt, the local impact on West Horndon Parish and indeed the south of the Borough is far more material.

Object

Representation ID: 15940

Received: 12/05/2016

Respondent: West Horndon Parish Council

The area of land making up the A127 Corridor is a small strip of land sandwiched between Upminster (London) and Laindon (Basildon). The proposed extensive development of the A127 Corridor would essentially create a ribbon development linking London and Basildon.

Object

Representation ID: 15941

Received: 12/05/2016

Respondent: West Horndon Parish Council

Policy 9.8b and c of the Draft Local Plan states that "The Metropolitan Green Belt boundaries within Brentwood Borough will be maintained in order to continue to serve its key function, and be protected from inappropriate development, and to b) Check the growth of London and prevent ribbon development and urban sprawl, and c) Prevent the coalescence of settlements". The level of proposed development along the A127 Corridor, particularly on Green Belt is contradictory to this policy. It is well observed that all authorities along the A127 are allocating adjoining land for development, with the Basildon Dunton Extension a perfect example. The policies proposed within the Draft Local Plan will actually contribute to urban sprawl and ribbon development within the area.

Object

Representation ID: 15942

Received: 12/05/2016

Respondent: West Horndon Parish Council

WHPC question whether BBC have considered all available and suitable brownfield sites. Whilst this is noted throughout the Draft Local Plan, WHPC note that for example, the Childerditch Industrial Estate within the A127 Corridor has not been considered despite it being brownfield land in what is BBC's stated preferred transport corridor for development.

Object

Representation ID: 15944

Received: 12/05/2016

Respondent: West Horndon Parish Council

SO10 states that BBC will "protect and enhance valuable landscapes and the natural and historic environment". WHPC represent that the scale and concentration of the proposed development within the A127 Corridor will irrevocably harm the landscape and environment within this area.