I write on behalf of our Client CALA Homes (North Home Counties) Ltd in response to your Council's Regulation 18 Consultation on the Brentwood Draft Local Plan: Preferred Site Allocations (January 2018).

We submitted representations in response to your previous Regulation 18 consultation in March 2016 which were strongly supportive of the Council's decision to allocate Site 079A (land adjacent to Ingatestone by-pass) as a Green Belt release in the emerging Brentwood Local Plan. Our previous representations were supported by a number of technical studies which we trust the Council has found helpful in supporting its decision to allocate the site.

Through the technical work undertaken to date, it has been demonstrated that the site is sustainable; can be well integrated into the existing transport network; is suitable for development in terms of noise and vibration levels; and can be developed in a way that will enhance the ecological value of the site. We have also demonstrated through the design work undertaken that the site is capable of delivering approximately 57 market and affordable homes together with public open space and an area of children's play for the benefit of both new and existing residents living in the local area.

We are pleased to note that this design work has been recognised by the Council, and the site is now identified in the Preferred Site Allocations (January 2018) as offering an indicative yield of 57 dwellings.

We wish to reiterate our strong support for the proposed allocation of Site 079A, and we look forward to continuing discussions with the Council with respect to bring the site forward for development at the earliest opportunity.