Latest News 2021
13 April 2021
The following documents have been added to the Examination Document Library Part 2 under F80, F94 and F95.
- F80 Site level exceptional circumstances for Green Belt release
- F94 Planning Development Management Resource
- F95 Brentwood Development Partnership Local Plan letter
26 March 2021
The following document has been added to the Examination Document Library Part 2 under F93.
12 March 2021
Due to technical issues, the first 10 minutes of the hearing session (outstanding items discussion) held on Thursday 11 March 2021 at 1400 were not recorded. During this part of the session the Inspectors confirmed that with regards to the recent examination notes that have been submitted so far and those forthcoming from the Council, that once they have had time to consider these they will then determine if they need further information from participants and if a further session is required. The remainder of the session is available to view on YouTube.
9 March 2021
The following documents have been added to the Examination Document Library Part 2 under F92. Please note that the first session on Thursday 11 March is now due to start at 9am.
8 March 2021
The week 5 hearing sessions commence on Tuesday 9 March. Non participants and members of the public can watch sessions on the internet via YouTube. Each session can be viewed using the links below
- Matter 8 Housing provision (Tue 9 Mar at 0930)
- Additional session to discuss Council's notes F82 and F91 (Thur 11 Mar at 0900)
- Additional session to dicsuss Council's note F89 (Thur 11 Mar 1100)
- Outstanding items discussion (Thur 11 Mar 1400)
The following documents have been added to the Examination Document Library Part 2 under F69X, F81, F84, F85, F89, F90 and F91
- F69X Lidl GB UK R15
- F81 Housing trajectory update (March 2021)
- F84 Policy SP04 Developer Contributions
- F85 Policy E08 Land adjacent to A12 slip road Ingatestone
- F89 Policy E11 Brentwood Enterprise Park
- F90 Policy BE22 Open space in new development
- F91 Policy SP03 Health Impact Assessments
5 March 2021
The following documents have been added to the Examination Document Library Part 2 under F86 to F87
- F86 Design policy amendments
- F87 Natural Environment policy amendments
- F88 Green Belt policy amendments
4 March 2021
The following documents have been added to the Examination Document Library Part 2 under F78, F79 and F82
- F78 Examination note on site R19 Land at Priests Lane
- F79 Examination note on Blackmore and Kelvedon Hatch densities
- F82 Examination note on hot food takeaway restrictions
3 March 2021
The following document has been added to the Examination Document Library Part 2 under F83
26 February 2021
The following document has been added to the Examination Document Library Part 2 under F77
24 February 2021
The following document has been added to the Examination Document Library Part 2 under F73A
22 February 2021
The following document has been added to the Examination Document Library Part 3 under G12H
The week 4 hearing sessions commence on Tuesday 23 February. Non participants and members of the public can watch sessions on the internet via YouTube. Each session can be viewed using the links below.
- Matter 12a Transport (Tue 23 Feb at 0930)
- Matter 6 Dunton Hills Garden Village (Tue 23 Feb at 1400)
- Matter 6 Dunton Hills Garden Village (Wed 24 Feb at 0930)
- Matter 14 Monitoring and Viability (Thurs 25 Feb at 0930)
- Matter 7c Site allocations Brentwood town: continuation of discussions on car park sites only
18 February 2021
The following documents have been added to the Examination Document Library Part 2 under F73, F74, F75 and F76.
F74 Representations from participants on F59 Settlement Hierarchy
- F74A Blackmore, Hook End and Wyatts Green Parish Council and Blackmore Village Heritage Association (Homes and Hills LLP)
- F74B Clearbrook Group and Turn2Us (Strutt and Parker)
- F74C M Scott Properties Ltd
F75 Representations from participants on F62 Employment premises vacancy rate
F76 Representations from participants on F65 Brentwood Local Plan Transport Assessment
- F76A Essex County Council
- F76B Hallam Land Management Ltd (Marrons Planning)
- F76C U and I Group Plc (Chilmark Consulting)
10 February 2021
The Council has received a letter from the Inspectors. This has been added to the Examination Document Library Part 2 under F72.
9 February 2021
The week 3 hearing sessions commence on Wednesday 10 February. Non participants and members of the public can watch the sessions on the internet via YouTube. Each session can be viewed using the links below.
- Matter 12b Other infrastructure (Wed 10 Feb at 0930)
- Matter 9 Gypsies, travellers and travelling showpeople accommodation (Wed 10 Feb at 1400)
- Matter 10 Employment Land Provision (Thurs 11 Feb at 0930)
- Matter 11 Retail Provision (Thurs 11 Feb at 1400)
- Matters 13d Green Belt and rural development, 13e Promoting a safe, clean and healthy environment, 13f Sustainable construction and resource efficiency and 13g Design and place making (Friday 12 Feb at 0930)
- Matters 13a Strategic policies and future proofing, 13b Natural environment and 13c Historic environment (Friday 12 Feb at 1400)
5 February 2021
The Council has received an updated draft hearing timetable from the Inspectors. This has been added to the Examination Document Library Part 2 updating F13.
The updates comprise the following.
- Matter 8 Housing provision moved from Tuesday 9 February to Tuesday 9 March. There are no hearing sessions now scheduled for Tuesday 9 February.
- Two reserve days have been added on Wednesday 10 and Thursday 11 March which now comprises week 5 of the timetable.
- Matter 11 Retail provision moved from 12pm to 2pm on Thursday 11 February.
- Matters 13a Strategic policies and future proofing, 13b Natural environment and 13c Historic environment moved from Thursday 11 February at 2pm to Friday 12 February at 2pm.
- Matter 7c Site allocations Brentwood town continuation of discussions on car park sites only (Policies R10, R11, R13 and R14) to be held on Thursday 25 February at 2pm.
3 February 2021
The following Statement of Common Ground has been added to the Examination Document Library Part 2 under F69W.
2 February 2021
The following documents have been added to the Examination Document Library Part 2 under F69V and Part 3 under G6X and G7BE.
- F69V St Modwen Developments Ltd and S and J Padfield and Partners and Essex County Council
- G6X Historic England (Matter 6 hearing statement)
- G7BE Historic England (Matter 7c hearing statement)
1 February 2021
The week 2 hearing sessions commence on Tuesday 2 February. Non participants and members of the public can watch the sessions on the internet via YouTube. Each session can be viewed using the relevant links below.
- Matter 7a Site selection methodology (Tue 2 Feb at 0930)
- Matter 7b Site allocations general questions (Tue 2 Feb at 1400)
- Matter 7e Site allocations Urban neighbourhoods (Wed 3 Feb at 0930)
- Matter 7f Site allocations Large villages West Horndon (Wed 3 Feb at 1200)
- Matter 7g Site allocations Rural villages Kelvedon Hatch and Blackmore (Wed 3 Feb at 1400)
- Matter 7c Site allocations Brentwood town (Thu 4 Feb at 0930)
- Matter 7h Site allocations other employment sites (Thu 4 Feb at 1400)
- Matter 7d Site allocations Shenfield (Fri 5 Feb at 0930)
- Matter 7f Site allocations Large villages Ingatestone (Fri 5 Feb at 1400)
The following documents have been added to the Examination Document Library Part 2 under F69T, F69U and F71.
- F69T The Ursuline Sisters Brentwood CIO R19
- F69U Hermes Real Estate Investment Management Ltd R02
- F71 Status of Addendum of Focussed Changes to Pre-Submission Local Plan
29 January 2021
The following documents have been added to the Examination Document Library Part 2 under F69O to F69S and F70.
- F69O R03 Site Promoters and Essex County Council as Highway Authority
- F69P Sport England
- F69Q Transport for London Commercial Development R10
- F69R Redrow Homes Ltd R21
- F69S St Modwen Developments Ltd and S and J Padfield and Partners E11
- F70 Infrastructure Delivery Plan Part B Schedule update 29 Jan 2021
28 January 2021
The following Statements of Common Ground have been added to the Examination Document Library Part 2 under F69L, F69M and F69N.
- F69L CALA Homes R22
- F69M Childerditch Properties E12
- F69N Site Promoters of R03 and Essex County Council as Education Authority
The Inspectors have also issued the following statement.
'In response to the additional evidence recently submitted to the Examination by the Council during December and January, the Inspectors wish to remind participants to familiarise themselves with any documents applicable to their representations, as some may be referenced and discussed in the forthcoming hearing sessions. Any participants wishing to make comments should do so verbally at the appropriate session.
In relation to the updated Transport Assessment evidence (F65, F66 and appendices), this will be predominantly discussed as part of Matters 12a and 6 in Week 4. Whilst the Inspectors are content for any comments to be given verbally in the relevant hearing sessions, should any participant wish to make any written comments on this updated evidence, as it is relevant to original representations, please do so by Wednesday 17 February 2021.
The Inspectors also wish to give relevant participants the opportunity to respond in writing on the Council's additional evidence on the settlement hierarchy (F59) and employment premises vacancy rate (F62), where this is applicable to original representations. Notwithstanding that verbal comments may be made for the former part of the site allocation sessions, and the latter under Matter 10, any additional written comments on this evidence can also be submitted by the above date.
All further written statements must accord with the requirements set out in the Inspectors' guidance note. However due to the timescales involved, the Inspectors will, in this instance, just accept electronic versions of statements.'
27 January 2021
The following Statements of Common Ground have been added to the Examination Document Library Part 2 under F69A to F69K.
- F69A Fairview New Homes R04 and R05
- F69B The Armiger Family and Mrs H Dunbar R07
- F69C Stonebond Properties Ltd R08
- F69D Essex Partnership University NHS Trust R09
- F69E Countryside Properties R16 and R17
- F69F Stonebond Properties Ltd R23
- F69G Stonebond Properties Ltd R24
- F69H Constable Homes R25
- F69I Crest Nicholson R26
- F69J Crest Nicholson R06
- F69K Countryside Properties, Croudace Homes, Redrow Homes Ltd and Stonebond Properties Ltd R03
20 January 2021
The following documents have been added to the Examination Document Library Part 2 under F67 and F68.
- F67 Clarification on Strategic Policies, Strategic Priorities and Objectives
- F68 Brentwood Corporate Strategy 2020 to 2025
19 January 2021
The Inspectors have issued an updated Hearing Programme which has been added to the Examination Document Library Part 2 under F13.
The timings for sessions on Wednesday 3 February are now as follows:
- First morning session (Matter 7e Urban neighbourhoods) 09:30 to 11:30
- Second morning session (Matter 7f Large villages West Horndon only) 12:00 to 13:00
- Afternoon session (Matter 7g Rural villages Kelvedon Hatch and Blackmore) starts at 14:00
Friday 26 February has been added as a reserve day.
15 January 2021
The following documents have been added to the Examination Document Library Part 2 under F27b and F54 to F66.
- F27b Annual monitoring data update
- F54 Clarification on Basildon's unmet need
- F55 Consideration of SA narrative on spatial strategy alternatives
- F56 Green Belt boundary clarification
- F57 Clarification on Local Plan early review
- F58 Clarification on Policy SP02 Managing Growth
- F59 Settlement Hierarchy
- F60 Clarification on Policy SP01 Sustainable Development
- F61 Clarification on Policy HP05 Affordable Housing
- F62 Employment premises vacancy rate
- F63 Dunton Hills Garden Village employment
- F64 EPOA Mechanism for the consideration of unmet housing need
- F65 Brentwood Local Plan Transport Assessment and Appendices
- F66 Brentwood Local Plan Transport Assessment Model Build Report and Appendices
12 January 2021
The Inspectors have issued an updated Hearing Programme which has been added to the Examination Document Library Part 2 under F13.
Matter 7f Large Villages (Ingatestone) has been moved to Friday 5 January in the afternoon session. Matter 7f Large Villages (West Horndon) remains on Wednesday 3 February in the first afternoon session.
5 January 2021
The Inspectors have issued an updated Hearing Programme which has been added to the Examination Document Library Part 2 under F13.
The changes to the Hearing Programme include an additional day on Tuesday 23 February and the two reserve days of Wednesday 24 and Thursday 25 February being used as sitting days for the hearing sessions.
The Council has also added to the Examination Document Library Part 3 hearing statements from Redrow Homes for the weeks 2 and 4 hearing sessions under G7AU2 and G12G.