Object
Core Strategy Submission Document
Representation ID: 15788
Received: 07/10/2009
Respondent: Mr Andrew Allen
Legally compliant? No
Sound? No
Duty to co-operate? Not specified
I do not agree that RDC's approach to the location of housing can be considered balanced given that it appears to favour a limited number of huge extensions to the residential envelope. I believe that there are opportunities to utilise a larger number of smaller sites, around the existing settlements. These would result in less traffic having to travel via town centres to destinations of Basildon, Southend and Chelmsford, less requirement for investment in the necessary infrastructure, and have a more balanced impact to existing settlements by spreading expansion around.
I do not agree that RDC's approach to the location of housing can be considered balanced given that it appears to favour a limited number of huge extensions to the residential envelope. I believe that there are opportunities to utilise a larger number of smaller sites, around the existing settlements. These would result in less traffic having to travel via town centres to destinations of Basildon, Southend and Chelmsford, less requirement for investment in the necessary infrastructure, and have a more balanced impact to existing settlements by spreading expansion around.