4.19 Extensions to residential envelopes and phasing*
* The historical, agricultural and ecological value of land;
* The potential to create a defensible Green Belt boundary;
The proposed site known as 'North of London Road' is approximately 130 hectares of prime Green Belt land. The site is prime agricultural land and already forms a defensible Green Belt boundary.
Allocation of exactly where dwellings are to be erected on this site is not included in the document and the district council flatly refuse to make comment on this stating that at this stage they cannot be "site specific".
Such negativity creates uncertainty as to what part of the 130 hectares will be built on and therefore, as a resident, I find it difficult to make comment due to this lack of information. This in my view highlights yet another example of vagueness and unsound delivery.
This proposal should be made far clearer and identify such aspects as:
* How much of the Green Belt will be retained.
* The area the site will occupy.
* The actual location of dwellings.
* Type of dwellings, ie. houses or flats.
* Provision of road access and where exactly this will be. Will it result in 'rat- runs between Rawreth Lane and London Road?
* How the siting of dwellings will be arranged to avoid the flood areas already identified by the Environment Agency on their web-site
* The plans for dealing with surface water drainage and the direction of flow it will take to the River Crouch. Rawreth village already experiences fluvial flood problems from run-off water from this site.
* Will this development lead to the detriment or decline of the prime farmland it now is?
All of the above points have been raised during the consultation period but none appear to have been addressed or answered in the submission.