C and S Associates agree with the identification of site i, the Brickworks site, for residential development.

This site has been identified as a proposed 'area for change' in Section 4.6 of this document and designation of the site for residential development will enable the site to be redeveloped, providing benefits such as enhancing the visual quality of the area, environmental benefits and assisting in enabling Rochford to meet the PPS3 requirement to identify a 15 year housing land supply.

C and S Associates object to the proposal for no change to the green belt boundary as this may hinder redevelopment of the Brickworks site.

The green belt boundary can be amended to enable beneficial development of the Brickworks site to take place without compromising any adjoining green belt. The site can be provided with defensible boundaries which will afford future protection of the surrounding green belt, should it remain, and so development will not threaten the function and purpose of the green belt.