para 1.1 future 'of' our district.
par 1.3 'Silent' is ambiguous and subjective. How long is silent... a day... a month... a year...? How long is it before a local plan is deemed to be silent and therefore, could be ignored?
footnote 2 p1 typo
para 1.13 This is subjective. I'm sure what is valued by myself may not necessarily be valued by the council. Needs to consider emotional needs of landscape and not those of someone walking around with a clipboard.
para 1.14 Who does the Planning Inspector work for?
para 1.21 What happens if that fund is insufficient to meet the baseline infrastructure requirements?
para 3.2 Is there a map available of these designated areas?
para 3.3 The area 'is' home...
para 3.3 Contradicts with the characteristics of our district that have just been described. How can a district with very low unemployment and deprivation levels be a target area for improvement and regeneration? Why is our district not an exception within South Essex?
para 3.12 What plans and which schools? These need to be included or referred to in the document if not already done so.
para 3.14 We should be trying to keep it that way. This statement contradicts with the desire to build 7.5K houses.
para 3.14 This is a positive. Nothing wrong with this.
para 3.15 What are these actions and are they considerate with the desire to build 7.5k houses in the district?
para 3.16 Seems to contradict with the desire to build 7.5 houses
Our Communities p14 Re point 3, building more 4/5 bed houses does not address the concern of affordability, the new builds along Hall Road being a case in point - This is not sustainable development
para 3.22 Agreed. The developments at Hall Road and Folly Lane have not helped this trend.
para 4.4 I consider this a dangerous approach to take. It suggests that housing needs are being put before all other needs. I get the idea of 'policy off' and the requirement to identify housing need but this cannot be done in isolation. All needs must be considered, as a whole, if this is to work.
para 4.4 Again, has to be affordable and sustainable. No point in building 4/5 bed properties for 500k as will not meet objectives and will just add to an ageing population.
Challenge before para 4.6 The challenge will be delivering business that can afford to pay wages that allow residents to live in the district. This comes back to affordable housing. Your figures show that most residents commute to London; that is where the higher wages are paid.
para 4.6 Typo : Need to need to.
para 4.6 It is also critical if 7.5k homes are going to be built. They go hand in hand. Can't have one without the other which is what we're starting to see at Hall Road and Folly Lane where additional infrastructure is not being provided.
Challenge before para 4.7 It has to be long term strategic thinking, not short term for a short term quick hit win. Pride and self gain have to be put to one side and everyone needs to buy in to the long term vision, including developers, builders and land owners. This cannot be about personal gain and profit. If this isn't sustainable and the infrastructure isn't in place, we will have a post war planning disaster on our hands, which future generations will be left to deal with, by which time it will be too late.
Challenge before 4.8 Depends on who the neighbours are, and how similar the issues and challenges they face, are to those of our district. I would always encourage communication, collaboration and idea sharing but it has to be meaningful and strategic and not just doing it for the sake of it.
para 4.9 What is a sub-regional housing market area?
para 4.10 What about utilities infrastructure (energy) and education?
para 4.13 What does this mean in real terms? Does the burden fall on our district to meet the shortfall e.g. 7.5 k becomes 8k?
para 4.15 Typo... 'its'
Our Draft Vision before para 5.10 I support the Vision. However, the Vision should refer to affordable homes.
Strategic Objective 7I would like to see more support for local start ups instead of being swamped by more super brands like Sainsburys and Costas, to the detriment of local businesses.
p29 Tell Us More: I'm supportive of all the objectives but it is a balancing act between them.
People have to work in London because that is where most of the jobs are and which pay the wages to pay for the cost of an average size house in our district.
Creating jobs in the region that can pay equivalent wages is always going to be a challenge unless housing becomes more affordable for future generations.
I'm supportive of more play spaces. These are disappearing or access to them being removed.
Building 7.5k houses is in contradiction with the environmental objectives to a degree.
Tell Us More SP1.1 Everyone involved in this process needs to be mindful that this isn't about profit. It cannot be solely about profit if it is to be sustainable.
It needs a complete change of mindset from developers, builders and architects that this isn't about personal gain but about the future of our district.
I struggle to see, that in the current economic climate, a global development corporation would buy in to this ethos.
Figure 9: What region is this for? Our district or the East of England?
What is the scale along the y axis?
para 6.6 Excessive market level housing will drive up the cost of affordable housing, to the point where what was once affordable housing, no longer is.
para 6.7 Type : in 'for' the form
Table 2 What size are the homes? 10 bedroom mansions or one bed flats?
para 6.10 Not sure I understand what this statement is saying. What happens if the 'need' and 'target' differ significantly?
para 6.12 Not a sustainable approach.
para 6.13 Feels like a get out clause so that affordable housing can be conveniently ignored.