London Southend Airport and Environs Joint Area Action Plan Submission Document

Object

Representation ID: 32638

Received: 15/04/2013

Respondent: Essex County Council

Legally compliant? Yes

Sound? No

Duty to co-operate? Not specified

The Plan should be amended by inclusion of additional text which draws attention of potential future developers to the requirements of the Mineral Planning Authority in respect of development within the Brickearth Consultation Area.

Object

Representation ID: 32639

Received: 15/04/2013

Respondent: Essex County Council

Legally compliant? Yes

Sound? No

Duty to co-operate? Not specified

The Plan should be amended by inclusion of additional text which draws attention of potential future developers to the requirements of the Mineral Planning Authority in respect of development within the Brickearth Consultation Area.

Object

Representation ID: 32640

Received: 15/04/2013

Respondent: Essex County Council

Legally compliant? Yes

Sound? No

Duty to co-operate? Not specified

The Plan should be amended by inclusion of additional text which draws attention of potential future developers to the requirements of the Mineral Planning Authority in respect of development within the Brickearth Consultation Area.

Object

Representation ID: 32641

Received: 15/04/2013

Respondent: Essex County Council

Legally compliant? Yes

Sound? No

Duty to co-operate? Not specified

The childcare sufficiency data suggests that there is a general need in several Rochford wards for additional childcare provision. An increase in jobs and wider employment opportunities would impact on the assessment of future need for provision. The Plan should note that there will be a need to provide additional childcare places and provision in the local area, although it is difficult to be precise on the scale and timing of additional provision at this point in time.

Object

Representation ID: 32642

Received: 15/04/2013

Respondent: Essex County Council

Legally compliant? Yes

Sound? No

Duty to co-operate? Not specified

Essex County Council would consider any co-location/joint working opportunities for Library provision that might arise from the proposals in the Plan. In particular any which would assist in promoting and achieving the document's objectives, especially in regard to enhancing career related training and development opportunities and improving quality of life/leisure.

Object

Representation ID: 32643

Received: 15/04/2013

Respondent: Essex County Council

Legally compliant? Not specified

Sound? Not specified

Duty to co-operate? Not specified

To reflect the provisions of the Flood and Water Management Act (2010) the following text should be added to the supporting text for Policy ENV7 (Environmental Sustainability),

'Schedule 3 of the Flood and Water Management Act (2010) will make unitary and county councils SuDS Approving Bodies, responsible for approving surface water drainage and subsequently adopting systems serving more than one property. Schedule 3 is currently set to commence in April 2014. For any development sites within the JAAP area, the approval of Essex County Council or Southend-on-Sea Borough Council would therefore be required for any SuDS system, which will be determined in accordance with the SuDS National Standards and any local standards set out.'

Object

Representation ID: 32644

Received: 15/04/2013

Respondent: Essex County Council

Legally compliant? Yes

Sound? No

Duty to co-operate? Not specified

The SA/SEA for the Submission Document does not include the JAAP's impacts on archaeology and this should be rectified given the known archaeology of the area covered by the JAAP. Annex 1 of the Directive 2001/42/EC includes at criterion (f) 'cultural heritage including architectural and archaeological heritage', but Table 4.1 of the JAAP Submission Document SA/SEA Sustainability Framework does not include consideration of this issue. Further, section 4.4.3 of the SA/SEA for the Submission Document fails to identify the omission of this sustainability objective as a main change to the SA/SEA Framework between the Issues and Options stage and the Preferred Options and Submission documents. It is noted that in the Sustainability Appraisal historic environment assets may require further assessment (section 4.4.3) and Appendix 4-24 (Landscape and Towns) the document states the JAAP could contain policies on protecting the historic environment, and the protection of the historic heritage including built features, landscape features and buried archaeology is identified.

Further, it should be noted that the proposed South Essex Rapid Transit (SERT) project has been discontinued and all references to SERT should be replaced by reference to 'High Quality Public Transport Corridors'.