2016 LOCAL PLAN Contact EDITION LOCAL PLAN HAVE YOUR SAY SEE INSIDE: What is a Local Plan? Why more homes? Where are the possible sites? Come to our Local Plan exhibitions You can influence the Local Plan - have your say and get involved THE LOCAL PLAN To Cambridge WHAT IS A LOCAL PLAN? A1092 To Bury St Edmunds THE BIGGEST SITES WE HAVERHILL Liston River Stour Just like other areas in the country, we’re working A Local Plan is the basis for B1064 Pentlow PROPOSE TO ALLOCATE ARE: Foxearth on a new Local Plan for the district. A134 Sturmer Belchamp the future development of St. Paul Borley SUDBURY Helions Ashen 1 West of Braintree New Garden Community B1054 Belchamp Having one is really important because it sets the homes, employment and Bumpstead 1017 Ovington Otten A134 Steeple Bumpstead Belchamp Tilbury Bulmer Middleton (2,500 homes within the Local Plan period. Ridgewell Walter direction for our future development of sites but Juxta Clare business sites while protecting Birdbrook A131 also it gives us more power to stop inappropriate Little Little Potential to rise after 2033) Yeldham Gestingthorpe Henny the countryside. Planning B1057 Stambourne Great Yeldham Great development. Henny Wickham Toppesfield Cornish Castle St. Paul Twinstead 2 Marks Tey New Garden Community applications, whatever their size Hall End Hedingham Lamarsh A1017 We know we need to build more homes so that our children and Great Maplestead Alphamstone (1,500 homes within the Local Plan period. and proposed use, are assessed A131 Sible Bures grandchildren can find homes to suit them. We need to deliver Hedingham Pebmarsh Little Potential to rise after 2033) for approval against the policies Maplestead 845 homes each year between now and 2033 in order to comply Finchingfield A604 B1053 7 Wethersfield contained in the Local Plan. 105 with national guidelines and to meet locally-driven demand in the B Blackmore 3 East of Great Notley End Colne HALSTEAD Engaine River Great Gosfield Coln e White Braintree district. Bardfield Colne To in Black Notley Parish (2,000 homes) A131 Colchester Shalford Earls A604 Colne A1017 Riv e This will mean that with the homes that already have planning r P a 4 n Land east of Broad Road, Braintree B1053 t Bardfield Greenstead P permission we’re looking to allocate land for around 10,000 o Green Saling d s Stisted B r o o (1,000 homes ) k homes as well as the infrastructure, employment and community Great To Saling Panfield Colchester and Ipswich To Great 5 facilities to support them. Dunmow 4 Coggeshall A120 (A120) Bradwell 5 Former Towerlands Park site, Braintree A120 2 1A120 BRAINTREE To Rayne Rive r Blac kwater (600 homes) From so Stansted B1024 June 27th until August 19th we want your views Airport Great Cressing A12 Notley 3 Feering please get involved and tell us what you think. We will then make Black B1018 Notley Silver End Kelvedon 6 Land at Feering (1,000 homes) amendments to the draft before it goes out to public consultation 6 B101 White Rivenhall Notley 8 again. It will then be submitted to the Planning Inspectorate and 7 Wood End Farm, Witham (450 homes) Faulkbourne R iv A12 Why the need e r subject to an independent public examination. B ra To in Chelmsford Terling WITHAM Thank you for taking the time to read this document. for new homes? 13897 B There are around 80 other smaller sites (new · Our district’s population A12 B101 developments under 450 homes) which you B To 1019 Chelmsford Hatfield Map for illustrative is increasing and London Peverel 8 A12 purposes only can view on www.braintree.gov.uk/newlp To · People are living longer Maldon Graham Butland · Home ownership is out of Leader of the Council WHERE CAN I FIND OUT MORE ABOUT reach for too many INVESTING IN OUR DISTRICT THE EVIDENCE BASE BEHIND THE DRAFT We’re preparing for this growth by making · There are more people LOCAL PLAN? Did you know? moving to the district sure our district’s infrastructure can serve our than leaving An evidence base of documents can be viewed on existing and new communities. You can watch all our Local Plan, Planning, our website. Visit www.braintree.gov.uk/newlp We’re working with partners to invest in our Cabinet and Full Council meetings online. · More people are living on their own or in smaller health facilities, our most congested roads, To view the webcast visit www.braintree.gov.uk/webcast town centres and our businesses. households 2 HAVE YOUR SAY ANTICIPATED YOU CAN INFLUENCE TIMETABLE FOR THE THE LOCAL PLAN We are holding drop-in sessions from 2.30pm - 7.30pm PRODUCTION OF THE at these venues where you can see the NEW LOCAL PLAN plans and discuss them with us: · 27th June - Sible Hedingham JUNE 27TH - AUGUST 19TH 2016 (Baptist Church, CO9 3PX) 8 week public consultation period on the draft Local Plan · 28th June - Earls Colne (Village Hall, CO6 2RN) · 29th & 30th June - Witham SEPTEMBER - NOVEMBER 2016 (Witham Public Hall, CM8 2DY) Consideration of public consultation · 4th July - Halstead (Queens Hall, CO9 2BY) responses to the draft Local Plan and 6th July - Kelvedon revisions to the Plan as appropriate · (Kelvedon Institute, CO5 9AA) NOVEMBER 2016 · 7th July - Gt Saling Councillors will consider the latest draft (The Salings Millennium Hall, CM7 5DW) WINTER 2016 · 12th July - Silver End Second public consultation (Silver End Village Hall, CM8 3RQ) · 13th & 14th July - Braintree SPRING 2017 ! (Town Hall, CM7 3YG) Submission of Local Plan to the Planning Inspectorate for consideration · 18th July - Coggeshall (St Peters Church, CO6 1UD) SUMMER/AUTUMN 2017 · 21st July - Hatfield Peverel (Scout Hall, CM3 2LB) (subject to Inspectorate timetable) - 9th July 10am -2pm - Marks Tey Independent public examination held on · (Village Hall, CO6 1EJ) the Local Plan by the Planning Inspector EARLY 2018 TAKE A LOOK AT THE PLANS ONLINE: Adoption of the Local Plan by the Council www.braintree.gov.uk/newlp Comment on the draft local plan: the most up-to-date as of May 31st, 2016. For *All information correct information visit www.braintree.gov.uk/newlp www.braintree.gov.uk/consultlp email [email protected] or call 01376 552525 If you don’t have access to the internet you can view the plans at our reception: Braintree District Council, Causeway House, Bocking End, Braintree, Essex, CM7 9HB If you require this document in another format please let us know.