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Consultation

Statement

October 2019 Addendum

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Consultation Statement Addendum – October 19 2

Consultation Statement Addendum – October 19 3

Introduction

The purpose of this addendum is to update the Braintree District Council Consultation Statement for

the Local Plan (Sections 1 and 2) to include the consultation activities undertaken in the period

between submission of the Local Plan in October 2017 and the conclusion of the technical section 1

examination consultation in September 2019. This addendum will be submitted to the inspector

along with the documents subject to consultation over the summer.

This addendum will provide an overview of the consultation process including a list of the people

and organisations who were specifically invited to make a representation. There is a note at the end

to describe the consultation methods used during the production of the Additional Sustainability

Appraisal.

Background

The Braintree Local Plan was subject of a number of public consultations leading up to submission to

the Secretary of State (SoS) for examination in October 2017. This included consultations held in

accordance to regulations 16 and 18.

An Inspector appointed by the SoS and a two week examination hearing session were held by

January 2018 followed by an additional week May 2018. Following these sessions, the Inspector

wrote to the Council outlining his interim findings. He suggested that additional evidence would be

required to make the plan sound and that this evidence would be subject to public consultation.

The table below is a summary of the public consultation stages completed so far. Having completed

the Technical Section 1 Examination, the development plan is awaiting scheduling of further hearing

sessions.

Development Plan Stage

Consultation Period

Local Plan Issues and Scoping January 2015

26th January to 6th March 2015

Local Plan Draft for Consultation 2016

27th June to 19th August 2016

Local Plan Publication Draft Local Plan

2017 16th June to 28th July 2017

Section 1 Examination Hearing Sessions week 1-2

January 2018

Section 1 Examination Hearing Sessions week 3

May 2018

Technical Section 1 Examination

August to 30

September 2019

Section 1 Examination Hearing Sessions week 4+

TBC

Inspector’s Reporting

TBC

Section 2 Examination

TBC

Title of the consultation, consultation period, and the relevant planning

regulations.

This addendum covers the consultation for Technical Section 1 Examination which is the additional

evidence requested by the Inspector in his letter IED11. The requested additional evidence was

published in June 2019 and subject to a six public consultation from 19

August to 30

September

2019.

Unlike the previous stages of plan preparation, this stage is not specifically covered by the Town and

Country planning 2012 regulations however for practical purposes the consultation was held in

conformity with regulation 18. This consultation is also not covered by the statement of community

Consultation Statement Addendum – October 19 4

involvement (2013) however it was, regardless, undertaken with general conformity with the

statement.

In every practical sense, the Council has undertaken a consultation that is consistent in quality with

previous consultations for regulations 16, 18 and 19.

Key aspects of the consultation and where appropriate main changes arising from

the previous consultation.

In his Section 1 post hearing letter 8

June 2018, the inspector reasoned that the sustainability

appraisal, employment, viability, delivery and Rapid Transit System evidence was inadequate to

justify the three proposed Garden Communities. In response the NEAS commissioned as a series of

additional evidence documents that were published in August 2019 as itemised below.

To reflect the changes made resulting from the hearing sessions, a document tabling the suggested

amendments to the Local Plan was also published for consultation. This summarises the proposed

main changes to the Section 1 Local Plan compared to the reg18 submission.

An update to the Habitats Regulation Assessment (HRA) was also necessary to ensure it is

compatible with the CJEU ruling in People over Wind, Peter Sweetman v Coillte Teoranta.

Documents included in the consultation:

 Suggested Amendments to the Publication Draft Braintree, Colchester & Tendring Local

Plans: Section One - July 2019

 Habitats Regulation Assessment: NEA Strategic Section 1 Update

 Modal Share Strategy for the North Essex Garden Communities

 North Essex Garden Communities: Infrastructure Planning, Phasing and Delivery

 North Essex Authorities: Infrastructure Order of Costs Estimate

 North Essex Authorities: Build Out Rates at the Garden Communities

 North Essex Authorities: Delivery Mechanisms Position Statement

 North Essex Authorities: Section 1 Viability Assessment Update

 North Essex Authorities: State Aid Position Statement

 North Essex Garden Communities: Employment Provision

 North Essex Rapid Transit System: From Vision to Plan

 Additional Sustainability Appraisal*

*The Additional Sustainability Appraisal comprises of the following sections:

 Executive Summary

 Non Technical Summary

 Main Report

 Appendix 1 - Method Scoping Statement Consultation Responses

 Appendix 2 - Workshop Record

 Appendix 3 - Evidence Review on Urban Form

 Appendix 4 - Site Information Forms

 Appendix 5 - Detailed Results of Stage 1 SA of Alternative Strategic Sites

 Appendix 6 - Identification of Spatial Strategy Alternatives

 Appendix 7 - Detailed Results of Stage 2 SA of Alternative Spatial Strategies

 Appendix 8 - Reasons for Rejection or Endorsement of Alternative Spatial Strategies

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Which bodies and persons the local planning authority invited to make

representations

An email or letter informing consultees of consultation dates, consultation material, how to view

and how to respond was sent to:

• All statutory consultees (see Annex 1 (main report))

• Consultees on the Local Plan consultation list (over 3,000 individuals or organisations)

• All Parish Councils

• All examination participants (as updated)

General public and interested parties were alerted through:

• Advertising - a public notice in the local press, namely the Braintree & Witham Times. Public

notices were published at the beginning of the consultation.

• The Council’s website

• Social Media

• Newspaper Adverts

• Deposit points at Braintree Council, Braintree Library, Halstead Library and Witham Library

• Stakeholder workshop, Duty-to-Cooperate meetings.

• A special edition of the Council’s magazine, “Contact” was sent to every household in the

district – 65,000 copies printed and distributed.

Copies of the above have been reproduced in Annex 1 of this addendum.

All additional evidence documents were deposited at the Council Offices and copies made for

Braintree, Halstead and Witham Libraries. Documents were made available on the Council’s website

in PDF format and also available through the Council’s online consultation portal.

No consultation events were held on this occasion, although Officers were available to assist

stakeholders wishing to make a response at the Council Offices and over the phone.

How those bodies and persons were invited to make representations

Similar to the reg 18 process, a letter or email was sent to statutory and non-statutory individuals

and organisations using the Council’s database of registered interested parties. Where an email

address is available, this was used as the preferred method. Letters were sent to consultees without

an email address or where the attempts to send an email failed.

Consultation responses were encouraged through the consultation portal accessible on the Council’s

website (based on the Objective platform), however comments in any format were acceptable

through email or post. Any non-electronic responses were transposed into Objective by the Council.

The deadline for responses was Monday 30th September at 5pm.

The list of statutory undertakers contacted has not changed and can be view in Annex 1 of the

Braintree Consultation Statement – October 17.

The number of representations made and a summary of the main issues raised by

the representations made

A total of circa 1000 responses were received across the documents (as counted by the number of

consultation points) by around 800 individual and organisations, including statutory consultees.

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In addition to this, 2 petitions were received which were included in the submitted documents but

counted as part of a response.

All responses were processed and submitted to the Inspector by 10

October – on this occasion, no

summaries of the consultation was possible. The document which garnered the most comments was

the Additional Sustainability Appraisal, followed by the North Essex Rapid Transit System.

How any representations made have been taken into account in the plan

preparation process.

Not applicable since the regulation 19 Publication Draft Local Plan is subject to examination. Only

the Inspector appointed by the secretary of state may recommend changes to the plan in his report.

Note on the consultation undertaken for the SA

A separate public consultation was held for the Method Scoping Statement (methodology) for the

Additional Sustainability Appraisal between 14 December 2018 and 1 February 2019, during the

period when the Local Plan examination was suspended. The statutory undertakers, Natural

England, Historic England and the Environment Agency were specifically contacted, as were all

examination participants (as updated). This public consultation was open for comment from anyone.

One engagement event was held during the method scoping statement at Colchester Stadium.

Representatives from LUC and the NEAs were present at the event and appointments were made

with 13 stakeholders/organisations/individuals. The consultation response led to changes in the

methodology of the SA as summarised at paragraph 2.87 to 2.92 of the Additional SA Main Report.

Another engagement event was held at Colchester Stadium on Friday March 29

. This event was

open to all examination participants (as updated) however each stakeholder were allowed 2

delegates and RSVPs were required. The purpose of this event was to hold a Check and challenge

workshop where the participants were presented the findings of Stage 1 SA assessment, followed by

a Q&A session with LUC and the NEAs. This event led to further changes to the methodology of the

SA. A workshop record containing the presentation slides and the workshop note is available at

Appendix 2 of the Additional SA.

A limited consultation was undertaken with each site promotor via email pursuant to the completion

of Site Information Proformas. These responses were published, following moderation by the NEAs

to summerise the information, as Appendix 4 Additional SA.

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Annex 1. Addendum list of consultation material

Reference

Consultation Material

TS1E01a – Statutory Consultees letter and email

Emails and letters announcing the

consultation.

TS1E01b – Statutory Consultees letter and email

TS1E02 - Local Plan leaflet Summer 2019

Circa 62,000 Local Plan leaflets (in the

format of

‘Contact’ magazine) was distributed to

every household.

TS1E03 – Instagram, Facebook and Twitter -

example

Social media

TS1E04 - Libraries and exhibitions

Deposit point for a complete set of

documents

within Braintree District

TS1E05 - Response Form

Forms

TS1E06 - Email signature

Email signatures from NEA Councils

XXXXX

Dear Stakeholder,

You are receiving this letter because you have indicated a desire to be notified of future

progress of the Local Plan including the North Essex shared Section 1 Local Plan

Examination.

Background to the consultation

The Section 1 Local Plan Examination began in October 2017, and hearing sessions were

held in January and May 2018. All the Examination documents are available on the

www.braintree.gov.uk/NEAtechS1

After considering all the evidence and representations and the discussion at the hearing

sessions, the Inspector wrote to the North Essex Authorities (NEAs) on 8 June 2018 (see

Examination document IED/011). In his letter the Inspector identified those aspects of the

Section 1 Local Plan and its evidence base which he considered required significant further

work on the part of the NEAs. In that context the Inspector set out options for the NEAs to

consider in determining its next steps in their Local Plan preparation.

Of these options the NEAs chose to pause the Examination and carry out the necessary

further work on the evidence base and Sustainability Appraisal, and to bring forward any

resulting revised strategic proposals, for the Section 1 Local Plan examination to consider.

On 10 December 2018 the Inspector announced a pause in the Examination to enable this

further work to take place (see Examination document IED/015).

North Essex Local Plan Technical Consultation

The NEAs are now carrying out a public consultation on the Additional Sustainability

Appraisal, additional evidence base documents and the suggested amendments to the

Section 1 Local Plan. These are the documents which have been prepared in response to

the Inspector’s 8 June 2018 letter (see Examination document IED/011). The consultation

will run from 19 August to 30 September 2019. Anyone may submit comments, whether or

not they have previously been involved in the Section 1 Local Plan Examination.

What will happen after the consultation?

After the public consultation has finished, the Examination of the Section 1 Local Plan will

resume. The additional documents produced by the NEAs and all the comments that have

been made on them will be forwarded to the Inspector who will consider them alongside all

Our ref: North Essex Shared Section 1 Local Plan Examination.

Submission Local Plan

Your ref:

Ask for: Planning Policy

Dial: 01376 551414

Ext: 2567

Date: 19

August 2019

Email: localplan@braintree.gov.uk

Planning Policy

Causeway House Braintree

Essex CM7 9HB

Tel: 01376 552525

Fax 01376 557787

www.braintree.gov.uk

TS1E01a – Statutory Consultees letter and email

the other evidence and representations already submitted on the Section 1 Local Plan.

Following this the Inspector will arrange further hearing sessions as part of the Examination.

They will focus mainly on those aspects of the Section 1 Local Plan and its evidence base

which the Inspector identified as requiring significant further work and any matters raised by

the representations arising from this consultation. However, they may include other topics

as necessary to inform his assessment of the soundness and legal compliance of the

Section 1 Local Plan, as determined by the Inspector.

Those submitting comments during the public consultation will be able to indicate if they wish

to take part in the further hearing sessions. The Inspector may invite others to take part if

doing so would assist him in assessing the soundness and legal compliance of the Section 1

Local Plan.

The Inspector will fix the dates for the further hearing sessions after he has received and

considered the additional documents produced by the NEAs and the comments made on

them. As was the case for the previous hearing sessions, the Inspector will prepare a list of

matters, issues and questions to focus discussion at the hearings, along with a guidance

note to explain the procedure and the arrangements for submitting hearing statements.

At the end of the Examination the Inspector will produce a report for the NEAs setting out his

conclusions and recommendations, including any recommended main modifications to the

Section 1 Local Plan. Any main modifications which the Inspector may consider

recommending will be the subject of further public consultation before the completion of his

report.

Where can you find out more about the consultation?

The NEAs have created a dedicated online consultation portal which can be accessed via

the following address: www.braintree.gov.uk/NEAtechS1. On the portal you can find out

more information about the documents subject to the North Essex Local Plan Technical

Consultation and how to make representations to the NEAs on them.

The NEAs have also placed copies of the consultation documents in the main libraries within

their districts to ensure that those without internet access can respond to the consultation.

Please ensure you read the NEAs’ Guidance Notes and the Inspector’s Explanatory Note

before responding to the consultation. Please note that you do not need to respond to each

local authority – a single response either through the online consultation portal or via other

means to one local authority (Braintree District Council, Tendring District Council or

Colchester Borough Council) will be sufficient to ensure your consultation is properly

submitted.

Kind regards

Emma Goodings

Head of Planning & Economic Development

TS1E01a – Statutory Consultees letter and email

Sung, Gary

From: Local Plan

Sent: 19 August 2019 11:36

To: Localplan@braintree.gov.uk

Subject: TECHNICAL SECTION 1 EXAMINATION 2019 - BRAINTREE DISTRICT COUNCIL

Dear Stakeholder,

You are receiving this email because you have indicated a desire to be notified of future progress

of the Local Plan including the North Essex shared Section 1 Local Plan Examination.

Background to the consultation

The Section 1 Local Plan Examination began in October 2017, and hearing sessions were held in

January and May 2018. All the Examination documents are available on the Examination web

page.

After considering all the evidence and representations and the discussion at the hearing sessions,

the Inspector wrote to the North Essex Authorities (NEAs) on 8 June 2018 (see Examination

document IED/011).

In his letter the Inspector identified those aspects of the Section 1 Local Plan

and its evidence base which he considered required significant further work on the part of the

NEAs. In that context the Inspector set out options for the NEAs to consider in determining its

next steps in their Local Plan preparation.

Of these options the NEAs chose to pause the Examination and carry out the necessary further

work on the evidence base and Sustainability Appraisal, and to bring forward any resulting revi

sed

strategic proposals, for the Section 1 Local Plan examination to consider. On 10 December 2018

the Inspector announced a pause in the Examination to enable this further work to take place (see

Examination document IED/015).

North Essex Local Plan Technical Consultation

The NEAs are now carrying out a public consultation on the Additional Sustainability Appraisal,

additional evidence base documents and the suggested amendments to the Section 1 Local Plan.

These are the documents which have been prepared in response to the Inspector’s 8 June 2018

letter (see Examination document IED/011). The consultation will run from 19 August to 30

September 2019. Anyone may submit comments, whether or not they have previously been

involved in the Section 1 Local Plan Examination.

What will happen after the consultation?

After the public consultation has finished, the Examination of the Section 1 Local Plan will

resume. The additional documents produced by the NEAs and all the comments that have been

made on them will be forwarded to the Inspector who will consider them alongside all the other

evidence and representations already submitted on the Section 1 Local Plan.

Following this the Inspector will arrange further hearing sessions as part of the Examination. Th

will focus mainly on those aspects of the Section 1 Local Plan and its evidence base which the

Inspector identified as requiring significant further work and any matters raised by the

representations arising from this consultation. However, they may include other topics as

necessary to inform his assessment of the soundness and legal compliance of the Section 1 Local

Plan, as determined by the Inspector.

TS1E01b – Statutory Consultees letter and email

Those submitting comments during the public consultation will be able to indicate if they wish to

take part in the further hearing sessions. The Inspector may invite others to take part if doing so

would assist him in assessing the soundness and legal compliance of the Section 1 Local Plan.

The Inspector will fix the dates for the further hearing sessions after he has received and

considered the additional documents produced by the NEAs and the comments made on

them. As was the case for the previous hearing sessions, the Inspector will prepare a list of

matters, issues and questions to focus discussion at the hearings, along with a guidance note to

explain the procedure and the arrangements for submitting hearing statements.

At the end of the Examination the Inspector will produce a report for the NEAs setting out his

conclusions and recommendations, i

ncluding any recommended main modifications to the Section

1 Local Plan.

Any main modifications which the Inspector may consider recommending will be the

subject of further public consultation before the completion of his report.

Where can you find out more about the consultation?

The NEAs have created a dedicated online consultation portal which can be accessed via the

following address: www.braintree.gov.uk/NEAtechS1. On the portal you can find out more

information about the documents subject to the North Essex Local Plan Technical Consultation

and how to make representations to the NEAs on them.

The NEAs have also placed copies of the consultation documents in the main libraries within their

districts to ensure that those without internet access can respond to the consultation.

Please ensure you read the NEAs’ Guidance Notes and the Inspector’s Explanatory Note before

responding to the consultation. Please note that you do not need to respond to each local

authority – a single response either through the online consultation portal or via other means to

one local authority (Braintree District Council, Tendring District Council or Colchester Borough

Council) will be sufficient to ensure your consultation is properly submitted.

Planning Policy Team

Braintree District Council, Causeway House, Bocking End, Braintree, Essex, CM7

9HB

01376 552525 ext 2567

Web site: www.braintree.gov.uk/NEAtechS1

Email: localplan@braintree.gov.uk

TS1E01b – Statutory Consultees letter and email

Braintree

District

Council

LOCAL

Shape your district

2017-33

PLAN

THE LOCAL PLAN

AUGUST / SEPTEMBER 2019

SEE INSIDE:

• What is a Local Plan?

• Story so far…

• Why garden

communities?

• Have your say

www.braintree.gov.uk/NEAtechS1

TS1E02 - Local Plan leaflet Summer 2019

THE STORY SO FAR:

Every council has to plan for

additional new homes.

Braintree District Council, Colchester

Borough Council and Tendring District

Council have been working together

since 2015 to make sure development

is benecial for North Essex. This

resulted in a draft strategic Section 1

Local Plan which is shared by all three

councils within their Local Plans. The

Section 1 Local Plan includes policies

on cross boundary issues including

infrastructure and housing. It also

includes proposals for three new

garden communities.

The Local Plan has undergone

a number of rounds of public

consultation and was submitted to

the Secretary of State in October

2017. A Planning Inspector

was appointed to carry out an

independent examination to look

at Section 1 of the Local Plans and

examination sessions were held in

January 2018 and May 2018.

Following the hearings, the Planning

Inspector wrote to the councils to say

he agreed with the councils’ gures

for housing growth up until 2033.

This means at least 2,186 homes

need to be built across North Essex

each year.

That means:

•

716 each year in the

Braintree District

• 920 each year in the

Colchester Borough

• 550 each year in the

Tendring District

The Planning Inspector also said

that while he commended the

councils’ ambitions for high-quality,

strategic-scale development in North

Essex he raised concerns with some

elements of the Local Plan specically

around the garden communities.

He suggested further steps that he

considered necessary in order for the

Section 1 part of the plan to be made

sound and legally-compliant.

You can read all

correspondence with the

Planning Inspector online here:

www.braintree.gov.uk/

lpexamination

The three councils have been working

together to provide more evidence

for the Planning Inspector to address

his concerns. The Local Plan process

was ocially paused while this

additional evidence was collected.

The additional evidence was

published online in June 2019.

The evidence has been considered

by Braintree District Council’s Local

Plan Sub Committee in July 2019. It

was approved by Braintree District

Council’s Full Council in August 2019.

The evidence was also approved

by elected members at Colchester

Borough Council and Tendring

District Council.

The evidence is now out to public

consultation until 5pm on

Monday 30th September 2019.

Everyone who has previously made

representations on the Section 1 Plan

has been informed of the consultation

via email or letter but we have also

produced this document in order to

highlight the consultation to all residents

in the district.

After the consultation has closed

the Planning Inspector intends to

hold further hearing sessions as part

of his examination of the soundness

and legal compliance of the Section

1 Plan.

Those responding to the consultation

are invited to indicate whether they

wish to appear at further hearing sessions.

Take a look at page 4 for more details

of the consultation.

WHAT IS A LOCAL PLAN?

A Local Plan is the basis for the future development of homes,

employment, business and much more. Planning applications, whatever

their size and proposed use, are assessed against the policies contained

in the Local Plan.

Having a Local Plan is really important because it sets the direction

for future development but it also gives us more power to stop

inappropriate development.

Local Plans are not just about new homes but must ensure that housing

growth is supported by infrastructure, jobs and community facilities.

THE LOCAL PLAN

Section 2 relates to sites

for development, housing,

employment, regeneration

solely in the Braintree District.

The examination for Section 2

will follow.

TS1E02 - Local Plan leaflet Summer 2019

Braintree, Colchester and Tendring

have a legal requirement to provide

for more than 2,000 homes each

year. There are limited ‘browneld’

sites available, so the options are

eectively either allowing towns

and villages to continue to expand,

which is not particularly sustainable

and has a big impact on services and

infrastructure or look at creating new

communities.

It is less sustainable to keep adding

large scale housing developments

on the edges of our urban areas.

These are for the most part small

market towns and villages with

limited capacity in terms of shops,

services and transport links and

they are not capable of dealing with

unlimited population increases.

The garden communities, which

would be built over 40-50 years, are

the long-term strategy of the three

North Essex councils, in partnership

with Essex County Council, to help

meet the future growth of the area in

a more strategic way.

The three garden communities

(West of Braintree up to 13,500

homes, Colchester/Braintree

borders up to 24,000 homes and

Tendring/Colchester borders up to

9,000 homes) are an opportunity

to plan for infrastructure in a more

joined up, considered and

comprehensive way.

Residents are rightly concerned

about their access to education,

health care and transport. The

garden communities oer the

chance to plan all this in from the

start, an active, inclusive whole

community built with today’s

modern requirements in mind.

This would mean essential facilities

are available as communities grow

rather than delivered late, in a

piecemeal way, or never provided.

If the garden communities are not

progressed, then those homes –

both now but more crucially in

future years – will need to be built

elsewhere within North Essex.

This will most likely be by expanding

our towns and villages.

The garden communities make a

relatively small contribution to the

current Local Plan but every ve

years the Local Plan must be rolled

forward and more homes need to be

provided. The continued expansion

of our existing towns and villages

is unsustainable and by making

decisions now we are securing the

long term growth of the district for

the benet of all residents.

The Local Plan has been a chance for the

whole community to talk about the housing,

employment and infrastructure we need.

These are the consultations carried out:

2014

Call for Sites

2015 Issues and Scoping consultation

– 1,450 responses back

2016 Draft Local Plan consultation

– more than 3,000 responses back.

2017 Publication Draft Local Plan consultation

- 1,700 responses back.

2017/18 Issues and Options consultation for each

of the garden communities

– more than 700 responses back.

WHAT CONSULTATIONS HAVE ALREADY TAKEN PLACE?

WHY GARDEN COMMUNITIES?

MAP OF PROPOSED GARDEN COMMUNITIES

TS1E02 - Local Plan leaflet Summer 2019

Additional Sustainability Appraisal

This is an assessment of the

environmental eects, and social and

economic issues of policies, proposals

and alternative strategies, used to inform

the preparation of the Local Plan.

Habitats Regulations Assessment

North Essex Authorities Strategic

S1 Local Plan

This is an assessment of the likely

eects of development proposed

in the Local Plan on wildlife sites of

European importance for example the

Blackwater Estuary.

Modal Share Strategy for the

North Essex Garden Communities

This is a document looking at the way

people can be inuenced to travel

using alternatives to the car.

Infrastructure Order

of Costs Estimate

A review of the cost of infrastructure

works associated with the

development of homes and jobs

across the three new garden

communities in North Essex.

Build Out Rates at the

Garden Communities

This document reviews evidence and

publications which explore how to

boost housing buildings rates and

evidence on high build out rates

which have been achieved in other

parts of the country.

Delivery Mechanisms Position

Statement

This is a document looking at the

available delivery mechanisms for the

garden communities.

Section 1 Viability

Assessment Update

This is a document which tests

the economic viability of garden

community proposals taking into

consideration updated cost and value

assumptions and including the costs

of the Rapid Transit Study.

State Aid Position Statement

A brief summary of the application

of state aid law to the North Essex

garden community proposals.

Employment Provision for

the North Essex Garden

Communities

This is a document which sets out the

amount of employment land required

at each garden community.

Infrastructure Planning,

Phasing and Delivery

This report demonstrates the phased

manner in which infrastructure will be

delivered alongside new homes at the

garden communities.

North Essex Rapid Transit System:

from Vision to Delivery

This explains how a high quality,

frequent and rapid public transport

system could be created.

Proposed Amendments to the

Section 1 Plan

The North Essex Authorities have

also complied a table of proposed

amendments to the Section 1 Plan

which aim to address certain issues

identied by the Planning Inspector,

partners and consultees.

THE CONSULTATION

WE ARE CONSULTING ON THE FOLLOWING DOCUMENTS:

All these documents can be

viewed online at

www.braintree.gov.uk/

NEAtechS1

You can have your say by

registering on our online portal

and giving your comments on the

documents.

www.braintree.gov.uk/

consultnea

Find out more visit

www.braintree.gov.uk/

NEAtechS1

Get in touch with the team:

localplan@braintree.gov.uk

01376 552525

Planning Policy

Braintree District Council

Causeway House

Bocking End

Braintree

Essex

CM7 9HB

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TECHNICAL SECTION 1 EXAMINATION 2019

The evidence is now out

to public consultation

until 5pm on Monday

30th September 2019.

This consultation is on the additional evidence requested by the Planning Inspector.

Detailed proposals will come later, reecting the needs of each garden community.

TS1E02 - Local Plan leaflet Summer 2019

TS1E03 – Instagram, Facebook and Twitter - example

Braintree

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GUIDANCE NOTES &

RESPONSE FORM

- to accompany the North Essex Local Plan

Examination Technical Consultation 2019

The North Essex Authorities

Please read these guidance notes before completing the response form

Introduction

Braintree District Council, Colchester Borough Council and Tendring District Council (the

North Essex Authorities) have prepared a shared strategic Section 1 of their Local Plans in

order to comprehensively plan for the future of North Essex. This shared section contains a

commitment to meet the sub-region's housing, jobs and infrastructure requirements through

the planning and delivery of three new Garden Communities at Colchester Braintree Borders,

Tendring Colchester Borders and West of Braintree.

The North Essex Authorities’ Section 1 was submitted to the Secretary of State in October

2017 and an Examination in Public was carried out at the beginning of 2018. Following the

appointed Planning Inspector's post hearing session findings (see 8th June letter) the

Authorities have been working on the following documents to address the issues raised by

the Inspector:

 Revised evidence base - 10 documents

 Additional Sustainability Appraisal

 Suggested amendments to Section 1

These documents have now been approved by the North Essex Authorities for public

consultation between 19th August and 30th September. All consultation responses will be

sent to the Inspector for his consideration prior to his making a decision to resume the

Examination in Public.

If you would like assistance in completing your representation or have any other questions

about the Publication Draft Local Plan please contact the Planning Policy Team by email

planningpolicy@braintree.gov

.uk or by phone on 01376 552525 and ask for Planning Policy.

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Part A - Personal Details

Please note that it is not possible for

representations to be considered

anonymously. Representations will be

published on the North Essex Councils'

consultation portal and forwarded to the

Inspector. Address and contact details

will removed from published responses.

(Village/town will be shown).

The Authorities reserve the right not to

publish any representations which they

considers offensive or defamatory.

Please supply a postal address and

email address if you have one. Future

contact preferences can be indicated at

the end of the form.

If an agent or consultant has been

engaged to act on your behalf please fill

in both sets of details in full.

Correspondence will be sent primarily

to the agent.

Part B - Representation

Comments are invited on:

1. Revised Evidence Base Documents

There are ten Evidence base documents -

please specify to which document your

response refers.

2. Additional Sustainability Appraisal

This is an assessment of the environmental

effects, and social and economic issues of

policies, proposals and alternative

strategies, used to inform the preparation of

Local Plans.

3. Suggested Amendments to the North

Essex Authorities' Shared Section 1

The North Essex Authorities have compiled

a table of proposed amendments to the

Section 1 Plan which aim to address certain

issues identified by the Planning Inspector,

partners and consultees.

For each response please specify the document and/or section you are

commenting on and provide a summary (this will ensure an accurate summary is

provided to the Inspector).

Responses on multiple documents and points are welcome - however please use a

separate form for each evidence base document in order that your response can be

processed against the correct document.

Please explain the reasoning behind any suggested amendments or text

Duplicate responses are unnecessary. You need only respond using the North

Essex Authorities' online system for this consultation or to

localplan@braintree.gov.uk. All representations received by the three authorities

relating to shared Section 1 of the Plans will be processed centrally.

If you require more space to comment please attach additional sheets to this

response form and ensure they are clearly labeled with your name.

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1. Personal Details

Title

First Name

Last Name

Organisation

(Where relevant)

Address Line 1

Address Line 2

Address Line 3

Post Code

E-mail Address

Telephone

Number

2. Agent’s Details (if applicable)

Title

First Name

Last Name

Organisation

Address Line 1

Address Line 2

Address Line 3

Post Code

E-mail Address

Telephone

Number

PART A

For internal Use only ID: Rep No:

Braintree

District

Council

LOCAL

Shape your district

2017-33

PLAN

RESPONSE FORM

North Essex Local Plan Examination

Technical Consultation 2019

Please see guidance notes

Responses are encouraged via the council’s online consultation system available on

the website, see www.braintree.gov.uk/NEAtechS1 However, this form can be

returned electronically to localplan@braintree.gov.uk or in hard copy if necessary to:

Planning Policy, Braintree district Council, Causeway House, Bocking End, braintree,

CM7 9HB

The consultation runs for 6 weeks until 5pm on Monday, 30th September 2019.

This form has two parts: Part A - Personal Details and Part B - Your comments

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REPRESENTATION FORM

PART B

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1. Revised Evidence Base:

Do you have any comments to make on the additional evidence base documents that have been

prepared by the North Essex Authorities in response to the Inspector’s interim findings? Please

specify which document your comments relate to by choosing one of the following:

North Essex Rapid Transit System: from Vision to Delivery

Modal Share Strategy for the North Essex Garden Communities

Employment Provision for the North Essex Garden Communities

North Essex Authorities: Build Out Rates at the Garden Communities

Habitats Regulations Assessment North Essex Authorities Strategic Section 1 Local

Plans North Essex Authorities: Delivery Mechanisms Position Statement

North Essex Authorities: State Aid Position Statement

North Essex Authorities: Viability Evidence

North Essex Authorities: Infrastructure Order of Costs

North Essex Garden Communities: Infrastructure Planning, Phasing and Delivery

If you are commenting on a specific part of a document please specify which paragraph

or section:

If you require more space to comment please attach additional sheets to this response form and

ensure they are clearly labeled with your name and the document(s) you are commenting on.

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If your representation is more than 400 words, please provide a brief summary here:

(this will ensure an accurate summary is provided to the Inspector):

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2. Additional Sustainability Appraisal

Do you have any comments to make on the Additional Sustainability Appraisal which has

been prepared by independent consultants in response to the Inspector’s interim findings?

If you are commenting on a specific part of the document please specify which paragraph or

section.

If your representation is more than 400 words, please provide a brief summary here (this

will ensure an accurate summary is provided to the Inspector):

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3. Suggested amendments to the North Essex Authorities’ shared Section 1

of their Local Plans

Do you have any comments to make on the suggested amendments to the North Essex Authorities’

shared Section 1 of their Local Plans?

Please note where the suggested amendments materially affect the plan’s policies, they can only be

made if the Inspector considers they are necessary to make the plan sound and/or legally compliant.

Please ensure your comments relate to specific suggested amendments and that your response

clearly specifies which suggested amendments you are commenting on.

If you propose any changes to the suggested amendments or to the text of the shared Section 1 Plan

you should explain why they are needed to make the plan sound and/or legally compliant.

To which Suggested Amendment/text

does your comment relate?

Comments:

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Yes No

If you answered ‘yes’, at which stage have you made representations?

Issues and

Options/Issues

and Scoping

Preferred Options

Return by 5pm 30th September 2019

Localplan@braintree.gov.uk

Braintree District Council, Causeway House, Bocking End, Braintree. CM7 9HB

responses will not be accepted after this date.

Colchester Borough Council

Tendring District Council

Pre-submission Draft

4. Further details

Do you wish to participate at future oral hearing session(s) of the Section 1 Local Plan

Examination?

If you wish to appear at future oral hearing session(s), please outline why you consider

this to be necessary.

Please note the Inspector will determine the most appropriate procedure to adopt to

hear those who have indicated that they wish to participate in future hearing session(s)

Have you made representations to the North Essex Authorities earlier in the process of

preparing the shared Section 1 of their Local Plans?

Additional Sustainability

appraisal Methodology

BraintreeDistrict Council

Do you wish to be notified?

When the Inspectors Report is published?

When document is adopted?

Would you like to be added to our mailing lists:

Braintree District Council is a data controller for the purposes of data protection legislation. All personal information is held and processed in

accordance with this. Please refer to our privacy notices published on our website at www.braintree.gov.uk/privacy for details. Please contact us if

you need the privacy notice in an alternative format.

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