Policy information sourced from Brentwood Local Plan
MG06: Local Plan Review and Update
The Council will bring forward a partial update of the Plan with the objective of meeting the full Objectively Assessed Housing Needs. The review will commence immediately upon the adoption of this Plan with submission of the review for examination within 28 months. Specific matters to be addressed by the update shall include the following (amongst all other matters that need to be assessed and taken into account for the purposes of plan preparation):
- An update of Objectively Assessed Housing Needs in accordance with the NPPF 2021 and related guidance;
- An updated full green belt review and an updated spatial strategy (informed by the green belt review) in turn to inform the sustainable allocation of further sites to meet the full Objectively Assessed Housing Needs as assessed in part A above;
- The allocation of further sites to meet as a minimum the full Objectively Assessed Housing Needs in accordance with the updated spatial strategy for the full period of the plan review;
- A review of transport and highway issues to cater for local plan growth throughout the period of the review (in consultation with National Highways and Essex County Council) taking into account:
- the optimisation of existing, and the introduction of further, sustainable transport measures where appropriate along with the need to provide improvements to and around:
- A12 junction 12;
- M25 Junction 28;
- M25 junction 29;
- any additional transport and highways infrastructure that will be needed to meet in full the updated Objectively Assessed Housing Needs and facilitate the further allocations taking into account implemented and committed highway schemes.
- the optimisation of existing, and the introduction of further, sustainable transport measures where appropriate along with the need to provide improvements to and around:
For more information please see the Local Plan