Brentwood Borough Council are urging residents who haven’t already taken part in the Draft Local Plan consultation to make their voices heard before the consultation closes on Wednesday 23 March.

A statement from Brentwood Borough Council said:

Our Borough is a great place to live, work and visit; with strong, healthy and well served communities along with a beautiful green environment to enjoy. We want to keep it that way and are working hard to produce a Local Plan which both protects the essential qualities of the Borough, while at the same time delivering the housing, jobs, open space and other infrastructure that will be required in future.

The latest public consultation on the Draft Local Development Plan began on Wednesday 10th February and will run until Wednesday 23rd March 2016. The Council are urging people to visit our website and view Brentwood’s Draft Local Plan and have their say at www.brentwood.gov.uk.

The Brentwood Draft Local Plan sets out the Council’s draft proposed vision, strategic objectives, land allocations to meet development needs and planning policies to guide decision making until 2033.

Brentwood Borough Council’s Chair of the Planning and Licensing Committee, Councillor Roger McCheyne, said: “Thanks to everyone who came along to any of the drop-in information events we held across the Borough and to those who have already submitted their comments.

“This is a consultation on a draft Local Plan – not a final document and that is why it is important that people share their comments with us so that they are part of the process. Please make sure you have a look at the Draft Local Plan and ask any questions on it you may have”.

You can respond directly online at www.brentwood.gov.uk. The quickest and easiest way to comment is by following online links to the Local Plan Consultation Portal. All draft policies are available for comment, where a pencil icon appears.

Alternatively, you can respond by completing a comment form, available from the Town Hall or downloaded from their website, and returning this by:

· Email: planning.policy@brentwood.gov.uk, or
· Post: Planning Policy Team, Brentwood Borough Council, Town Hall, Brentwood, Essex, CM15 8AY

Hard copies of the Draft Plan are available to view during normal opening hours at the Town Hall or local libraries (Brentwood, Shenfield and Ingatestone).