A planning application has very recently been submitted for 150 houses in Brays Lane adjacent to King Edmund's School.
What I find so maddening is the Council MUST have known about this for some time, look at the date of some of the accompanying documents on the planning application (available to view on the Council's website, click on heading title to view) yet residents have only have the statutory minimum of 21 days to offer their comments.
The application was submitted at the end of July and will be voted upon by the Council at their Development Control Committee in SEPTEMBER. UPDATE - Application was pulled from September's deliberations, and provisionally submitted for October or November's. However, as it stands, there is now no certain date when this application will be decided.
Whilst this site has been listed in the Council's core strategy, I feel that many of the reasons Coombes Farm was refused, ie GREEN BELT, apply equally to Brays Lane.
In comparison to Coombes Farm, Christmas Tree Farm, and even the forthcoming application for Hall Road, opposition to Brays Lane seems minimal. If this is because the people of Ashingdon want these houses then so be it. If, however, because of the timing and lack of publicity, people are unaware of what is happening on their doorstep I urge people to get together,form a residents' group, speak to their local Councillors and attend the Development Control Committee in September at Civic Suite, Rayleigh, and let their feelings be known.
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