New Castle Point Local Plan could be pushed through this month

10:30am Friday 5th October 2012 in News

Councillor Dave Blackwell overlooking Thorney Bay Caravan site which has been earmarked for development. Councillor Dave Blackwell overlooking Thorney Bay Caravan site which has been earmarked for development.

FRESH fears have been raised that a new development strategy setting out where hundreds of homes could be built in Castle Point will be rushed through this month.

Castle Point Council is compiling a new Local Plan for the borough specifying where homes should be built over the next 15 years – a document they expected to finish in late 2013.

Now it has emerged it could be completed as soon as this month in a desperate attempt to stop an appeal to build 150 homes on green belt land in Benfleet going ahead.

A final decision on the plans for the land between Sadlers Farm roundabout and Glebelands will be made by the planning inspector in November.

However, allegations have been made Canvey is being used as a scape goat to fulfil the borough’s housing need, after two major developments totalling 699 homes have been passed in the last month.

Norman Smith, Tory cabinet member for economic development and business liaison, said at a development control committee meeting on Tuesday: “Another reason for approving the development at Point Road, Canvey, is it would protect green belt land elsewhere. We want to build as much as possible on brown field sites.”

Dave Blackwell, leader of the Canvey Independent Party claims the plans were rushed through to prove to the planning inspector the council already has enough homes for the next five years, thereby relieving pressure to build on the mainland.

He said: “So we could have nearly 700 homes on the island, and the council is also looking at 100 homes in the town centre and 100 homes at the former Castle View School site. Meanwhile only 150 homes have been approved on the mainland. It seems like Canvey is getting the brunt of it again."

An update on the Local Plan will be made at a cabinet meeting on October 17.

The council were unable to confirm what recommendations would be included in the update.

Comments (9)

12:12pm Fri 5 Oct 12

marshman says...

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marshman: You have recently posted a comment on this website that is in serious breach of our site terms. If you continue to post similar comments your site registration maybe revoked and we may pass information to third parties wishing to take legal action against you. ... that's the message I got when I logged in to comment on this story. I had to agree to read the 'terms' and abide by the 'rules' before I could continue, but to be honest I haven't got a clue which comment it relates to. There's been so many of late. Thing is it's completely thrown me off what comment I was going to leave here. I think it had something to with local plans not really being an issue any more as this shower ****** *********** ************* ************* ******************** * ************** ******************** ************** ******************** *****. ******* ************* ************ ********** ************* ***, *********** ************* ******** *********** ********** - bent *********! ******** ********** *********** ********** Mason ********** ************ ********* graft ********* *****************. There. Hope that meets the censors approval. marshman

1:50pm Fri 5 Oct 12

iknowbetter says...

Seems like you may have hit a nerve somewhere Marshan.
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I have to agree with Daves comments though and its been said on here a thousand times, Canvey will always get the brunt of the mainland Council's decision in terms of building, to alleviate the mainland quota.
Why a lot of people have not been able to see this though is a mystery as its been made so clear for so many years just what C.P.B.C think of Canvey and its residents.
I'v said it so many times that the new core strategy will be in place before the end of this Autumn, the thing is I would bet that Canvey features heavily in it and the worst is yet to come.
The Sad thing is people will still believe the tripe that the Council will inevitably come out with to defend their reasoning behind so many plans being rushed through.
Seems like you may have hit a nerve somewhere Marshan. ** I have to agree with Daves comments though and its been said on here a thousand times, Canvey will always get the brunt of the mainland Council's decision in terms of building, to alleviate the mainland quota. Why a lot of people have not been able to see this though is a mystery as its been made so clear for so many years just what C.P.B.C think of Canvey and its residents. I'v said it so many times that the new core strategy will be in place before the end of this Autumn, the thing is I would bet that Canvey features heavily in it and the worst is yet to come. The Sad thing is people will still believe the tripe that the Council will inevitably come out with to defend their reasoning behind so many plans being rushed through. iknowbetter

7:52pm Fri 5 Oct 12

marshman says...

marshman wrote:
marshman: You have recently posted a comment on this website that is in serious breach of our site terms. If you continue to post similar comments your site registration maybe revoked and we may pass information to third parties wishing to take legal action against you. ... that's the message I got when I logged in to comment on this story. I had to agree to read the 'terms' and abide by the 'rules' before I could continue, but to be honest I haven't got a clue which comment it relates to. There's been so many of late. Thing is it's completely thrown me off what comment I was going to leave here. I think it had something to with local plans not really being an issue any more as this shower ****** *********** ************* ************* ******************** * ************** ******************** ************** ******************** *****. ******* ************* ************ ********** ************* ***, *********** ************* ******** *********** ********** - bent *********! ******** ********** *********** ********** Mason ********** ************ ********* graft ********* *****************. There. Hope that meets the censors approval.
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[quote][p][bold]marshman[/bold] wrote: marshman: You have recently posted a comment on this website that is in serious breach of our site terms. If you continue to post similar comments your site registration maybe revoked and we may pass information to third parties wishing to take legal action against you. ... that's the message I got when I logged in to comment on this story. I had to agree to read the 'terms' and abide by the 'rules' before I could continue, but to be honest I haven't got a clue which comment it relates to. There's been so many of late. Thing is it's completely thrown me off what comment I was going to leave here. I think it had something to with local plans not really being an issue any more as this shower ****** *********** ************* ************* ******************** * ************** ******************** ************** ******************** *****. ******* ************* ************ ********** ************* ***, *********** ************* ******** *********** ********** - bent *********! ******** ********** *********** ********** Mason ********** ************ ********* graft ********* *****************. There. Hope that meets the censors approval.[/p][/quote]ps All characters appearing in this work are fictitious. Any resemblance to real persons, living or dead, is purely coincidental. marshman

6:44pm Sun 7 Oct 12

Sign of the times says...

I do hope that in the future when we have the inevitable long queue stacking back on Canvey Way to Sadlers Farm (because with an extra 700 homes, a few will be trying to get to work) that someone , somewhere will plan in a DUAL carrigeway for Canvey Way.

It's a bit like living over at Mersea, when the tide is in you cannot get off, only the tide in this case is rush hour,
I do hope that in the future when we have the inevitable long queue stacking back on Canvey Way to Sadlers Farm (because with an extra 700 homes, a few will be trying to get to work) that someone , somewhere will plan in a DUAL carrigeway for Canvey Way. It's a bit like living over at Mersea, when the tide is in you cannot get off, only the tide in this case is rush hour, Sign of the times

2:56pm Mon 8 Oct 12

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2:57pm Mon 8 Oct 12

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6:36pm Mon 8 Oct 12

John T Pharro says...

iknowbetter wrote:
Seems like you may have hit a nerve somewhere Marshan.
**
I have to agree with Daves comments though and its been said on here a thousand times, Canvey will always get the brunt of the mainland Council's decision in terms of building, to alleviate the mainland quota.
Why a lot of people have not been able to see this though is a mystery as its been made so clear for so many years just what C.P.B.C think of Canvey and its residents.
I'v said it so many times that the new core strategy will be in place before the end of this Autumn, the thing is I would bet that Canvey features heavily in it and the worst is yet to come.
The Sad thing is people will still believe the tripe that the Council will inevitably come out with to defend their reasoning behind so many plans being rushed through.
I think you are really spot on.
You can also forget any support from out MP to stop development on Canvey. Whereas she comes out against building on green belt in Benfleet she fully supports the over development on Canvey Supplies land despite over double what the original Borough plan and I have that in writing from her.
You also know that every Tory in Benfleet will vote to build on Canvey rather than the mainland as on the original Borough plan which they use when to the mainland benefit and then say it doesn't exist when it comes to Canvey.
[quote][p][bold]iknowbetter[/bold] wrote: Seems like you may have hit a nerve somewhere Marshan. ** I have to agree with Daves comments though and its been said on here a thousand times, Canvey will always get the brunt of the mainland Council's decision in terms of building, to alleviate the mainland quota. Why a lot of people have not been able to see this though is a mystery as its been made so clear for so many years just what C.P.B.C think of Canvey and its residents. I'v said it so many times that the new core strategy will be in place before the end of this Autumn, the thing is I would bet that Canvey features heavily in it and the worst is yet to come. The Sad thing is people will still believe the tripe that the Council will inevitably come out with to defend their reasoning behind so many plans being rushed through.[/p][/quote]I think you are really spot on. You can also forget any support from out MP to stop development on Canvey. Whereas she comes out against building on green belt in Benfleet she fully supports the over development on Canvey Supplies land despite over double what the original Borough plan and I have that in writing from her. You also know that every Tory in Benfleet will vote to build on Canvey rather than the mainland as on the original Borough plan which they use when to the mainland benefit and then say it doesn't exist when it comes to Canvey. John T Pharro

11:30pm Mon 8 Oct 12

marshman says...

John T Pharro wrote:
iknowbetter wrote: Seems like you may have hit a nerve somewhere Marshan. ** I have to agree with Daves comments though and its been said on here a thousand times, Canvey will always get the brunt of the mainland Council's decision in terms of building, to alleviate the mainland quota. Why a lot of people have not been able to see this though is a mystery as its been made so clear for so many years just what C.P.B.C think of Canvey and its residents. I'v said it so many times that the new core strategy will be in place before the end of this Autumn, the thing is I would bet that Canvey features heavily in it and the worst is yet to come. The Sad thing is people will still believe the tripe that the Council will inevitably come out with to defend their reasoning behind so many plans being rushed through.
I think you are really spot on. You can also forget any support from out MP to stop development on Canvey. Whereas she comes out against building on green belt in Benfleet she fully supports the over development on Canvey Supplies land despite over double what the original Borough plan and I have that in writing from her. You also know that every Tory in Benfleet will vote to build on Canvey rather than the mainland as on the original Borough plan which they use when to the mainland benefit and then say it doesn't exist when it comes to Canvey.
This is where I think they're misguided. They assume that because approval's being given to all the applications on the Island they can defend undeveloped land on the mainland. I think the reverse is true and we'll end up with both. We know the government's bent the rules heavily in the developers favour and I can think of no reason why they shouldn't take advantage of it.

What doesn't help is local councillors pushing for sites to be brought forward for early development at a time when we should be fighting tooth and nail against what all can clearly see is an over-development of Canvey.
[quote][p][bold]John T Pharro[/bold] wrote: [quote][p][bold]iknowbetter[/bold] wrote: Seems like you may have hit a nerve somewhere Marshan. ** I have to agree with Daves comments though and its been said on here a thousand times, Canvey will always get the brunt of the mainland Council's decision in terms of building, to alleviate the mainland quota. Why a lot of people have not been able to see this though is a mystery as its been made so clear for so many years just what C.P.B.C think of Canvey and its residents. I'v said it so many times that the new core strategy will be in place before the end of this Autumn, the thing is I would bet that Canvey features heavily in it and the worst is yet to come. The Sad thing is people will still believe the tripe that the Council will inevitably come out with to defend their reasoning behind so many plans being rushed through.[/p][/quote]I think you are really spot on. You can also forget any support from out MP to stop development on Canvey. Whereas she comes out against building on green belt in Benfleet she fully supports the over development on Canvey Supplies land despite over double what the original Borough plan and I have that in writing from her. You also know that every Tory in Benfleet will vote to build on Canvey rather than the mainland as on the original Borough plan which they use when to the mainland benefit and then say it doesn't exist when it comes to Canvey.[/p][/quote]This is where I think they're misguided. They assume that because approval's being given to all the applications on the Island they can defend undeveloped land on the mainland. I think the reverse is true and we'll end up with both. We know the government's bent the rules heavily in the developers favour and I can think of no reason why they shouldn't take advantage of it. What doesn't help is local councillors pushing for sites to be brought forward for early development at a time when we should be fighting tooth and nail against what all can clearly see is an over-development of Canvey. marshman

11:09am Tue 9 Oct 12

John T Pharro says...

marshman wrote:
John T Pharro wrote:
iknowbetter wrote: Seems like you may have hit a nerve somewhere Marshan. ** I have to agree with Daves comments though and its been said on here a thousand times, Canvey will always get the brunt of the mainland Council's decision in terms of building, to alleviate the mainland quota. Why a lot of people have not been able to see this though is a mystery as its been made so clear for so many years just what C.P.B.C think of Canvey and its residents. I'v said it so many times that the new core strategy will be in place before the end of this Autumn, the thing is I would bet that Canvey features heavily in it and the worst is yet to come. The Sad thing is people will still believe the tripe that the Council will inevitably come out with to defend their reasoning behind so many plans being rushed through.
I think you are really spot on. You can also forget any support from out MP to stop development on Canvey. Whereas she comes out against building on green belt in Benfleet she fully supports the over development on Canvey Supplies land despite over double what the original Borough plan and I have that in writing from her. You also know that every Tory in Benfleet will vote to build on Canvey rather than the mainland as on the original Borough plan which they use when to the mainland benefit and then say it doesn't exist when it comes to Canvey.
This is where I think they're misguided. They assume that because approval's being given to all the applications on the Island they can defend undeveloped land on the mainland. I think the reverse is true and we'll end up with both. We know the government's bent the rules heavily in the developers favour and I can think of no reason why they shouldn't take advantage of it.

What doesn't help is local councillors pushing for sites to be brought forward for early development at a time when we should be fighting tooth and nail against what all can clearly see is an over-development of Canvey.
The local Councillors on Canvey did oppose the building and the overdevelopment on Canvey Supplies land. That most residents were not opposed to houses on the same scale as in the original Borough plan (which showed about 35 properties for this size site, but the overdevelopment of flats, resulting in 99 properties being approved.
The mainland Tories could not care less what is built on Canvey and Councillor Howard actually supports building on Thorney Bay. As does our MP and the only thing she opposed was building on green belt in Benfleet.
She fully supports the over development at Canvey Supply and I have that from her in writing.
[quote][p][bold]marshman[/bold] wrote: [quote][p][bold]John T Pharro[/bold] wrote: [quote][p][bold]iknowbetter[/bold] wrote: Seems like you may have hit a nerve somewhere Marshan. ** I have to agree with Daves comments though and its been said on here a thousand times, Canvey will always get the brunt of the mainland Council's decision in terms of building, to alleviate the mainland quota. Why a lot of people have not been able to see this though is a mystery as its been made so clear for so many years just what C.P.B.C think of Canvey and its residents. I'v said it so many times that the new core strategy will be in place before the end of this Autumn, the thing is I would bet that Canvey features heavily in it and the worst is yet to come. The Sad thing is people will still believe the tripe that the Council will inevitably come out with to defend their reasoning behind so many plans being rushed through.[/p][/quote]I think you are really spot on. You can also forget any support from out MP to stop development on Canvey. Whereas she comes out against building on green belt in Benfleet she fully supports the over development on Canvey Supplies land despite over double what the original Borough plan and I have that in writing from her. You also know that every Tory in Benfleet will vote to build on Canvey rather than the mainland as on the original Borough plan which they use when to the mainland benefit and then say it doesn't exist when it comes to Canvey.[/p][/quote]This is where I think they're misguided. They assume that because approval's being given to all the applications on the Island they can defend undeveloped land on the mainland. I think the reverse is true and we'll end up with both. We know the government's bent the rules heavily in the developers favour and I can think of no reason why they shouldn't take advantage of it. What doesn't help is local councillors pushing for sites to be brought forward for early development at a time when we should be fighting tooth and nail against what all can clearly see is an over-development of Canvey.[/p][/quote]The local Councillors on Canvey did oppose the building and the overdevelopment on Canvey Supplies land. That most residents were not opposed to houses on the same scale as in the original Borough plan (which showed about 35 properties for this size site, but the overdevelopment of flats, resulting in 99 properties being approved. The mainland Tories could not care less what is built on Canvey and Councillor Howard actually supports building on Thorney Bay. As does our MP and the only thing she opposed was building on green belt in Benfleet. She fully supports the over development at Canvey Supply and I have that from her in writing. John T Pharro

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