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4.6 Continue to safeguard Key Visitor Car Parking in line with the provisions of the Southend Central Area Action Plan

Representation ID: 3384

Received: 14/03/2019

Respondent: Southend Borough Council - Regulatory Services

Representation Summary:

The cost of parking in Southend is very cheap compared to other areas and this encourages people to drive. We should be dissuading people to drive.

Full text:

The cost of parking in Southend is very cheap compared to other areas and this encourages people to drive. We should be dissuading people to drive.

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2.1 Intensify housing development by: a) allowing an increase of densities across the existing built up area or

Representation ID: 3385

Received: 14/03/2019

Respondent: Southend Borough Council - Regulatory Services

Representation Summary:

No.

Full text:

No.

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2.3 Allow housing development on land not currently built on, such as agricultural land, open space (excluding parks & coastline) & land at Fossetts Farm? What sites do you think should be identified

Representation ID: 3386

Received: 14/03/2019

Respondent: Southend Borough Council - Regulatory Services

Representation Summary:

Absolutely not. We need more open spaces not less. The character of the town will be changed for the worse if we do this.

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Absolutely not. We need more open spaces not less. The character of the town will be changed for the worse if we do this.

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2.6

Representation ID: 3387

Received: 14/03/2019

Respondent: Southend Borough Council - Regulatory Services

Representation Summary:

Yes absolutely let's be ahead of the curve and not behind it. With our ageing population it makes sense to build housing that will accommodate them.

Full text:

Yes absolutely let's be ahead of the curve and not behind it. With our ageing population it makes sense to build housing that will accommodate them.

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OPTION 3 - Option 2 + working with neighbouring authorities to develop a comprehensive new settlement across Borough boundaries (strategic scale development)

Representation ID: 3388

Received: 14/03/2019

Respondent: Southend Borough Council - Regulatory Services

Representation Summary:

Greenbelt land should be protected.

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Greenbelt land should be protected.

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OPTION 2 - Most development within existing built up area, focused in specific locations such as the Town Centre, Airport and main passenger transport corridors, with some development on the edge

Representation ID: 3389

Received: 14/03/2019

Respondent: Southend Borough Council - Regulatory Services

Representation Summary:

Option 2 seems to be the best of a bad bunch!

Full text:

Option 2 seems to be the best of a bad bunch!

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OPTION 1 - All development within existing built up areas of Southend

Representation ID: 3390

Received: 14/03/2019

Respondent: Southend Borough Council - Regulatory Services

Representation Summary:

The character of the town may be ruined by this option.

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The character of the town may be ruined by this option.

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1.2 Do you disagree with any of the key messages (Figure 8), if so which ones and why

Representation ID: 3391

Received: 14/03/2019

Respondent: Southend Borough Council - Regulatory Services

Representation Summary:

- Fresh air - this is not the case when the tourists descend in the warmer weather as there are far too many cars. How can we possibly say that we are leading the way on greener travel?
- Parking is a nightmare for local residents at this time.
- Responsibility for protecting the environment - the state that the beach is left in when the tourists descend is a disgrace. Measures to address this need to be taken as well as taking action against dog owners who do not clean up their dog poo, ruining the parks for children.

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- Fresh air - this is not the case when the tourists descend in the warmer weather as there are far too many cars. How can we possibly say that we are leading the way on greener travel?
- Parking is a nightmare for local residents at this time.
- Responsibility for protecting the environment - the state that the beach is left in when the tourists descend is a disgrace. Measures to address this need to be taken as well as taking action against dog owners who do not clean up their dog poo, ruining the parks for children.

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7.3

Representation ID: 3410

Received: 21/03/2019

Respondent: Southend Borough Council - Regulatory Services

Representation Summary:

The Southend 2050 plan states that : ‘Healthy living planning can influence the environment and also promote healthier lifestyles. We need to embed health into all planning policies.’ Central government states in the Childhood Obesity Plan that it will assist planning inspectors in this regard. This is therefore the time to take the initiative and tackle obesity using the Planning system.

In Southend 8.2% of our 4-5 year olds are starting primary school obese and this rapidly increases to 17.9% by the time they are leaving in Year 6 (10-11years). There are 198 fast food takeaways in Southend-on-Sea which represents 109.6 fast food outlets per 100,000 population. This is significantly greater than the overall England average 96.5 per 100,000 population.
In Southend, the highest concentration of fast food outlets are in Milton (n=42) and Victoria ward (n=23). These wards also represent our most obese 4-5 year olds and 10-11 year olds in Southend, respectively
We need to take this into consideration if we intend to achieve our 2050 Southend ambitions, particularly to ‘protect the most vulnerable in our community’.

Do we want Southend to have the highest concentration of fast food restaurants in Essex and be known as Essex's fattest town?

The new Planning Practice Guidance states that local authorities are encouraged to use planning to restrict fast food outlets, particularly where there are high concentrations of outlets in a specified area, high levels of obesity and deprivation and where young people congregate. 40 authorities have introduced Supplementary Planning Documents to restrict growth of takeaways and fast food outlets (source: Public Health England) An example of this is Gateshead and Newcastle where all takeaway planning applications must include a Health Impact Assessment. Another example of good practice is in Luton where plans have been approved to limit fast food takeaways near schools. Milton Keynes is also restricting hot food takeaways near schools. The Mayor of London has announced that new takeaways will be restricted within 400m of schools. Section 8 of the National Planning Policy Framework talks about healthier living by enabling and supporting healthy lifestyles and access to healthier food. Southend must be progressive in the pursuit of a healthier vision for the town or risk failing in the delivery of the United Nations Sustainability Development Goals - Good Health and Well-being and Reduced Inequalities, and consequently the Local Plan. Two of the outcomes of the Local Plan are Safe and Well and Opportunity and Prosperity – a high number of junk food establishments and the associated image and sometimes anti-social behaviour that they may attract are the opposite of these goals. Is an obvious failure to achieve these outcomes due to poor Planning policy really what we want to see as the headline in the Echo?

Full text:

The Southend 2050 plan states that : ‘Healthy living planning can influence the environment and also promote healthier lifestyles. We need to embed health into all planning policies.’ Central government states in the Childhood Obesity Plan that it will assist planning inspectors in this regard. This is therefore the time to take the initiative and tackle obesity using the Planning system.

In Southend 8.2% of our 4-5 year olds are starting primary school obese and this rapidly increases to 17.9% by the time they are leaving in Year 6 (10-11years). There are 198 fast food takeaways in Southend-on-Sea which represents 109.6 fast food outlets per 100,000 population. This is significantly greater than the overall England average 96.5 per 100,000 population.
In Southend, the highest concentration of fast food outlets are in Milton (n=42) and Victoria ward (n=23). These wards also represent our most obese 4-5 year olds and 10-11 year olds in Southend, respectively
We need to take this into consideration if we intend to achieve our 2050 Southend ambitions, particularly to ‘protect the most vulnerable in our community’.

Do we want Southend to have the highest concentration of fast food restaurants in Essex and be known as Essex's fattest town?

The new Planning Practice Guidance states that local authorities are encouraged to use planning to restrict fast food outlets, particularly where there are high concentrations of outlets in a specified area, high levels of obesity and deprivation and where young people congregate. 40 authorities have introduced Supplementary Planning Documents to restrict growth of takeaways and fast food outlets (source: Public Health England) An example of this is Gateshead and Newcastle where all takeaway planning applications must include a Health Impact Assessment. Another example of good practice is in Luton where plans have been approved to limit fast food takeaways near schools. Milton Keynes is also restricting hot food takeaways near schools. The Mayor of London has announced that new takeaways will be restricted within 400m of schools. Section 8 of the National Planning Policy Framework talks about healthier living by enabling and supporting healthy lifestyles and access to healthier food. Southend must be progressive in the pursuit of a healthier vision for the town or risk failing in the delivery of the United Nations Sustainability Development Goals - Good Health and Well-being and Reduced Inequalities, and consequently the Local Plan. Two of the outcomes of the Local Plan are Safe and Well and Opportunity and Prosperity – a high number of junk food establishments and the associated image and sometimes anti-social behaviour that they may attract are the opposite of these goals. Is an obvious failure to achieve these outcomes due to poor Planning policy really what we want to see as the headline in the Echo?

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8.2 How do you consider that health issues should be addressed in the Local Plan. How can new development encourage healthy lifestyles

Representation ID: 3411

Received: 21/03/2019

Respondent: Southend Borough Council - Regulatory Services

Representation Summary:

The Southend 2050 plan states that : ‘Healthy living planning can influence the environment and also promote healthier lifestyles. We need to embed health into all planning policies.’ Central government states in the Childhood Obesity Plan that it will assist planning inspectors in this regard. This is therefore the time to take the initiative and tackle obesity using the Planning system.

In Southend 8.2% of our 4-5 year olds are starting primary school obese and this rapidly increases to 17.9% by the time they are leaving in Year 6 (10-11years). There are 198 fast food takeaways in Southend-on-Sea which represents 109.6 fast food outlets per 100,000 population. This is significantly greater than the overall England average 96.5 per 100,000 population.
In Southend, the highest concentration of fast food outlets are in Milton (n=42) and Victoria ward (n=23). These wards also represent our most obese 4-5 year olds and 10-11 year olds in Southend, respectively
We need to take this into consideration if we intend to achieve our 2050 Southend ambitions, particularly to ‘protect the most vulnerable in our community’.

Do we want Southend to have the highest concentration of fast food restaurants in Essex and be known as Essex's fattest town?

The new Planning Practice Guidance states that local authorities are encouraged to use planning to restrict fast food outlets, particularly where there are high concentrations of outlets in a specified area, high levels of obesity and deprivation and where young people congregate. 40 authorities have introduced Supplementary Planning Documents to restrict growth of takeaways and fast food outlets (source: Public Health England) An example of this is Gateshead and Newcastle where all takeaway planning applications must include a Health Impact Assessment. Another example of good practice is in Luton where plans have been approved to limit fast food takeaways near schools. Milton Keynes is also restricting hot food takeaways near schools. The Mayor of London has announced that new takeaways will be restricted within 400m of schools. Section 8 of the National Planning Policy Framework talks about healthier living by enabling and supporting healthy lifestyles and access to healthier food. Southend must be progressive in the pursuit of a healthier vision for the town or risk failing in the delivery of the United Nations Sustainability Development Goals - Good Health and Well-being and Reduced Inequalities, and consequently the Local Plan. Two of the outcomes of the Local Plan are Safe and Well and Opportunity and Prosperity – a high number of junk food establishments and the associated image and sometimes anti-social behaviour that they may attract are the opposite of these goals. Is an obvious failure to achieve these outcomes due to poor Planning policy really what we want to see as the headline in the Echo?

Full text:

The Southend 2050 plan states that : ‘Healthy living planning can influence the environment and also promote healthier lifestyles. We need to embed health into all planning policies.’ Central government states in the Childhood Obesity Plan that it will assist planning inspectors in this regard. This is therefore the time to take the initiative and tackle obesity using the Planning system.

In Southend 8.2% of our 4-5 year olds are starting primary school obese and this rapidly increases to 17.9% by the time they are leaving in Year 6 (10-11years). There are 198 fast food takeaways in Southend-on-Sea which represents 109.6 fast food outlets per 100,000 population. This is significantly greater than the overall England average 96.5 per 100,000 population.
In Southend, the highest concentration of fast food outlets are in Milton (n=42) and Victoria ward (n=23). These wards also represent our most obese 4-5 year olds and 10-11 year olds in Southend, respectively
We need to take this into consideration if we intend to achieve our 2050 Southend ambitions, particularly to ‘protect the most vulnerable in our community’.

Do we want Southend to have the highest concentration of fast food restaurants in Essex and be known as Essex's fattest town?

The new Planning Practice Guidance states that local authorities are encouraged to use planning to restrict fast food outlets, particularly where there are high concentrations of outlets in a specified area, high levels of obesity and deprivation and where young people congregate. 40 authorities have introduced Supplementary Planning Documents to restrict growth of takeaways and fast food outlets (source: Public Health England) An example of this is Gateshead and Newcastle where all takeaway planning applications must include a Health Impact Assessment. Another example of good practice is in Luton where plans have been approved to limit fast food takeaways near schools. Milton Keynes is also restricting hot food takeaways near schools. The Mayor of London has announced that new takeaways will be restricted within 400m of schools. Section 8 of the National Planning Policy Framework talks about healthier living by enabling and supporting healthy lifestyles and access to healthier food. Southend must be progressive in the pursuit of a healthier vision for the town or risk failing in the delivery of the United Nations Sustainability Development Goals - Good Health and Well-being and Reduced Inequalities, and consequently the Local Plan. Two of the outcomes of the Local Plan are Safe and Well and Opportunity and Prosperity – a high number of junk food establishments and the associated image and sometimes anti-social behaviour that they may attract are the opposite of these goals. Is an obvious failure to achieve these outcomes due to poor Planning policy really what we want to see as the headline in the Echo?

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