This Plot is Not for Sale, Digital Print, Xativa / Matt Coated / 230gsm / Neutral White. 42.0 x 59.4cm. 2020
This Plot is Not for Sale takes its starting point from trying to understand the future of what could be classified as the last plotland sites in Basildon. When Basildon was designated as a new town, the basildon development corporation (BDC) acquired large quantities of land for the New Town.
This land included agricultural land and Plotland land. Due to the scattering of the plotland community, some plotlanders were able to architecturally decieve BDC by visually modernising there wooden bungalows through pebble dashing. Some plotland communities were in flood risk areas which also detered BDC from acquriing there land. Therefore a few pockets of plotlanders remained but over the last 70s years propertieis have changed hands and been sold on. Though at heart these areas would still be clasified as plotland sites.
In 2017 Basildon Council constructed the document: Basildon Borough Plotland Study 2017; June 2017 Update.
The Objectives of the study are expanded on as follows:
4.1. The Core Strategy Revised Preferred Options Report 2013 indicated that the Council would seek to permit limited development within the 13 plotland areas in Basildon Borough in order to improve their character and visual amenity. Draft Core Policy 1 indicated that this would provide capacity for around 375 homes in the period from 2011 to 2031. Draft Core Policy 11 indicated that development would be permitted on infill plots and corner plots with an existing road frontage subject to consideration of the character of the local area. However, this policy approach was not informed by a detailed appraisal of their capacity to accommodate growth. The purpose of this study is to provide the evidence needed to support (or not) additional development within the plotlands, to identify any criteria that should be attached to such development, and to inform a more robust assessment of the capacity of the plotlands to accommodate housing growth. The outcomes of this study will inform the review of the boundary designations of plotlands for planning purposes on the New Local Plan’s Polices Map and associated policies within the New Local Plan.
The aforementioned 13 plotlands site stated are:
Fobbing (also referred locally as Crooked Brook)
Bells Hill Road/Hawkesbury Bush Lane
Stormonts Way, Langdon Hills Plotland
Northlands, Langdon Hills Plotland
Green Lane, Little Burstead
Broomhills Chase, Little Burstead
Break Egg Hill, Billericay
Crays Hill
Newhouse Farm and Castledon Road, Wickford
Ramsden View Road, Wickford
Fairmead, Wickford
Wickford Lawns, Shotgate
North Benfleet
The objectives of the study are expanded on as follows:
4.2 The objectives of this study are therefore defined as follows:
1) To redefine the boundaries of the plotland designations on the Policies Map in order to prevent piecemeal development on outlying land which would be harmful to the character of the Green Belt or the purposes of including land within the Green Belt.
2) To identify those plotland areas where additional infill development could potentially occur without causing harm to:
a. The character of the plotland area; or
b. To the openness of the Green Belt or the purposes of including
land within it.
3) Identify the scale of development that may be appropriate in each of the
plotland areas where additional development could potentially occur, taking into account constraints, without causing harm to the character of the plotland area, the openness of the Green Belt or the character of the wider landscape.
4) Identify design criteria that should be applied in those plotland areas where development may be permitted.
5) Provide a robust estimation of the housing capacity of each plotland areas.
Four months later a subsequent document was released titled: Plotland Topic Paper; October 2017
During this period of research, I have been thinking more about the role of land ownership not just in Basildon but also within wider communities in the UK. I am exploring the idea of creating a series of site specific signs in collaboration with local communities who may be at jeopardy of losing land. The signs will stand tall and read This Plot is Not for Sale
During this period of research I have been looking at signage in natural landscapes, and inserting the title This Plot is Not for Sale. This series of digital images currently have no geographical connection to the 13 Basildon Plotlands sites previously stated. These prints initially acts as a proposal for future site specific signs, while sitting somewhere between hesitation and suspicion.
This Plot is Not for Sale, Digital Print, Xativa / Matt Coated / 230gsm / Neutral White. 42.0 x 59.4cm. 2020
This Plot is Not for Sale, Digital Print, Xativa / Matt Coated / 230gsm / Neutral White. 42.0 x 59.4cm. 2020
This Plot is Not for Sale, Digital Print, Xativa / Matt Coated / 230gsm / Neutral White. 42.0 x 59.4cm. 2020
This Plot is Not for Sale, Digital Print, Xativa / Matt Coated / 230gsm / Neutral White. 42.0 x 59.4cm. 2020
This Plot is Not for Sale, Digital Print, Xativa / Matt Coated / 230gsm / Neutral White. 42.0 x 59.4cm. 2020
This Plot is Not for Sale, Digital Print, Xativa / Matt Coated / 230gsm / Neutral White. 42.0 x 59.4cm. 2020
This Plot is Not for Sale, Digital Print, Xativa / Matt Coated / 230gsm / Neutral White. 42.0 x 59.4cm. 2020
This Plot is Not for Sale, Digital Print, Xativa / Matt Coated / 230gsm / Neutral White. 42.0 x 59.4cm. 2020
This Plot is Not for Sale, Digital Print, Xativa / Matt Coated / 230gsm / Neutral White. 42.0 x 59.4cm. 2020
This Plot is Not for Sale, Digital Print, Xativa / Matt Coated / 230gsm / Neutral White. 42.0 x 59.4cm. 2020
This Plot is Not for Sale, Digital Print, Xativa / Matt Coated / 230gsm / Neutral White. 42.0 x 59.4cm. 2020