The separate representations made by the Aston Unit Trust and Mr J Needs on Policies H1, H2 and H3 set out the case why the Core Strategy fails to provide a sound settlement strategy and distributes greenfield housing in a manner which will not deliver a more sustainable pattern of development and will not deliver the Core Strategy objectives. The remedy is to allocate less greenfield development to the villages such as Hullbridge, and more to Rayleigh which is the largest settlement in the District with the greatest range of facilities and services. The representations suggest combining Policies H2 and H3 and allocating further sites at Rayleigh including 200 dwellings to the east of the town. In order to be consistent, it is necessary to
add 'East of Rayleigh' to Appendix H1 setting out new infrastructure and services which would be required to accompany the site.

Add to Appendix H1

"East of Rayleigh and South of the B1013

- enhancements to the B1013 (Policy T2)
- local highway capacity and infrastructure improvements
- public transport infrastructure improvements and service enhancements
- improved pedestrian / cycle links to Rayleigh Town Centre
- improved pedestrian / cycle links to the Upper Roach Valley
- sustainable drainage systems
- public open space
- play space."

It is considered that our participation at the oral part of the public examination would assist the Inspector for two main reasons
- Sellwood Planning has a detailed knowledge of the Rochford area, appeared at the last Local Plan Inquiry and was a participant at the RSS public examination. This direct knowledge of the local area and the statutory Development Plan may be of assistance to the Inspector

- Sellwood Planning has experience in promoting major schemes through Core Strategies (eg. 7,000 dwellings in Ashford, 5,750 dwellings in Dover, 2,500 dwellings in Horsham and 1,200 dwellings in Newmarket) and the emerging
body of evidence of what constitutes a sound Core Strategy and what is unsound. Our experience indicates that, in a number of respects, the submitted Core Strategy is unsound in its present form.