13/04/2010: After attending the public meeting in Hullbridge last night - I just wanted to say that we only heard about this through reading about it in the ripples magazine. I am appalled that there has been no correspondence with the residents of Hullbridge regarding this matter. I have since heard that some residents have received letters and others have not, I know we never received any such letter.

Having just browsed the document I noted that, although your representative said last night, that these plans were not going to go ahead until 2015 and beyond. The document states that the planned beginning of work would be late 2010. Can I assume from this that your representative last night wasn't telling the whole truth?

Apart from the practical issues that were highlighted last night such as the impact it would have on the infrastructure etc of the village, increasing Hullbridge to a small town. In essence destroying the appeal of this lovely village, which brought us here in the first place. I do not believe that any thought ever goes into the planning of such things. The quality of life of people is of no consequence. One of the few pleasures I have is to sit in my garden, after a long day at work, and enjoy the rural quiet of my surroundings. Nevertheless, it really doesn't matter what I, as a voter says, does it?

In answer to one of the men who spoke last night - didn't get his name - who said that the council have to bow to government demands. I say, it is your job to fight for the rights of the people who voted for you, isn't that why we put you there? We expect empathic representation, not a 'body' that cowers in the face of a government that wants to destroy what we have left of the countryside. And why has it suddenly become OKAY to build on GREEN BELT land?