Hullbridge is a village and should remain as an attraction with its beautiful riverside activities. Building such a development would leave traffic madness due to the lack of infastructure. We do not have the facilities to cope with an extra 500 homes. That will be another 1000 cars trying to get into the budgens car park or waiting to turn into Ferry Road. Another 4000 people wanting to visit the medical centre to see a Doctor. Why not build these houses elsewhere and then improve Hullbridge so people can visit and enjoy the scenery. There is plenty of wasteland elsewhere. With flooding consistantly shown to cause problems along Watery Lane and the congestion caused along Rawreth Lane because of the closure, surely this must show that another 1000 carrs would be a logistical nightmare.
I recently purchased my property and there was no sign of any developments in progress and I shall be taking this matter further as this development of "affordable housing" is surely going to reduce the value of my property.
In addition, as this is "affordabe housing" I assume that we are talking of young proffesionals/small familes who will be looking to commute to/from London. With no train station, this will add to the traffic rush hour chaos to and from Rayleigh/Hockley.