Hullbridge would seem to be just about at maximum capacity for a self-contained village with little local employment. The local infrastructure can barely cope with the traffic involved with this type of rural community. The addition of 500 homes, which will inevitably result in an additional 1000-2000 extra people with their 500-1000 vehicles, will overload the infrastructure so much it could cause gridlock at certain times of the day. Without considerable investment in facilities to satisfy the requirements of these extra families the village will no longer be self-contained, requiring much more traffic movement in and out of the village to meet these requirements. This development will turn Hullbridge into a small rural town without the infrastructure to support it. In my opinion recent developments elsewhere in the area would make those areas much more suitable for this size development.