Having examined the proposed housing developments for East and South East Ashingdon, I wish to present my objections to both schemes.



My reasons can be summarised as below.

- The traffic around our region is already almost at a stand-still. To add more houses will add to the number of cars and consequently to worsening of the situation.

- Many people from Southend, Shoebury, Thorpe Bay and Wakering already use the Ashingdon road as a 'rat run' to Hullbridge and beyond. Added traffic cannot be accommodated within the existing road framework. A plan that was considered at one time was to add a road to the east of Rochford to take this traffic. As this infrastructure improvement has not been made further pressure on the already busy Ashingdon Road will make this route a nightmare for local residents.

- Our corner of Essex is already overcrowded. If more housing is needed it should be built in those areas needing re-development in order to attract people away from over-populated regions.

- Green belt areas are getting smaller and smaller. I seriously object to these areas suddenly becoming available for entrepreneurial property developers.

- With all the proposed added housing, there will inevitably be more children. No plans are in place for more schools.

- If some of the proposed housing is 'Social Housing', these will bring their own problems - added crime, violence etc.. and only the very naive can ignore this .Our already stretched police force aren't capable of supporting us today so how will they cope with added needs.



These are my main objections and hope they you will note them accordingly.