Object
Rochford Core Strategy Development Plan Document - Schedule of Changes
Representation ID: 26529
Received: 30/11/2010
Respondent: Mr & Mrs Weir
Legally compliant? Not specified
Sound? No
Duty to co-operate? Not specified
We agree that some provision of housing will be required in Hawkwell in future years and welcome the governments proposal to revoke the East of England Plan. This should have given the Council the opportunity to reassess the Core Strategy and the proposed distribution of development across the district. To simply extend the time scale for the provision of 3,800 new homes does not address the problem of siting the majority of the housing in H2 in the centre of the district ie Hawkwell South, West Rochford and East Ashingdon which will add to the congestion already experienced in Ashingdon Road, Main Road, Hall Road and Rectory Road. There is no evidence that the consolidated impact on various developments on the highway network has been assessed and no consideration has been given to mapping highway improvements to the proposed house phasing as with other environmental issues the capacity of the highway network should be formally assessed with regard to the cumulative effect of other developments.
The appraisal of sustainability states that West Rayleigh has the best access to services with good links to London, Chelmsford, Basildon and Thurrock yet no is no proposed housing in Rayleigh until post 2026 HP3.
We welcome the use of windfall sites to reduce the loss of greenbelt but this will be no advantage to sites in HP2, the first phase once the land is developed.
The Core Strategy states very little green belt will be lost as most of the district lies within the greenbelt most of the open space is in Foulness Island, Wallasea Island, Paglesham, Candewdon and Wakering with very little open space in the centre of the centre of the district some 67% of the housing plus employment land in Rayleigh and London Southend Airport are sites within the green belt.
Therefore for all these reasons we consider that the Core Strategy as amended is unsound and wish to appear at the examination in public in the new year.
We agree that some provision of housing will be required in Hawkwell in future years and welcome the governments proposal to revoke the East of England Plan. This should have given the Council the opportunity to reassess the Core Strategy and the proposed distribution of development across the district. To simply extend the time scale for the provision of 3,800 new homes does not address the problem of siting the majority of the housing in H2 in the centre of the district ie Hawkwell South, West Rochford and East Ashingdon which will add to the congestion already experienced in Ashingdon Road, Main Road, Hall Road and Rectory Road. There is no evidence that the consolidated impact on various developments on the highway network has been assessed and no consideration has been given to mapping highway improvements to the proposed house phasing as with other environmental issues the capacity of the highway network should be formally assessed with regard to the cumulative effect of other developments.
The appraisal of sustainability states that West Rayleigh has the best access to services with good links to London, Chelmsford, Basildon and Thurrock yet no is no proposed housing in Rayleigh until post 2026 HP3.
We welcome the use of windfall sites to reduce the loss of greenbelt but this will be no advantage to sites in HP2, the first phase once the land is developed.
The Core Strategy states very little green belt will be lost as most of the district lies within the greenbelt most of the open space is in Foulness Island, Wallasea Island, Paglesham, Candewdon and Wakering with very little open space in the centre of the centre of the district some 67% of the housing plus employment land in Rayleigh and London Southend Airport are sites within the green belt.
Therefore for all these reasons we consider that the Core Strategy as amended is unsound and wish to appear at the examination in public in the new year.