I am against any future development in Great Wakering and especially in the Green belt.

The village is losing its identity with the increased number of new houses and will soon become just a suburb of Southend. The majority of people chose to live in the Great Wakering area because of village nature and the fact that it is quiet and not congested, with plenty of fields and open spaces. This is something I feel should be strongly protected.

The infrastructure and services have not been improved even after the recent new housing developments have been completed. The high street is becoming a dangerous place to walk with children because of the narrow nature and the number of cars. The school run is very chaotic with many cars parking and mounting pavements when I walk my child to school. Any new housing can only make this worse.

Barrow Hall road is very narrow and in some places two cars can only just pass each other. Southend Road is also a dangerous road with many accidents and additional housing will only add to it. It is becoming very difficult for residents to get "past" Southend and out to work as the roads are so congested and more housing this side of Southend will make it work.

The Great Wakering School is already oversubscribed with class sizes above average and in my sons case they already have 32 pupils which I believe is above the recommended size.

It is very disappointing that the local council / Government do nothing about the half of Great Wakering which at risk of flooding due to poorly maintained sea defences but are happy to add more housing without improving the circumstances for people who already live in the area. It seems like the rights of potential new residents are being put before local residents who are have lived for many years in the area and are "Great Wakering".