Comment

Rochford District Core Strategy Regulation 26 Draft

Representation ID: 31

Received: 07/06/2007

Respondent: Ms G Yeadell

Representation Summary:

Hawkwell is noted to be a short distance from the Cherry Orchard link road as a useful pointer for development. In fact B1013 from Rayleigh to the Cherry Orchard roundabout is now the busiest B road in the UK, especially since the link road opened. At non-peak times traffic was found by ECC Highways at Great Eastern/Southend Road junction to be 2000 per hour.

I agree with your comments otherwise, but would take issue with Hockley/Hawkwell as a "conurbation" - an aggregation of urban districts. Both are villages that have coalesced to some extent following the railway.

Full text:

4.5.10 Proposal to release land from edge of settlements might produce coalescence and many live on such boundaries.