Comment
Rochford District Core Strategy Regulation 26 Draft
Representation ID: 31
Received: 07/06/2007
Respondent: Ms G Yeadell
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.
4.5.10 Proposal to release land from edge of settlements might produce coalescence and many live on such boundaries.