I attended the CAC Meeting in Hawkwell.

Hockley must remain as a distinct community with boundaries and green spaces between Hockley and neighbouring parishes. Countryside in and around Hockley including woods, footpaths,bridleways play areas, playing fields and nature reserves must be 100% preserved. There should be no loss of greenbelt or open spaces in Hockley or the surrounding areas.

Due to shortage of available building land, housing development in and around Hockley must be minimal, and should include starter homes and affordable housing. Historic and listed buildings must be preserved.

Hockley Town Centre development must maintain the character of Hockley, and include a variety of shops, family restaurants,enhanced parking facilitiers, and facilities for the youth. It must consder appropriate facilities for people with disabilities.

Increased pollution in Hockley and its neighbouring parishes must be supported by additional healthcare (dentists and doctors)primary and secondary school places, community services, and leisure facilities.

Improved highways and cycle networks are essential in and around Hockley to support increased traffic volumes, improve road safety and eliminate congestion.

There must be no additional pollution in Hockley in terms of air quality and noise, particularly related to increased traffic volumes and airport expansion programmes.

Public transport must be improved in and around Hockley in terms of routes and frequencies to support additional population and to alleviate the impact of additional traffic volumes.

Additional controls must be introduced to ensure crime levels, vandalism and anti-social behaviour issues, in and around Hockley, do not increase due to additional population numbers.

The core strategy does not provide an option of placing all 3500 homes in one new locations, remote from Hockley, with provision of appropriate self supporting infrastructure (schools, healthcare,community services and leisure facilities) and including public transport and highway networks that do not impact on Hockley.

As the majority of proposed additional housing, pupulation and traffic is located to the east of Hockley, the plan is not sustainable, in and around Hockley, due to insufficient infrastructure proposals (schools, healthcare,community services and leisure facilities) and particularly related to public transport and highway networks. Roads through Hockley already suffer from major congestions issues, and no plans are evident in the strategy to eliminatge current and future traffic issues.

Surely it is not unreasonable to expect there to be a planned infrastructure
put in place before all these houses are built. Where are all these new
roads going to go, stating the obvious that we do have the sea one side.

Also what about our farm land we need this protected for food supply.

One further comment, most people live in Hockley or come back to Hockley because of what it is now, when this wonderful vision for John Prescott eventually happens, no body will want to come back!