I am elderly, was born in Rochford, have lived there virtually all my life.

My views:
Leave the pavements as they are - pedestrianisation is the last thing the square needs.

Maximise the car parking - including both sides of the pump.

Re-locate the taxis.

Comment:

The existing pavements are perfectly adequate as they are. Why do people need ot walk across the square - I fail to see how that can help the shops - better that people are walking past the windows.

The people who live nearby walk. Most of the others come by car and they need to park. If they can't they wont come. They don't want to walk from the car park and a lot don't want to pay.

There is virtually always a queue of cars waiting to get into the square. How can you contemplate reducing the number of spaces?

The one hour limit keeps the cars moving. I think you could reduce that to 45 minutes, to further increase availability. Then put in a timed free parking machine, with a penalty for over-staying. Most people would observe that, so supervision could be minimal.

In my view very few people shopping in Rochford come by taxi, so why do we need them in the square? Surely a couple of spaces in Ship Lane (North Street end) would be adequate. Ban taxis from the square - at present they are often using ordinary parking spaces when the taxi spaces are full.