The Central Government will determine the amount of new homes to be built in Rochford District irrespective of the wishes and sensitivities of the local residents. The only power reposed in the Rochford District Council is where the homes are to be built.

The initial Government requirement is that 7500 new homes in Rochford District are to be built from 2017 to 2037 (375 homes a year). Those homes will be put largely on Green Belt and Greenfield sites.

Rochford District has neither the infrastructure nor the public services to sustain those homes. (The Government says that 45% is required by immigration).

Our roads in Rochford District are in disrepair; There are difficulties in getting a Doctor's appointment; First choice schools are becoming unavailable; the traffic is appalling; hospitals are incapable of dealing with the pressure of population growth; the price of homes(affordable homes as well as social housing) is beyond the reach of our youngsters; Developers want inevitably to build expensive properties to make most profit.

Our countryside and Greenfield amenities are being destroyed by concreting over our District. The UK Government is £2.2 trillion in debt and has no money for corresponding infrastructure or public services. This madness of building homes on Green Belt with no corresponding infrastructure or public services must stop.