We feel that the majority of the indicated sites are Green Belt and are not sustainable for the following reasons:-
Population & Communities.
Nationally Local Authorities should/must ensure that there is a sufficient choice of school places which is of great importance.
Yet recently at a RDC local workshop meeting held in Hullbridge it was pointed out that although the local primary school had a few available places these children would eventually have to attend the surrounding secondary schools which have all confirmed that they are over subscribed, but according to an RDC representative, because these schools are not actually located in Hullbridge this is not an issue, which is totally unacceptable. Recently we are now being informed that many schools are now cutting back on certain topics from their curriculum because of a lack of specialist staff, other schools are now also considering shortening the school week due to budget cuts for the number of students that need to be catered for. Therefore agreeing to more substantial developments is not going to ease this situation.
Safety
Rochford is maintaining that it has a relatively low crime rate and is one of the lowest in Essex. At a recent meeting with the Police at the Rochford Parish Rooms on 15 December 2016 the majority of the large number of the public who attended all had the same complaint which was that most crimes are not being reported due to the fact that there is hardly any or no response from the police, who stated due to cutbacks there are only 6 community police officers available to cover the whole of Rochford and Castle Point including Canvey Island. So the statement made by Rochford cannot be taken seriously.