Comment

Representation ID: 35

Received: 07/06/2007

Respondent: Ms G Yeadell

4.10.5 "The Council dropped its Local List (for) the Rochford District Replacement Local Plan" in 2005 without statutory justification. A former officer said Government "frowned on" such Lists, so why other Councils retained theirs? He told an Inspector re 1 Southend Road, Hockley demolition "Just politics, lot of local interest; nothing of character in that area". Suddenly we learn "more modern guidance" (quoting 2 statutory papers) "there is now encouragement from government in recent White Paper for such Lists"!

There is a simple explanation for the volte facie. Cancelling the List one year and reinstating it another enabled the demolition of 1 Southend Road, Hockley, thus jeopardising all else in the vicinity.