Having recently reviewed 'The New Local Plan' I am writing to try and convey my concern, even shock at some of the parcels of land under review especially with regard to plots, CFS: 045, 074, 078, 079, 080, 081, 082, 083, 084.

Some of the sites detailed above (especially 045 and 074) are prime greenbelt land, beautiful plots of land that we in the local area have enjoyed throughout our lives and (as with me), I am sure many of us now enjoy these areas with our children. This is part of the attraction of living in our beautiful environment. If we keep eating away at this land, before long, it will be gone forever.

In addition to the above moral issue, there is also the very real issue of infrastructure. We have already seen the building of many new houses locally whether near Clements Hall or Hall Road yet within all these additional new plans, I haven't seen any mention or consideration given to new schools, roads and medical care (just as examples).

Schools
Currently the local schools are overloaded. I live near The Westerings Primary school where (ridiculously) there are already expansion plans yet the local roads are already 'no go' areas during the school run and are over crowded during the day due to teachers parking - some days I cannot even get off of my driveway! In addition, my daughter goes to Greensward Academy but for some local children there are already not enough places and they have to travel to Rochford, Rayleigh, even further afield to go to school.

Roads / Transportation
The main routes into Hockley / Hawkwell are not large (or even minor) A roads, they are B roads that were originally built to accommodate large villages / small towns yet the Hockley / Hawkwell area is now morphing in to a medium sized town in it's own right with a vastly increased population for the capacity of our local roads. As a consequence, at any given time of the day it is often quite difficult to get out onto the B1013, let alone when it is rush hour / school run time when the whole area around The Spa and/or Potash Garden Centre becomes absolutely gridlocked. Slightly further afield, I travel to Leigh on sea train station every day as trains from Hockley are so unreliable, dirty, expensive and already absolutely bursting at the seams due to overcrowding (another issue!) but if I leave slightly late I am also held up in Cherry Orchard Lane. I am generally forced to leave early to miss the already heavy traffic during rush hour, a journey which at off peak takes me 15 minutes but at rush hour, this 8 mile journey can take up to 40 minutes! I am lucky that my daughter is slightly older so I can be flexible with my leaving times but for those people that aren't flexible, getting out of the local area by car is already horrific!

Medical Care
No matter how you look at it, the population of the UK is generally ageing and with lot's of older people locally in Hockley / Hawkwell we are probably actually ahead of the curve compared to many other parts of the UK. As a consequence trying to be accepted on to a local doctors surgery roster is already pretty much impossible and I would imagine that local dentists would be the same. My doctor is in Westcliff and my dentist in Southchurch just as an example!

Now, I absolutely get the need for new housing although I suspect the UK should probably take a 'rain-check' until we see the fallout of Brexit first but notwithstanding this, we need to stop overloading and destroying the few remaining rural areas of South Essex, areas with little infrastructure. If we are as a community forced to accept more housing, surely areas with direct links to major arteries into the area (i.e A roads) should be the areas that are highest on the priority list but even then, schooling and other services should be considered as a priority over just building, building, building new houses relentlessly.

I know that lot's of my neighbors also have the same concerns and I hope that they too take the time to write.

With all of the above in mind, I truly hope that some time is taken to very seriously consider the topics raised (among others) before potentially (and quite disastrously in my view) moving ahead with these local proposals.