Delivering the need for new homes

Table 5 identifies the proposed settlement hierarchy for the District and which identifies;

Tier Settlements
1 Rayleigh; Rochford/Ashingdon; Hockley/Hawkwell
2 Hullbridge; Great Wakering
3 Canewdon
4 All other settlements

GVA consider that development within the District should be located where it is accessible to a range of transport options and where new housing is able to be served by sufficient community facilities to meet the needs of residents. We would support focusing development on the most sustainable settlements and in this respect consider that the Tier 1 and 2 settlements would in effect be the only locations where new housing could be located in any quantum.

In this respect, the Tier 3 and 4 settlements do not offer a suitable range of facilities to meet the need of new residents and consequently locating new development in these settlements, other than in a limited format which would lead to unsustainable pattern of development contrary to the wider Plan vision and national policy