Further to attending a meeting today at The Old School, Great Wakering.

I am appalled that RDC is considering/accepting planning applications for further housing developments in & around the 'village' of Great Wakering.

The current Star Lane Development is already a concern as no changes are being made to the current infrastructure; Schools, Doctors, roads, drainage (Great Wakering is still using Victorian sewage & drainage) etc. It already takes an age to get out of the village to travel through Southend to the A127 & A13. More housing at this end of the A127 will cause more traffic congestion & increase the air pollution.
Sports facilities are pretty much non-existent apart from local football, the Sports Centre is a dance school, not a sports facility. The playing fields are no longer looked after so football is no longer played there.

This is just a couple of the issues.

I am aware that you have a housing target to reach, but additional housing in Great Wakering, really ?
The Government provides you with funds towards new housing, so you will probably do all you can to get the money & put it in the bank. The 'village' will not see any of the money as no changes will be made to the infrastructure to cope with the new housing.

What about utilising the land around Sutton Road Industrial Estate, The old Stambridge Mill that burnt down, Land north of Canewdon for example.
If you look hard enough, Why can you not make use of derelict, unoccupied buildings for new housing ?

There is some land between the Rose Inn Public House & Morley's Nursery, What is this allocated for, golf course, cemetery ? There is an access road, so why not use this land to build new housing ?

Great Wakering is a 'village', It is too far away for any major business to set-up here or relocate to, so the opportunity for further employment is ridiculous, especially when the existing industrial estate is earmarked for new housing !

Rather than dismiss rejections, like you did with the Star Lane development, in order to fill your pockets with the vested interests some of the Councillors have, consider the destruction to wildlife, light pollution, air pollution, lack of infrastructure etc.

My home is about to be overlooked by those awful, too high pitched, houses that are to be built to the West of Star Lane behind Great Wakering High Street. I have lived in Great Wakering all my life & to date it's changed & lost its identity as a 'village'.