Please be advised that as the owner of 16 Barling Road I have some serious concerns regarding any possibility of building taking place on the fields to the North of my property.

Firstly any new buildings on this plot would be out of sync with the density of housing along Barling Road. There are parts of the road that have a property on only one side and in some stretches there are none on either side of the road. It therefore feels ridiculous to consider building behind properties along Barling road when the road itself has space for further properties.

Secondly I feel access to the plot would be extremely dangerous. Both possible entry points from the map would create blind spots on to country roads where significant traffic flow from a new development would likely cause a significant level of traffic incidents. This extra traffic would also make it a lot more dangerous for us as residents trying to leave our driveways.

Thirdly all views of the countryside would be decimated for all residents with properties to the North of Barling Road, changing the area significantly This is an area of Rochford that it not in a town and is simply a rural country road, with no local amenities except for the Rose Inn pub. Surely the logical place to build would be on the edge of a town where all local amenities are already situated and could take the stain of an extra development as well as have less of an impact on residents views.

Fourthly, Barling road would not be able to cope with all this extra traffic. Traffic is getting considerable worse in Rochford and Southend with recent properties being built and there being no extra infrastructure provided to cope with all the extra housing. It is now normal for it to take 30 minutes or more by car to get to Progress Road during the day and from there being able to access a significant and flowing main road.

In Summary this is simply a rural road, and not a plot on the edge of a town where if you wanted to build new homes it would make more sense. There are no amenities here, the roads are busy at the best of times. Building on this plot would be a disaster anyway, yet to do so when considering how many better local alternative plots there are would be ludicrous.