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What is going to be done about infrastructure? Nothing as far as I can see! I took this up with the Council in 1980 as I could see where development would be going to!

In the area near to where I live there are 682 properties being built South of King Georges Playing Field, behind Newton Hall Gardens. 500 are going up in the vicinity of Oxford Road, possibly rising to 700! Making 1382. Then 516 on Meadowbrook Farm plot at the end of Ironwell Lane. This makes 1898 houses as well as the 620 in Hall Road.

The Ashingdon Road will take the brunt of thousands more cars, lorries, refuse vehicles, vans, etc. This road was originally built for horses and carts, it is not even a "B" Road, just a residential Rd. Already we have a great deal of congestion at times, especially toward the junction with Hall Road at the mini roundabout and Brays Lane. In the other direction it is often bad getting through Hockley onto B1013, the only "B" road from there to the other side of the River Crouch. The whole of this area is a flood plain area and in my opinion this is unsustainable!!

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What about the provision of VITAL services such as Doctors, Dentists, Schools, Hospital facilities, Supermarket.

With potentially 7,500 new properties planned for the area of Hockley, Hawkwell, Ashingdon and Rochford, I find it breath-taking that such irresponsible development is being considered! Life looks like becoming unbearable in the future in this area. God help anyone who needs medical attention with grid-locked roads.

A few weeks ago I was travelling from Rayleigh to Ashingdon School, it took me 50 minutes to make that journey because of congestion on the B1013 and Ashingdon Road. I was 1/2 hour late arriving at the school to collect my granddaughter! This is totally unacceptable but could soon become common place!

I understand that developers are not obliged to provide VITAL services unless they build above a certain number of properties in one place. So what do they do they do, in conjunction with the Council? They share the development with another Contractor. If this is the case, it is quite immoral!!

A few years ago Keith Hudson said there would be no further development in this area in his lifetime! This was obviously not the truth.

Any development should be to service the needs of the people in that area.

In this particular area, I know for a fact, the one thing which older members of the community need is BUNGALOWS. If these were provided it would free up the affordable small family homes.

Older residents have nowhere to move to, especially if they are self-sufficient. Not everyone wants sheltered accommodation or a flat.

Also, bungalows, which normally have 2 bedrooms, can later be adapted to 3 bedrooms if a young couple purchase it later. This would meet the need of changing family structures, it's a win, win situation.