Comments: New Development Plan 2017-2037
We are writing to register our OBJECTION to the planned extra 7,500 homes proposed in the Second New Development Plan. We feel this is far too many. The full effect of the extra 2,600 homes to be built under the First Development Plan has not been felt yet.

We are concerned that:

1. There is no match FUNDING for a supporting Infrastructure. We live in a peninsular, if you enter our area you need to return the same way. The roads are already clogged, especially at rush hour. Travelling through Hockley between 4.00 and 6.30 p.m. is impossible, with huge tailbacks through the village. Pollution should be monitored.

2. There are no guarantees that UTILITIES can match extra demands.

3. There is no spare capacity within the HEALTH & CARE SERVICES. A personal friend of mine recently tried twice in a week to get a Doctors appointment at Greensward Surgery, only to be told they were not even accepting child emergencies that day.

4. There is no let up in the sacrifice of the GREEN BELT & AIR QUALITY. Greenbelt is there to protect the countryside from urban sprall. Some of the proposed sites would virtually join Hockley to Rayleigh.

5. No long-term LEGACY left for future generations. What quality of life will future generations have if we don't plan appropriately.

Resolutions:
1. Infrastructure to be considered first before extra housing planned.

2. Build Quality Bungalows/complexes for elderly people. Many elderly people are still living in their family home with unused space and high running costs as they have nothing else suitable to move into. Much needed family housing could then be released.

3. Housing for LOCAL people. Many people migrate from London to take advantage of the lower prices in comparison. There should be a percentage of new build properties set aside for purchasing by LOCAL people ONLY.

4. More help for the young in the area. Special schemes negotiated to enable local people's children to be able to stay in their own area.

5. Is it possible to negotiate with other Districts in Essex who have the infrastructure to be able to expand, and offer some of our allocated housing numbers from Government?

6. We would also like to see more suitable complex's/flats to enable people with disabilities to live independently.

TARGET NUMBERS NEED TO BE CUT TO AT LEAST NATURAL GROWTH LEVELS.