My husband and I moved to great Stambridge over 4 years ago to escape the hustle and bustle of the town. It is a quiet rural community of which we enjoying being a part of. We do have to travel out of the village to shop but this is not a problem to keep our village as it is with its wonderful walks and vast amount of wildlife. We feel that building more homes in Great Stambridge would totally ruin the community. The roads and infrastructure are not here to support it. It is already becoming a nightmare to get out of Rochford whichever way you choose to go. The Hall road development contributing to this greatly and building in Ashingdon. We would need a better road system, more schools, doctors etc., it will be impossible to achieve all this without spoiling the village. The Stambridge road would then become congested with many more cars on the road as most houses have at least two cars.