Comment
New Local Plan: Spatial Options Document 2021
Representation ID: 39446
Received: 21/09/2021
Respondent: Mrs Jennifer Richards
The Conservation Area including Mill Hall, Rayleigh windmill and Rayleigh Mount. New housing here would not only make a mockery of the term 'conservation area' but add to the traffic bottleneck already existing at the London Hill High Street junction. The town centre layout does not allow for the additional road infrastructure needed for new housing. Replacement of the Mill Hall with a smaller leisure venue would rob the town of its only reasonably sized entertainments venue, confirming the Council's obvious view of Rayleigh as a commuter town with no aspiration to a cultural or community life of any kind.
The Conservation Area including Mill Hall, Rayleigh windmill and Rayleigh Mount. New housing here would not only make a mockery of the term 'conservation area' but add to the traffic bottleneck already existing at the London Hill High Street junction. The town centre layout does not allow for the additional road infrastructure needed for new housing. Replacement of the Mill Hall with a smaller leisure venue would rob the town of its only reasonably sized entertainments venue, confirming the Council's obvious view of Rayleigh as a commuter town with no aspiration to a cultural or community life of any kind.