Please include the following comments in your summary of responses to the current consultation on proposed development plan for Rochford District.

Hullbridge does not have the infrastructure to support further housing development - there is essentially only one road through the village (so only 2 routes in and out). Water pressure is already borderline too low and significant investment in water supply and sewerage infrastructure is required if any additional house building is to occur.

All proposed development in Hullbridge is on Greenbelt land - which is highlighted as not preferred in all previous consultations and in the current interim impact assessment.

Any development to the West of Hullbridge will effectively join it to Rawreth - again this goes against the Impact Assessment position to avoid creating a metropolis.

Development to the East of Hullbridge will be on an area where previous flooding has occurred. Building houses will increase the surface run-off and greatly increase flood risks to both these new houses and all the existing houses nearby.

Hullbridge does not have sufficient school provision, doctors surgery or local shops to cater for more housing, not does it have capacity to expand its existing shopping provision - this directly disadvantages children and those with disabilities/elderly - not acceptable under an Equality Impact Assessment

Transport links from Hullbridge consist of irregular buses only - making the village undesirable for anyone who must work or travel to education. New build homes will have to rely on private cars to work, learn and shop which will greatly increase pollution in the village - against environmental risk assessment guidelines.

Finally, there are more favourable sites for large scale development in the district such as alongside Sutton Road in Rochford (near the airport) which, if a requirement to improve the Purdeys Estate roundabout was included, would actually allow a reduction in pollution levels, have close mass transport links (within minutes of a mainline station and good bus routes) and close to Southend shops and amenities and also secondary school provision in Rochford.