Comment
New Local Plan: Spatial Options Document 2021
Representation ID: 39944
Received: 02/08/2021
Respondent: Mr Peter Hands
Number of people: 2
We have viewed the proposed Plan for the area surrounding our home in Blower Close and would like to record our objections to the proposal. Having lived here for 28 years we have enjoyed the Green Belt and the amenities it provides. If the Green Belt were to be developed it would devalue the whole area. The infrastructure would not meet the needs of your proposals. It is nearly impossible at the moment to get a Doctor’s appointment. There is so much traffic already that the Town is often gridlocked with queues of traffic trying to reach the main roads in and out of Rayleigh. It is often impossible to find empty spaces in the existing car parking areas and we know from experience that able-bodied drivers often use the Disabled Parking bays.
Under your Plan the development of the Green Belt would not enhance the whole area. We have seen the development alongside Hall Road, Rochford. Initially it was proposed that there would be a Doctors Surgery and a new school. The plans were passed before the developer sold off part of the area to another developer which allowed them not to build either a school or a surgery for the use of the residents. Indeed an area was sold to a London Borough to meet their housing needs. In Rawreth Lane we have yet another development reaching London Road and where traffic is reduced to a single lane. In Hullbridge they have built houses and had to build a new roundabout for the increased traffic from Watery Lane and Rayleigh. And there are always huge queues of traffic. Under your plans, fewer people would want to live in such congestion,
We have viewed the proposed Plan for the area surrounding our home in Blower Close and would like to record our objections to the proposal. Having lived here for 28 years we have enjoyed the Green Belt and the amenities it provides. If the Green Belt were to be developed it would devalue the whole area. The infrastructure would not meet the needs of your proposals. It is nearly impossible at the moment to get a Doctor’s appointment. There is so much traffic already that the Town is often gridlocked with queues of traffic trying to reach the main roads in and out of Rayleigh. It is often impossible to find empty spaces in the existing car parking areas and we know from experience that able-bodied drivers often use the Disabled Parking bays.
Under your Plan the development of the Green Belt would not enhance the whole area. We have seen the development alongside Hall Road, Rochford. Initially it was proposed that there would be a Doctors Surgery and a new school. The plans were passed before the developer sold off part of the area to another developer which allowed them not to build either a school or a surgery for the use of the residents. Indeed an area was sold to a London Borough to meet their housing needs. In Rawreth Lane we have yet another development reaching London Road and where traffic is reduced to a single lane. In Hullbridge they have built houses and had to build a new roundabout for the increased traffic from Watery Lane and Rayleigh. And there are always huge queues of traffic. Under your plans, fewer people would want to live in such congestion,