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New Local Plan: Spatial Options Document 2021
Representation ID: 39947
Received: 02/08/2021
Respondent: Mrs A Thoburn
I do not think the local towns and villages can sustain any more housing,the area is totally gridlocked at present the roads cannot cope with the volume of cars at present let alone adding more housing to the area.
Southend hospital is overwhelmed as are the doctor surgerys and schools,infrastructure must be addressed before any more homes are built,and not just a couple of new roundabouts as we have seen done in Hullbridge.
I have lived in Hullbridge since 1962 and am using the same roads as of then to enter and exit the village the amount of cars on the narrow old roads cannot cope anymore,also the amount of gas and water leaks on these roads lately from high volumes of traffic and heavy lorries is ridiculous .
Hullbridge has endured nearly 4 years of traffic lights,dust,noise and disruption from all the new housing estates in the area it is not fair on the local residents in the area enough is enough !!!!
I appreciate the need for more housing but do not see affordable housing at present with houses being sold at £400,00 plus,the only winners at present are the large building firms such as Barretts etc.
A whole new town needs to be built such as we had before like Basildon and south Woodham,where shops ,doctors and services are put into place to service the expanding population,unlike as is happening at present where 500 plus homes attached to existing towns with nothing more than a new roundabout is put in to service the area.
Rochford council is appalling in their handling of the housing being allowed at present without sorting the bigger problems out that the area has,any car journey is taking twice as long nowadays and to get a hospital or doctors appointment is getting longer by the day.
The whole area has reached saturation point essex needs green space and less traffic if we are to combat, climate change and give our kids and grandkids a future,please look at one new big town to give the housing and AFFORDABLE housing the area needs rather than keep tagging new housing estates onto already over stretched areas as is happening at present.
I do not think the local towns and villages can sustain any more housing,the area is totally gridlocked at present the roads cannot cope with the volume of cars at present let alone adding more housing to the area.
Southend hospital is overwhelmed as are the doctor surgerys and schools,infrastructure must be addressed before any more homes are built,and not just a couple of new roundabouts as we have seen done in Hullbridge.
I have lived in Hullbridge since 1962 and am using the same roads as of then to enter and exit the village the amount of cars on the narrow old roads cannot cope anymore,also the amount of gas and water leaks on these roads lately from high volumes of traffic and heavy lorries is ridiculous .
Hullbridge has endured nearly 4 years of traffic lights,dust,noise and disruption from all the new housing estates in the area it is not fair on the local residents in the area enough is enough !!!!
I appreciate the need for more housing but do not see affordable housing at present with houses being sold at £400,00 plus,the only winners at present are the large building firms such as Barretts etc.
A whole new town needs to be built such as we had before like Basildon and south Woodham,where shops ,doctors and services are put into place to service the expanding population,unlike as is happening at present where 500 plus homes attached to existing towns with nothing more than a new roundabout is put in to service the area.
Rochford council is appalling in their handling of the housing being allowed at present without sorting the bigger problems out that the area has,any car journey is taking twice as long nowadays and to get a hospital or doctors appointment is getting longer by the day.
The whole area has reached saturation point essex needs green space and less traffic if we are to combat, climate change and give our kids and grandkids a future,please look at one new big town to give the housing and AFFORDABLE housing the area needs rather than keep tagging new housing estates onto already over stretched areas as is happening at present.