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New Local Plan: Spatial Options Document 2021
Representation ID: 39954
Received: 02/08/2021
Respondent: Mr James Muir
Land east of Nelson Rd. Issues
This land parcel was considered by those living in Nelson Rd as green belt, but it is a sign of the times that a real estate company owns the land and now wants to cash in on the profits by offering this parcel of land to the council.
Apart from this deliberate grab at a high profit return, there are several reason why this plot of land should not be considered, these being;
1. Thought to be green belt, another example of concreting another piece of land which appears to be strictly profit driven by the owners.
2. There are flood issues with this land - not many years ago, numerous homes suffered flooding due to insufficient drainage. Correcting this will add to any housing project costs for this land.
3. Disturbing wildlife - foxes, many varieties of birds nest in the hedgerows, all this will completely disappear from this land.
4. This plan will create another short cut from the Rayleigh/Hockley Rd, creating more traffic and pollution to the area.
5. There are approximately 80+ homes on Nelson Rd. The 150 homes proposed will virtually be double the current amount of property on Nelson Rd, meaning this will be a high density housing development, that is completely out of keeping with the surrounding properties.
6. The infra structure in Rayleigh is already struggling with the known increase in properties within Rayleigh and here we go again. The council are current not even fixing the roads in the area, and this extra traffic volume (another potential 250 vehicles) to jam up already congested roads. That excludes the need for extra Doctors surgeries ( Audley Mills currently has some 6000 patients), dentists and the list of infra structure needs continue to mount.
Rayleigh is already bursting at the seams and now this small parcel of land has become the latest of the open land going up for, it would appear, profit to a real estate company.
Land east of Nelson Rd. Issues
This land parcel was considered by those living in Nelson Rd as green belt, but it is a sign of the times that a real estate company owns the land and now wants to cash in on the profits by offering this parcel of land to the council.
Apart from this deliberate grab at a high profit return, there are several reason why this plot of land should not be considered, these being;
1. Thought to be green belt, another example of concreting another piece of land which appears to be strictly profit driven by the owners.
2. There are flood issues with this land - not many years ago, numerous homes suffered flooding due to insufficient drainage. Correcting this will add to any housing project costs for this land.
3. Disturbing wildlife - foxes, many varieties of birds nest in the hedgerows, all this will completely disappear from this land.
4. This plan will create another short cut from the Rayleigh/Hockley Rd, creating more traffic and pollution to the area.
5. There are approximately 80+ homes on Nelson Rd. The 150 homes proposed will virtually be double the current amount of property on Nelson Rd, meaning this will be a high density housing development, that is completely out of keeping with the surrounding properties.
6. The infra structure in Rayleigh is already struggling with the known increase in properties within Rayleigh and here we go again. The council are current not even fixing the roads in the area, and this extra traffic volume (another potential 250 vehicles) to jam up already congested roads. That excludes the need for extra Doctors surgeries ( Audley Mills currently has some 6000 patients), dentists and the list of infra structure needs continue to mount.
Rayleigh is already bursting at the seams and now this small parcel of land has become the latest of the open land going up for, it would appear, profit to a real estate company.