I am contacting you to register my utter disbelief and disgust that you wish to build houses on Hockley Woods, which is green belt land. Green Belt land, is land that is never to be built on. This is an area used by so many for physical and mental exercise. While the country was struggling with the pandemic, it was a place many could go to for their wellbeing.

As everyone knows, Rayleigh, as well as other local areas, are already over populated, we have new housing estates on almost any green space that once existed. Roads are always at a standstill due to the amount of traffic; we just can't take anymore.

Every time a new estate is proposed we are told they will build a new primary school, new doctors' surgery, neither of which ever emerge. Another point is that although they promise Primary schools, these children will need to go to secondary school at the age of 11 and no one wants to build a new school for them. Fitzwimac and Sweyne Park have already taken 30 pupils extra per year and cannot continue to do this.

Our doctor's surgery is at breaking point. Trying to get an appointment is almost impossible at times.

While I except you wish to build new houses, please use brown field sites, not green belt.