Object
Core Strategy Preferred Options (Revised October 2008)
Representation ID: 4027
Received: 17/12/2008
Respondent: Hawkwell Residents Association
RE: Objection to 300+ houses proposed for Hawkwell Village/Parish
As a resident and voter in what is currently a green and pleasant village, I wish to object to the proposed development of 300+ houses village/Parish on the following basis:
There is in our opinion, an unfair allocation of homes throughout the district especially in the Hawkwell area.
We are concerned that all of the 330 houses could be centred in one place changing the nature of the village; we believe it would be better to spread them throughout the Hawkwell area.
The B1013 - cannot cope even with the advent of recycling Lorries, let alone more traffic. Extra traffic from what will be a developing airport facility (not considered as part of this strategy.)
Extra demands on schools, dentists and doctor surgeries (already under pressure to service current levels as current patient ratios show) this linked with an increasing older population demographic.
Lack of public transport - Hockley and Rochford have rail stations, Hawkwell does not. Buses as you are aware are an issue as well.
Rochford District Council have received planning application(s) for up to 20,000 more houses to be built east of Rochford, which I would assume need all the necessary infrastructure to be put in place as part of that development. Why not put our allocation into that "pot" they could create a whole new community as part of that development. This may appear as "not in my backyard," but I feel no "infrastructure" improvements will happen as part of a piecemeal development from various builder(s) within Hawkwell.
The document repeats the word sustainability, we are concerned that the interpretation of sustainability has been insufficiently addressed and clarity is needed to what it is meant by this key term in the document. The additional homes will put an enormous strain on the infrastructure of our area, particularly the road system, which has not been addressed in the document. Our main concerns include...
-Loss of green belt in our area, which would change our village into a town.
-Additional vehicles on the roads including proposed additional airport traffic.
-Additional demand on our doctors and dentists.
-additional demand on schools and social services.
-Bus services. It is now proposed to reduce the 7 and 8 to one bus an hour.
-Additional demand on gas, electric, telephone, water, sewers and surface/storm water drainage.
Inclosing I fell we are being railroaded into accepting this proposal without a proper top down review of the wider picture within our district as a whole include
JAPP The Airport Development(S)
Core Strategy
The Site Allocation Document
RE: Objection to 300+ houses proposed for Hawkwell Village/Parish
As a resident and voter in what is currently a green and pleasant village, I wish to object to the proposed development of 300+ houses village/Parish on the following basis:
There is in our opinion, an unfair allocation of homes throughout the district especially in the Hawkwell area.
We are concerned that all of the 330 houses could be centred in one place changing the nature of the village; we believe it would be better to spread them throughout the Hawkwell area.
The B1013 - cannot cope even with the advent of recycling Lorries, let alone more traffic. Extra traffic from what will be a developing airport facility (not considered as part of this strategy.)
Extra demands on schools, dentists and doctor surgeries (already under pressure to service current levels as current patient ratios show) this linked with an increasing older population demographic.
Lack of public transport - Hockley and Rochford have rail stations, Hawkwell does not. Buses as you are aware are an issue as well.
Rochford District Council have received planning application(s) for up to 20,000 more houses to be built east of Rochford, which I would assume need all the necessary infrastructure to be put in place as part of that development. Why not put our allocation into that "pot" they could create a whole new community as part of that development. This may appear as "not in my backyard," but I feel no "infrastructure" improvements will happen as part of a piecemeal development from various builder(s) within Hawkwell.
The document repeats the word sustainability, we are concerned that the interpretation of sustainability has been insufficiently addressed and clarity is needed to what it is meant by this key term in the document. The additional homes will put an enormous strain on the infrastructure of our area, particularly the road system, which has not been addressed in the document. Our main concerns include...
-Loss of green belt in our area, which would change our village into a town.
-Additional vehicles on the roads including proposed additional airport traffic.
-Additional demand on our doctors and dentists.
-additional demand on schools and social services.
-Bus services. It is now proposed to reduce the 7 and 8 to one bus an hour.
-Additional demand on gas, electric, telephone, water, sewers and surface/storm water drainage.
Inclosing I fell we are being railroaded into accepting this proposal without a proper top down review of the wider picture within our district as a whole include
JAPP The Airport Development(S)
Core Strategy
The Site Allocation Document