With reference to the above Consultation , I have the following comments for your perusal.

I have lived in Great Wakering since 1972 , it was then a quiet village with lots of amenities serving a lovely community.
Over recent years there have been several housing developments which meant many changes to the village .
The village secondary school in the High Street was made the primary school and all school children over the age of 11 are now bussed to King Edmund School in Ashingdon Road, Rochford and this causes traffic chaos at peak school times with large double decker buses clogging up the roads.
Similarly the doctor's surgery once did a good job serving the community, now it is almost impossible to get an appointment due to the increased number of new patients being registered.
The High Street itself has never been improved to allow for the extra traffic with no parking/pick up facilities at the school for the children's safety.
Several of the local shops have closed as people seem to prefer to drive to the bigger stores, more traffic congestion.
A village is a community where people can depend on each other , with groups for pensioners, mothers and babies and sports clubs for children to get together and have fun after school ,in safety. I feel the larger the community the less likely these social places are being used , especially at times when people should be pulling together and caring for one another.

So with even more development these things will only get worse.
There are just two main roads into the village and if there are any major issues concerning evacuation this could cause major problems for emergency vehicles requiring access to the village as well as people leaving. There are also many more traffic accidents on rural roads where new residents are unfamiliar with the ways of the countryside and the necessity to take more care.

The area of Great Wakering is in reality a dead end so to get anywhere you must drive through Southend where the traffic conditions and congestion are a massive problem and more development to the east will only make this worse.

I love the village and hope it can be left as it is for many years to come. I realise housing development is necessary but feel brown fill sites should be the planners first consideration before taking over more of our rural countryside.

Thank you for reading my email