My main comments are:-

No new housing should be built on green belt land, we need to protect our environment and the lungs of the area and not turn it into a concrete jungle, use brown fields site only, any housing plans should not be pushed through against the local residents wishes and more notice must be taken of objections and people’s views unlike now.

I live in Hullbridge and your proposed housing sites will make the “village” a town, this is unacceptable for the following reasons :-

Hullbridge is a one road village, Lower Road is already at full capacity particularly at school times and the morning and afternoon rush hours, to get access onto the road from a side road you take your life in your hands, there are 40 ft, artic lorries using a road which is totally unsuitable, especially considering the amount of cyclists using it now which is being encouraged by central government to reduce car movements, so will only increase as would car movements should housing stock increase in the area.

Watery Lane is a road which again is totally unfit for purpose with more minor accidents than almost anywhere else, Hullbridge road has improved with the new roundabout at Rawreth Lane although I reserve judgement until the rest of the houses already planned for the area are complete but any slight problem, an accident or road works it becomes a total nightmare with traffic virtually making Hullbridge impossible to get to or leave, with emergency vehicles stranded.

One of the proposed areas for new housing is Pooles Lane, how anyone in their right mind can even consider this or propose this I do not know, the road between the Community Centre and Tower Park entrance is effectively a one lane road with a blind bend, unfortunately some drivers appear to have developed eyesight that allows them see round bends and to go round the bend at speed, many near misses everyday here, I stood watching this piece of road for just under half an hour one day 3 weeks ago, in that short period 7 vehicles mounted and drove along the footpath, I cannot imagine how many a day there are.

Other as important reasons that new housing should not be considered apart from roads are :-

Schools, where are the increase in pupils of any age going to school, the schools are at full capacity now, education is vital and any young person should not have to travel for a long period to be educated especially on grid locked roads.

Medical facilities are over stretched and at breaking point, Southend Hospital Group cannot cope now, so after any development in other areas or any future planned development have the possibility to cause mayhem, it will not handle the increase in population.

Hullbridge Riverside Medical Centre is a very good practice but with standards reducing with appointments very hard to get, this will get worse once the houses already being built locally and are full of people the practice will be under even more pressure so how will they cope with any further increase, they will not, lives will be put at risk especially with an aging population as Hullbridge.

I feel that other questions in your plan have been adequately answered by our parish council response.