As a Hullbridge resident I have tried to understand the very complex and I believe deliberately word intensive New Local Plan and I have came to the following


The Vision statement has not been completed with resident feedback as it was written without consultation it would be a good idea for those involved to spend time with people that live within these areas to find out what the real impact on them and the local area would really be.

Of the Spatial/Strategy Options given I believe the most agreeable would be Strategy 3 Given that all infrastructure would be built in as the development was built and therefore less of an impact on local roads and services.

Of the Hullbridge sites put forward, I am aware of the need for housing but as proved with the new estate already being built within Hullbridge the houses are priced so high they are not helping to house the local people and the impact on our village has been immense especially the roads.

There seems to be a lot of green belt included in the proposed building plots which is going to be very detrimental to wildlife and residents combined. We have already had building on our flood plain with the High Elms development.

As a village we are proud of our environment and the services within however the local doctors practice is already over subscribed and unable to cope with demand and the local public transport is extremely unreliable even to get the children to school let alone people to work on time. It would be nice if there was a check that First bus are running the number 20 bus as regularly as they say they do and ask why that now schools have returned they have CUT the regular school bus.

It has been proved that access to open spaces and amenities is beneficial to people's health and wellbeing and this is something that should be considered especially with our overstretched health system.
We have lost footpaths and bridleways already and those left need to be protected and not 'conveniently' lost once building is approved as in the case of the High Elms development.
With the drive to reduce our carbon footprint as proposed by the government It seems counter intuitive to reduce the amount of agricultural land that could be used to produce food and save the cost and fuel of transporting from far afield.
It would be nice if the infrastructure was in place to serve those already here before trying to add to our numbers. There is one road in and through the village which is getting more dangerous recently, with 2 incidents in the last week that needed the air ambulance to attend.

The potential for the regional park to the West of Hullbridge would be a nice addition to the local area.
As would the protection of our local wildlife, geological and specific scientific interest sites, the Hullbridge meadows and Hullbridge Foreshores

I hope that more consideration is taken with these proposals and the community feedback than has been in the past.