Having seen the plans for possible development over the Rochford district I am very disappointed and saddened and would like to raise the following concerns:

- the current infrastructure serving the routes from Battlesbridge through to Southend is insufficient for the current population. Routes such as ashingdon road, lower road are often at standstills or an average of 10mph during rush hour, school hours, a car or lorry blocking the road or even just the bin men

- our doctor’s surgery’s are full, not enough doctors or staff to serve the number of patients and therefore people are waiting too long to be seen

- where we currently live in Barling, we don’t even have sufficient gas pipes due to utility companies poor installation. Numerous times have we lost gas due to water in the pipes. The solution is constantly temporary and never properly fixed. How could this possibly serve another 1000 houses?

- to see shopland road, Barling road and barrow hall road on these possible future plans is shocking. Our roads are narrow, not suitable to cater for another 5000+ people, our doctors surgeries, our small primary school that is it physically big enough for anymore students than it currently has, we have no secondary school other than our children getting the bus to rochford, and most of all our British countryside which is one of the only places left between Southend and Battlesbridge. This cannot happen for the sake of our future generations.

If these plans go ahead then we will lose villages, become congested and lose our green fields that is so important countryside and what England is known for.

Please consider all the above and more before building in our district.