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New Local Plan: Spatial Options Document 2021
Representation ID: 41699
Received: 24/08/2021
Respondent: Christine Gibson
After reading the Spatial Options on the Rochford website and attending the Hullbridge drop in organised by Michael Hoy I would like to express my concerns over the proposed plans.
After attending meetings before the first stage of building I feel as though the people of Hullbridge were completely ignored and it was a done deal before information was revealed to the village and we were notified very late in the day and feel this is the case again.
I know that extra housing is needed everywhere but I strongly feel that there is going to be too much building in Hullbridge etc. Our concerns about infrastructure upgrading, shops, doctors, transport seem to be ignored. We live in the village and for years there has been trouble getting in and out of the village as the roads are not adequate. When it rains Watery Lane gets flooded so alternate roads are used which causes traffic jams etc. more often or not the children who go to Sweyne Park are late, there is a lot of traffic through the village and it seems that global warming is on the increase so more rain. We seem to be completely forgotten by the council when things need upgrading or repairing but the first place to go to when extra houses are needed. The latest plans are proposing to build over 800 houses on CFS099 and also on CFS172 added to the other sites that is around an extra 4000 houses in the village but no adequate infrastructure proposals as Rochford keep saying that Hullbridge can cope with it, you don't live here on a day to day basis. CFS099 proposed site has always been a designated flood plain for years but now its not and ok to build on along with a lot of greenbelt land, There is a lot of open land that could be used to perhaps build a large estate for all the houses with the appropriate infrastructure and facitilies i.e. roads, bus stop, doctors and another school to accommodate the extra population. Why does it all have to be put on top of a village that cannot cope with it. Also, they are mainly big houses that are not readily affordable for younger people to buy so it is not helping the locals so more people further up the housing ladder will move in, this is not fair on the locals.
After reading the Spatial Options on the Rochford website and attending the Hullbridge drop in organised by Michael Hoy I would like to express my concerns over the proposed plans.
After attending meetings before the first stage of building I feel as though the people of Hullbridge were completely ignored and it was a done deal before information was revealed to the village and we were notified very late in the day and feel this is the case again.
I know that extra housing is needed everywhere but I strongly feel that there is going to be too much building in Hullbridge etc. Our concerns about infrastructure upgrading, shops, doctors, transport seem to be ignored. We live in the village and for years there has been trouble getting in and out of the village as the roads are not adequate. When it rains Watery Lane gets flooded so alternate roads are used which causes traffic jams etc. more often or not the children who go to Sweyne Park are late, there is a lot of traffic through the village and it seems that global warming is on the increase so more rain. We seem to be completely forgotten by the council when things need upgrading or repairing but the first place to go to when extra houses are needed. The latest plans are proposing to build over 800 houses on CFS099 and also on CFS172 added to the other sites that is around an extra 4000 houses in the village but no adequate infrastructure proposals as Rochford keep saying that Hullbridge can cope with it, you don't live here on a day to day basis. CFS099 proposed site has always been a designated flood plain for years but now its not and ok to build on along with a lot of greenbelt land, There is a lot of open land that could be used to perhaps build a large estate for all the houses with the appropriate infrastructure and facitilies i.e. roads, bus stop, doctors and another school to accommodate the extra population. Why does it all have to be put on top of a village that cannot cope with it. Also, they are mainly big houses that are not readily affordable for younger people to buy so it is not helping the locals so more people further up the housing ladder will move in, this is not fair on the locals.