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New Local Plan: Spatial Options Document 2021
Representation ID: 41709
Received: 24/08/2021
Respondent: Emma Kilbey
Objections to CFS045, CFS064, CFS160, CFS161, CFS074, CFS194, CFS169, CFS150, CFS020, CFS261
As a fellow civil servant and officer of the Foreign and Commonwealth Office, and having been a local to the area (we currently reside in Hockley, raised in Rayleigh) my entire life, I am concerned to see the amount of local land plans to build large amounts of houses that are both unsupported and unsustainable.
Plots CFS045, CFS064, CFS160, CFS161, CFS074, CFS194, CFS169, CFS150, CFS020 and CFS261 (to only list a few) will decimate the local infrastructure, wildlife and cause environmental hazards such as severe flooding. With report after report being issued by government approved environmental scientists that warn the UK is unprepared for climate changes including extremities in weather conditions, it is more important than ever to plan for the future.
To my understanding, there is no consideration given to:
- The current flood risk, or the new estimated flood risk this development would cause. This will in turn affect existing residents insurance, having massive financial implications and there will be increased risk to life.
- Nor are there clear plans for wildlife displacements, safe passages such as green corridors or general preservation of wildlife habitats.
- Air quality will reduce with increased traffic, and access to emergency care such as hospitals will be affected by this massive increase of residents and therefore traffic. My husband is an NHS radiographer and already sees the damage that pollutants are having on members of the public. Additionally, when on call for cardiac arrests, getting to the hospital is essential for him and his colleagues to save a life. Five minutes matter in that scenario. Heart attacks don't wait for congestion.
- Schools and pre school nurseries are already massively over subscribed will become even more untenable without appropriate funding and a local and general governmental understanding of what an increased population would bring a small town.
Not to mention a general loss of green land for activities, family time, activities to keep your people happy and healthy, something we've all come to cherish and appreciate more fully during lockdown.
As the elected party, I'm sure you're aware your duty remains to us, the voters that put you in positions of responsibility. In the same way I may officially report to the Foreign Secretary, my duty at the FCDO remains to all my fellow British citizens who reside outside our shores who require our assistance.
How we treat our environment and infrastructure now is key to living sustainably in 2, 5, 10, 20 years time. We have a duty to our children to leave more than we took and I don't need to remind anyone we are 9 years away from irreversible damage to our world.
Objections to CFS045, CFS064, CFS160, CFS161, CFS074, CFS194, CFS169, CFS150, CFS020, CFS261
As a fellow civil servant and officer of the Foreign and Commonwealth Office, and having been a local to the area (we currently reside in Hockley, raised in Rayleigh) my entire life, I am concerned to see the amount of local land plans to build large amounts of houses that are both unsupported and unsustainable.
Plots CFS045, CFS064, CFS160, CFS161, CFS074, CFS194, CFS169, CFS150, CFS020 and CFS261 (to only list a few) will decimate the local infrastructure, wildlife and cause environmental hazards such as severe flooding. With report after report being issued by government approved environmental scientists that warn the UK is unprepared for climate changes including extremities in weather conditions, it is more important than ever to plan for the future.
To my understanding, there is no consideration given to:
- The current flood risk, or the new estimated flood risk this development would cause. This will in turn affect existing residents insurance, having massive financial implications and there will be increased risk to life.
- Nor are there clear plans for wildlife displacements, safe passages such as green corridors or general preservation of wildlife habitats.
- Air quality will reduce with increased traffic, and access to emergency care such as hospitals will be affected by this massive increase of residents and therefore traffic. My husband is an NHS radiographer and already sees the damage that pollutants are having on members of the public. Additionally, when on call for cardiac arrests, getting to the hospital is essential for him and his colleagues to save a life. Five minutes matter in that scenario. Heart attacks don't wait for congestion.
- Schools and pre school nurseries are already massively over subscribed will become even more untenable without appropriate funding and a local and general governmental understanding of what an increased population would bring a small town.
Not to mention a general loss of green land for activities, family time, activities to keep your people happy and healthy, something we've all come to cherish and appreciate more fully during lockdown.
As the elected party, I'm sure you're aware your duty remains to us, the voters that put you in positions of responsibility. In the same way I may officially report to the Foreign Secretary, my duty at the FCDO remains to all my fellow British citizens who reside outside our shores who require our assistance.
How we treat our environment and infrastructure now is key to living sustainably in 2, 5, 10, 20 years time. We have a duty to our children to leave more than we took and I don't need to remind anyone we are 9 years away from irreversible damage to our world.
I look forward to responses to these clear oversights and would welcome any further information.