Objections to planning policy
I would like to raise our objections to Rochford council plan for house building in Rochford district. The land stretching from Clements Hall to the railway line(CFS194) (CFS169) (CFS150) (CFS020) is a great area for wildlife with lots of old hedgerows and mature trees ,it would be criminal to knock all this down. The land around the old Clements hall at the bottom of Victor Gardens and around the old Green Acres site has been left for many years and has naturally developed int a fantastic wildlife site with plenty of Bats ,Badgers ,Muntjac deer, Tawny Owls and many other species of all sorts.
And is also criss crossed with well used footpaths and bridle paths ,there are lots of stables and horses around here where will they go? As for the other sites in and around Hockley and Hawkwell it would be awful to ruin the lovely vista around the St Mary’s Church and the view across the fields at the Mount Bovers site. We should be preserving our farm land for production of food to feed us and not to become reliant on imported food. As for the infrastructure the B 1013 is already overwhelmed at peak times and if there any temporary traffic lights for road repairs it’s totally gridlocked and is in very poor state. It’s very difficult to get a doctors appointment at the best of times and Southend Hospital is at times overwhelmed, if we are going to build all these houses we need massive investment in the local Hospitals , Doctors , Schools , Roads.
As for the proposal for 4000 houses on Brays lane feeding on to Ashingdon road is total madness , the road is overwhelmed now and and if there is any hold up in traffic in Rochford town in Southend road or Sutton road due to road works or someone in Sutton road having a delivery or rubbish collection the traffic comes to a stand still creating more pollution and poor air quality . I know we need more housing but I think the answer is to build new towns with the correct infrastructure to accommodate the population not to keep building in existing areas with exhausted roads , Hospitals, schools etc.