I have studied the planning suggestions and do not believe that planning a number of individual developments is the solution to the current housing needs.
Anyone who lives in Rayleigh (I have for 51 years) will know that are roads are already terribly congested and services stretched. Also a plan that just provides houses but no new infrastructure, jobs etc is not the complete answer to the problems.
Dotting houses around the town, slotting in 50,100,500 houses in areas that will use the existing roads and services will only cause more problems.
The needs of the existing people in our towns, as well as the welfare of new residents should be considered very carefully.
Building a whole new community or “garden village” would provide not only the houses but would generate the need for additional services. Potentially doctors, clinics, nurseries, shops perhaps even schools creating a significant number of local jobs instead of pushing even more people onto the commuter trains that are already over subscribed.