Comment
New Local Plan: Spatial Options Document 2021
Representation ID: 42501
Received: 19/09/2021
Respondent: Mr David Conway
Number of people: 2
I give below my comments on the spatial plan.
We live on Ashingdon Road and have done since 1984 We are concerned about the plan fir the following reasons :- A Traffic on the roads are at bursting point . At 7.30 am the traffic going towards Rochford is at a standstill both ways due to king Edmunds school commencement and is back to past brays lane . A lot of traffic now bypasses this by taking brays land and through stambridge coming out by the fire station as I do myself.
B the clear way operates from 8am which needs to be made earlier . One a previous Monday there was a builders merchants lorry unloading by holt farm so traffic was at a standstill back to Anne Boleyn pub and the school children were late for king Edmunds on the school buses. Obviously it is a problem also till after 9 with holt farm school, st Teresa’s and Rochford primary schools.
C the larger heavy lorries coming from the wharf along brays lane and along Ashingdon road is of great concern as they are so close to the children and during the day to adults and to pass each other sometimes mount the pavements . No wonder Rochford roads are one of the worst in the county . Also to us is the high number of accidents on Ashingdon road and a lot of youngsters driving well in excess of the 30 mph speed limit . It is a high injury road which again is a burden on the emergency services . So we need more speed reduction measures especially from lascelles gardens up to the victory pub and down to Ashingdon school .
D infrastructure needs to be improved prior to any of these proposed developments such as doctors , hospitals , roads , councils services as already these are overwhelmed such as hospitals as I believe a lot of patients are diverted to Chelmsford as there’s no room in Southend or Basildon.
E planning needs to be stricter as developers are taking advantage and cramming in multiple properties where on or two were previously increasing the traffic and demands on services . The council seems to be an easy touch that if they break the planning laws the council cannot pursue them due to lack of money unfortunately .
F when we should be thinking if the environment multilingual trees are being destroyed by developers illegally and woodlands being taken over for development.
These are some of our comments that need to be considered with the plans for the future .
I must say if we were younger we would have considered moving outside the area regrettably .
I look forward to your comment
Good morning ,
I give below my comments on the spatial plan.
We live on Ashingdon Road and have done since 1984 We are concerned about the plan fir the following reasons :- A Traffic on the roads are at bursting point . At 7.30 am the traffic going towards Rochford is at a standstill both ways due to king Edmunds school commencement and is back to past brays lane . A lot of traffic now bypasses this by taking brays land and through stambridge coming out by the fire station as I do myself.
B the clear way operates from 8am which needs to be made earlier . One a previous Monday there was a builders merchants lorry unloading by holt farm so traffic was at a standstill back to Anne Boleyn pub and the school children were late for king Edmunds on the school buses. Obviously it is a problem also till after 9 with holt farm school, st Teresa’s and Rochford primary schools.
C the larger heavy lorries coming from the wharf along brays lane and along Ashingdon road is of great concern as they are so close to the children and during the day to adults and to pass each other sometimes mount the pavements . No wonder Rochford roads are one of the worst in the county . Also to us is the high number of accidents on Ashingdon road and a lot of youngsters driving well in excess of the 30 mph speed limit . It is a high injury road which again is a burden on the emergency services . So we need more speed reduction measures especially from lascelles gardens up to the victory pub and down to Ashingdon school .
D infrastructure needs to be improved prior to any of these proposed developments such as doctors , hospitals , roads , councils services as already these are overwhelmed such as hospitals as I believe a lot of patients are diverted to Chelmsford as there’s no room in Southend or Basildon.
E planning needs to be stricter as developers are taking advantage and cramming in multiple properties where on or two were previously increasing the traffic and demands on services . The council seems to be an easy touch that if they break the planning laws the council cannot pursue them due to lack of money unfortunately .
F when we should be thinking if the environment multilingual trees are being destroyed by developers illegally and woodlands being taken over for development.
These are some of our comments that need to be considered with the plans for the future .
I must say if we were younger we would have considered moving outside the area regrettably .
I look forward to your comment