I wholeheartedly agree that there needs to be an infrastructure assessment first and foremost.

I would have objections to the sites of CFS194, CFS169, CFS150 & CFS020 for the below reasons:

Location – There is already growing road congestion as cars often park in the road and this can cause major delays with an increase of continuous traffic and this would be made worse. Currently there is only 1 bus route (unregular) that goes via Rectory Road so this would not be viable with the proposed increase. Currently it is used as farmland too.

Highway issues - the traffic has been increasing year on year with a vast amount using for access to Ashingdon Road or the B1013. Ashingdon Road needs to be carefully thought about as it cannot sustain more traffic, so this would need to be avoided at all costs. The obvious choice would be sites CFS074, CFS160, CFS161, which can then feed up through Hockley and easier access to the A127 or alternatively CFS261 would be able to feed onto the B1013 via Hockley or alternatively Lower Road for the A130 & A127.

Infrastructure – as the site proposed here does not have easy transport links, the station for Hockley is still over 30 minutes walking and not enough by way of bus links it will increase private car journeys.

Green corridor for wildlife – currently there is a bridleway that runs through these sites and is used all the time. Taking away a regularly used footpath and bridleway would be a terrible shame. To take this away would destroy links out to other very nice routes. It would also have a major impact on the nature reserve owing to the decrease in air quality. Without access to nature spots this would have a major impact on residents wellbeing and mental health.

Flooding – as it is already very widely recognised, these sites are near a Water Course, in particular CS194 and is a designated tidal river by DEFRA. This has seen flooding in the past.

Air Quality – naturally an increase of households will generally bring more pollution to the area and where this is already a very populated area it will effect a vast amount of residents who already live in the area. The obvious choice would be to have proposed site which is more rural and would not effect as many residents.

Accessibility to vital services – as mentioned above, whilst it would run next to the train line it is not quick or easy to gain access to the train station at Hockley which would be closer, otherwise, it would

Education – currently there are not enough schools in the local area to support an increase of 801 houses. And no easy solution as to where these schools would be placed. Given the size of the surrounding area, I would have thought that CFS261 would have the best infrastructure to accommodate new schools and doctors etc.

In conclusion for the above reasons I do not feel that CFS194, CFS169, CFS150 & CFS020 would be suitable.

I am of the view that the most viable options would be CFS261 and although the largest, it would negate the need for building on smaller sites in the future whilst still allowing for a very large area of natural wildlife. Alternatively, CFS160 & CFS161 or CFS074.