I am a resident of Great Wakering and have lived in the village for all of my life (40 years) and I completely object to any additional developments in or surrounding the village.

The developments over the past 20 years have added additional stresses on our existing infrastructures where children whom live in the village cannot even get into the local school and I feel more houses will make the situation even worse. The answer is not in my opinion to build more properties and possibly a larger school but to prevent additional stresses placed upon the resources we currently have.

The surrounding fields not only provide vital habitats for wildlife but also for the residents and visitors to our village to enjoy. Losing this will not only affect the wildlife but our own health and well-being. During the Covid pandemic these open spaces and wildlife were critical to me, my family and fellow villagers and the loss of these would be horrendous.

The Village has seen many developments in my lifetime and although the redevelopment of sites such as the Old Brick works have made use of the old works that has now encroached onto the fields with people once having views to open farmland this is now a view onto someone’s home. As mentioned not only does this impact someone mentally but also financially as the loss of the open space view and not being overlooked has gone.

I am not alone in my views and hope you take my and my fellow villagers objections and prevent any such schemes to take place.