Any withdrawal of parking facilities in the Square will have an adverse effect on the number of people coming into Rochford to use the local shops. Of all those probably hundreds of cars each day going into the Square to use local shops and banks I am sure that the majority will bypass Rochford if those parking facilities disappear. Quite frankly, the majority of people will not opt to use the Back Lane pay car-park. Businesses will suffer, shops will close and the Council will then get less rate income. Rochford is not a large shopping centre where people spend a lot of time, they visit for short periods only and to pedestrianise the Square will serve no purpose other than to drive people away to other areas.