Re: Consultation plan for Hockley redevelopment of Hockley

I wish to object to the ' under-handed ' way Rochford council have tried to force through the so-called redevelopment of Hockley.

This so-called Public Consultation is some sort of joke, or extremely devious, makes us wonder as usual, are some contracts to be given to builder ' friends.'

Where and when did you notify us council tax payers of this ' public ' consultation? You have just sent out the council tax renewals, you could have put surveys in it for us and informed us of your planned wholesale demolition and destruction of our village.

Evidently you have had a consultation document since 13th February and you have notified hardly anyone, just who have you consulted? The consultation ends 30th April doesn't leave us much time does it? Bet you're all sorry someone ' spilled the beans.'

I attended our meeting and note you had a council ' spy ' there who couldn't get away quick enough when he was found out, if he was an ' observer ' why did he run before the end? Why did no-one from the council have the guts to attend? Because you all knew how underhanded and devious you were being?

Nobody in Hockley wants this destruction and most of us only found out about it when some public spirited person in Hockley took the time and trouble to print up leaflets and post to us, which came through our letter boxes Friday 17th April - something YOU should have done.

The traffic between 4pm - 6pm though Hockley is terrible and some stupid idiot has decided that we need traffic lights in place of the Spa roundabout, are you lot insane, or have never even been to Hockley?

Obviously the flow of traffic is better with a roundabout, than being held up by traffic lights! What do you want, traffic jams all the way to Rayleigh?

Then a supermarket ( four times bigger than one at present ) rumour has it, TESCO are involved. You say you want to help local traders, well you certainly will put them all out of business with a massive Tesco there. Why not just lower their business rates and give THEM a grant to redevelop?

Two hundred homes to be built at Eldon Way! That's clever as well isn't it! Another possible 400 cars ( most people have two per household, sometimes more ) trying to get in and out of Hockley. Have you tried to get though to the village rush hours?

In Hockley, the infrastructure i.e. road layouts, doctors and schools CANNOT cope with this stupid scheme. You'd be better building a new Town somewhere and not try to destroy a ' village ' like Hockley

All this stinks of another way the ' public servants ' are dictating to US and obviously a lot of money will change hands here, could it be a few backhanders to get money from the Thames Gateway idea?

I will be sending a copy of this E mail to my M.P as well ( just in case he may not be aware of it either ).