It is ludicrous that consultation by the council has been limited and only a few residents have been consulted over what the council want to do in Hockley. In my view this is underhand.

It is equally ludicrous that the idea of a 'landscaped footway link' on the Spa Road church ground had not been broached with those who own the land. Are the council serious when they waffle on (apparently) and say they didn't know who owned the land ?

3 Why do the council interpret 'making improvements' as 'we want supermarkets and large car parks in Hockley' or 'we want to tear down existing buildings to make way for more flats and/or houses'. Yes, there are sensible improvements to be made and I expect these would be welcomed but the village (and we want it to stay a village) does not need to be anything other than self-sufficient; disruptive or major changes are not required.

There is absolutely no way that traffic lights are required at the Spa roundabout. This would deface the village and (in contrast to the council aims) be a blot on its appearance, especially when approaching from the Rayleigh direction.

Congestion only occurs at peak times, traffic lights would not improve but worsen the situation. Rayleigh is already a no-go area as far as trafic is concerned, we dont want the same in Hockley. All areas surrounding have congestion problems at peak times but puting up more traffic lights would not solve this would it.

Again there is no mention of what infrastructure changes would be made to support any proposals mentioned.