North of London Road, Rayleigh 550 dwellings

Re: Travellers sites in and around Rayleigh, Essex

Our Family wish to formally state our disagreement with the plans for a proposed building of 770 new houses, sites for gypsies between Rawreth Lane/London Road also the site/s in Hockley and a possible Tesco.

I have copied this complaint to our local MP. Please keep me informed of any meetings or further news on this subject.

I am writing in relation to:

1) Proposed building of 550 homes on land "North of London Road"
and
2) Proposed Gypsy/Travellers Sites

I have been advised to write to you in order to obtain a 'Logon' to a specific website to which I will be able to log an objection to both the above mentioned plans.

With reference to the above proposals I wish to register my objections as follows:

1. Unnecessary loss of agricultural land
2. The volume of traffic in the area will increase greatly.
3.Will create a green belt boundary that cannot be defended in the future and encourage a merging between Rayleigh and Rawreth

RE: Proposed building of 770 new houses & sites for Gypsies between Rawreth Lane and London Road


We are writing to strongly protest about the above captioned. Despite there being a 'public consultation' on the above since 17th March 2010, it was purely by chance and word of mouth from neighbours that we have been made aware of this.

We have a fundamental problem with the fact that most of the local community are still unaware of this proposal which will severely impact all those who live in the Rayleigh area. We do think that Rochford District Council has a duty to disclose something as meaningful as this to their tax paying households and indeed could easily have mailshot us all as they have all our addresses! At the very least this proposal could have been laminated and tied to lampposts around the area, if it were a question of cost!




We feel as residents in Rayleigh that our Council has severely let us down by even thinking it possible that we would wish or consent to a traveller camp within or anywhere near us. Our crime rate will go through the roof, our beautiful town will no longer be so, we will be unable to move (as who would want by choice to live near that). Many people have said they will no longer pay their council tax should this go ahead, if its good enough for the traveller community it will be good enough for us. Unfortunately there is a stigma attached to these folk, who do nothing but cause havoc and upset wherever they settle and still do nothing to change that stigma. If these people were travellers, please explain why they need pre-fab homes.

The congestion in Rayleigh High Street and access via London and Crown Hills is currently a nightmare. Even out of rush hour it has taken more than 30 minutes to drive from homes past the station and down to the Weir! What can you be thinking by introducing another 770 houses to this already crowded area? On the basis that each home will have an average of 2 cars and 2 children, how will our infrastructure - roads and schools - cope with this? It is quite impossible and should not be allowed consent.

Our family wish to formally state our disagreement with these plans and have copied this email to our local MP.

Please keep me updated of any news/meetings on this subject.

RE: Proposed building of 770 new houses & sites for Gypsies between Rawreth Lane and London Road


We are writing to strongly protest about the above captioned. Despite there being a 'public consultation' on the above since 17th March 2010, it was purely by chance and word of mouth from neighbours that we have been made aware of this.

We have a fundamental problem with the fact that most of the local community are still unaware of this proposal which will severely impact all those who live in the Rayleigh area. We do think that Rochford District Council has a duty to disclose something as meaningful as this to their tax paying households and indeed could easily have mailshot us all as they have all our addresses! At the very least this proposal could have been laminated and tied to lampposts around the area, if it were a question of cost!




We feel as residents in Rayleigh that our Council has severley let us down by even thinking it possible that we would wish or consent to a traveller camp within or anywhere near us. Our crime rate with go through the roof, our beautiful town will no longer be so, we will be unable to move (as who would want by choice to live near that). Many people have said they will no longer pay their council tax should this go ahead, if its good enough for the traveller community it will be good enough for us. Unfortunately there is a stigma attached to these folk, who do nothing but cause havoc and upset wherever they settle and still do nothing to change that stigma. If these people were travellers, please explain why they need pre-fab homes.

The congestion in Rayleigh High Street and access via London and Crown Hills is currently a nightmare. Even out of rush hour it has taken more than 30 minutes to drive from homes past the station and down to the Weir! What can you be thinking by introducing another 770 houses to this already crowded area? On the basis that each home will have an average of 2 cars and 2 children, how will our infrasstructure - roads and schools - cope with this? It is quite impossible and should not be allowed consent.

Our family wish to formally state our disagreement with these plans and have copied this email to our local MP.

Please keep me updated of any news/meetings on this subject.

RE: Proposed building of 770 new houses & sites for Gypsies between Rawreth Lane and London Road


We are writing to strongly protest about the above captioned. Despite there being a 'public consultation' on the above since 17th March 2010, it was purely by chance and word of mouth from neighbours that we have been made aware of this.

We have a fundamental problem with the fact that most of the local community are still unaware of this proposal which will severely impact all those who live in the Rayleigh area. We do think that Rochford District Council has a duty to disclose something as meaningful as this to their tax paying households and indeed could easily have mailshot us all as they have all our addresses! At the very least this proposal could have been laminated and tied to lampposts around the area, if it were a question of cost!




We feel that our Council has severley let us down by even thinking it possible that we would wish or consent to a traveller camp within or anywhere near us. Our crime rate with go through the roof, our beautiful town will no longer be so, we will be unable to move (as who would want by choice to live near that). Many people have said they will no longer pay their council tax should this go ahead, if its good enough for the traveller community it will be good enough for us. Unfortunately there is a stigma attached to these folk, who do nothing but cause havoc and upset wherever they settle and still do nothing to change that stigma. If these people were travellers, please explain why they need pre-fab homes.

The congestion in Rayleigh High Street and access via London and Crown Hills is currently a nightmare. Even out of rush hour it has taken more than 30 minutes to drive from homes past the station and down to the Weir! What can you be thinking by introducing another 770 houses to this already crowded area? On the basis that each home will have an average of 2 cars and 2 children, how will our infrasstructure - roads and schools - cope with this? It is quite impossible and should not be allowed consent.

Our family wish to formally state our disagreement with these plans and have copied this email to our local MP.

Please keep me updated of any news/meetings on this subject.

I'm writing to strongly protest about the proposed housing options; NLR1, NLR2, NLR3, NLR4, NLR5.

I'm writing with protest because the addition of the proposed 770 new homes, several travellers sites and a possible new tesco is too much for the infrastructure to rayleigh town. I appreciate that many new homes are needed and my concerns are for the roads, railway, highstreet and doctors surgeries, schools etc and how all new prospective people will use the current facilities, i use to travel by train into London for work but found the roads were congested and couldnt always get to the station in timedue to the amount of traffic. I know travel by car to london and still have major issues with the sheer weight of traffic in/on london road in the mornings.

In addition to the above points, its a unnecessary loss of agricultural land that would mean once permission had been granted all future applications would have trouble being denied due to previous permission being given.

I request that I am kept informed of future developments/decisions to the above

We wish to object to parts of the proposed planning Allocations Document.



Travellers Site A1245 GT 1 GT 2



550 Houses NLR 1 - 5



This area, Rawreth, is fast becoming over developed. The area cannot take anymore development without further problems to those already living in the area. Roads are at times a nightmare to negotiate and without drastic alterations and expansion of the existing roads the area will become unbearable for the local population at present residing in Rawreth.



Allowing Asda to develop their site in Rawreth Lane has put a great deal of extra traffic to and from the store and the extra burden from further housing being built in the surrounding area will only add to this.



To allow the Travellers site on the A1245 to become a permanent site is completely inappropriate. The extra traffic pulling onto the road is dangerous and I have witnessed several near misses with occupants/visitors to the site, performing illegal U turns at the traffic lights to return to the site, and vehicles suddenly braking to pull into the site. Only yesterday I had to take avoiding action as a vehicle pulled off the site straight onto the road and into my path. If another vehicle had been travelling on my offside there could have a nasty accident.



The community garden which has been developed for residents on the corner of A1245/Church Road has already, in recent weeks, been used as a grazing area for horses.



I hope you will take these comments into consideration when dealing with this planning document.

Your ref: NLR 1,to NLR 5, please note my objection to these planning proposals because I feel they would cause an unnecessary lose of agricultural land and see an un acceptable rise in traffic. I further object to the proposal of the small scale traveller sites( your ref: GT 1,GT 2,GT 3 and GT 7 on the grounds that there are more suitable areas for these else where. I would like to know how the law would be enforced should these sites be granted to the traveller community as it is not being dealt with effectively else where in this area resulting in a poor quality of life for the established community, many of whom have lived here most of our lives. Why does this small section of the community seem to be above the law and the authorities unable and un willing to deal with the problems that inevitably occur when they move into an area such as Rayleigh. They are not above the law and should not be treated any differently to the rest of the community. For the record I am the son of Irish immigrants who came to this country in the 1950,s and worked hard and contributed to society just like every one else in return for a better life and future for their families.

We are writing to strongly protest about the above captioned. Despite there being a 'public consultation' on the above since 17th March 2010, it was purely by chance and word of mouth from neighbours that we have been made aware of this.

We have a fundamental problem with the fact that most of the local community are still unaware of this proposal which will severely impact all those who live in the Rayleigh area. We do think that Rochford District Council has a duty to disclose something as meaningful as this to their tax paying households and indeed could easily have mailshot us all as they have all our addresses! At the very least this proposal could have been laminated and tied to lampposts around the area, if it were a question of cost!



We feel as residents in Rayleigh that our Council has severley let us down by even thinking it possible that we would wish or consent to a traveller camp within or anywhere near us. Our crime rate with go through the roof, our beautiful town will no longer be so, we will be unable to move (as who would want by choice to live near that). Many people have said they will no longer pay their council tax should this go ahead, if its good enough for the traveller community it will be good enough for us. Unfortunately there is a stigma attached to these folk, who do nothing but cause havoc and upset wherever they settle and still do nothing to change that stigma. If these people were travellers, please explain why they need pre-fab homes.

The congestion in Rayleigh High Street and access via London and Crown Hills is currently a nightmare. Even out of rush hour it has taken more than 30 minutes to drive from homes past the station and down to the Weir! What can you be thinking by introducing another 770 houses to this already crowded area? On the basis that each home will have an average of 2 cars and 2 children, how will our infrasstructure - roads and schools - cope with this? It is quite impossible and should not be allowed consent.

Our family wish to formally state our disagreement with these plans and have copied this email to our local MP.

Please keep me updated of any news/meetings on this subject.

I'm writing to strongly protest about the proposed housing options; NLR1, NLR2, NLR3, NLR4, NLR5.

I'm writing with protest because the addition of the proposed 770 new homes, several travellers sites and a possible new tesco is too much for the infrastructure to rayleigh town. I appreciate that many new homes are needed and my concerns are for the roads, railway, highstreet and doctors surgeries, schools etc and how all new prospective people will use the current facilities, i travel by train into London for work, as I live on Crown Hill which is one of the main roads in and out of Rayleigh and I see & hear the heavy congestion up and own this road Every day.




In addition to the above points, its an unnecessary loss of agricultural land that would mean once permission had been granted all future applications would have trouble being denied due to previous permission being given.

I request that I am kept informed of future developments/decisions to the above

RE: Proposed building of 770 new houses & sites for Gypsies between Rawreth Lane and London Road


We are writing to strongly protest about the above captioned. Despite there being a 'public consultation' on the above since 17th March 2010, it was purely by chance and word of mouth from neighbours that we have been made aware of this.

We have a fundamental problem with the fact that most of the local community are still unaware of this proposal which will severely impact all those who live in the Rayleigh area. We do think that Rochford District Council has a duty to disclose something as meaningful as this to their tax paying households and indeed could easily have mailshot us all as they have all our addresses! At the very least this proposal could have been laminated and tied to lampposts around the area, if it were a question of cost!




We feel as residents in Rayleigh that our Council has severley let us down by even thinking it possible that we would wish or consent to a traveller camp within or anywhere near us. Our crime rate with go through the roof, our beautiful town will no longer be so, we will be unable to move (as who would want by choice to live near that). Many people have said they will no longer pay their council tax should this go ahead, if its good enough for the traveller community it will be good enough for us. Unfortunately there is a stigma attached to these folk, who do nothing but cause havoc and upset wherever they settle and still do nothing to change that stigma. If these people were travellers, please explain why they need pre-fab homes.

The congestion in Rayleigh High Street and access via London and Crown Hills is currently a nightmare. Even out of rush hour it has taken more than 30 minutes to drive from homes past the station and down to the Weir! What can you be thinking by introducing another 770 houses to this already crowded area? On the basis that each home will have an average of 2 cars and 2 children, how will our infrasstructure - roads and schools - cope with this? It is quite impossible and should not be allowed consent.

Our family wish to formally state our disagreement with these plans and have copied this email to our local MP.

Please keep me updated of any news/meetings on this subject.

RE: Proposed building of 770 new houses, sites for Gypsies between Rawreth Lane and London Road, and possibly a Tesco



We are writing to strongly protest about the above captioned. Despite there being a 'public consultation' on the above since 17th March 2010, it was purely by chance and word of mouth from neighbours that we have been made aware of this.



We have a fundamental problem with the fact that most of the local community are still unaware of this proposal which will severely impact all those who live in the Rayleigh area. We do think that Rochford District Council has a duty to disclose something as meaningful as this to their tax paying households and indeed could easily have mail shot us all as they have all our addresses! At the very least this proposal could have been laminated and tied to lampposts around the area, if it were a question of cost!





We feel as residents in Rayleigh that our Council has severely let us down by even thinking it possible that we would wish or consent to a traveller camp within or anywhere near us. Our crime rate with go through the roof, our beautiful town will no longer be so, we will be unable to move (as who would want by choice to live near that). Many people have said they will no longer pay their council tax should this go ahead, if it's good enough for the traveller community it will be good enough for us. Unfortunately there is a stigma attached to these folk, who do nothing but cause havoc and upset wherever they settle and still do nothing to change that stigma. If these people were travellers, please explain why they need pre-fab homes.



The congestion in Rayleigh High Street and access via London and Crown Hills is currently a nightmare. Even out of rush hour it has taken more than 30 minutes to drive from homes past the station and down to the Weir! What can you be thinking by introducing another 770 houses to this already crowded area? On the basis that each home will have an average of 2 cars and 2 children, how will our infrastructure - roads and schools - cope with this? It is quite impossible and should not be allowed consent.



Our family wish to formally state our disagreement with these plans and have copied this email to our local MP.



Please keep me updated of any news/meetings on this subject.

RE: Proposed building of 770 new houses & sites for Gypsies between Rawreth Lane and London Road


We are writing to strongly protest about the above captioned. Despite there being a 'public consultation' on the above since 17th March 2010, it was purely by chance and word of mouth from neighbours that we have been made aware of this.

We have a fundamental problem with the fact that most of the local community are still unaware of this proposal which will severely impact all those who live in the Rayleigh area. We do think that Rochford District Council has a duty to disclose something as meaningful as this to their tax paying households and indeed could easily have mailshot us all as they have all our addresses! At the very least this proposal could have been laminated and tied to lampposts around the area, if it were a question of cost!




We feel as residents in Rayleigh that our Council has severley let us down by even thinking it possible that we would wish or consent to a traveller camp within or anywhere near us. Our crime rate with go through the roof, our beautiful town will no longer be so, we will be unable to move (as who would want by choice to live near that). Many people have said they will no longer pay their council tax should this go ahead, if its good enough for the traveller community it will be good enough for us. Unfortunately there is a stigma attached to these folk, who do nothing but cause havoc and upset wherever they settle and still do nothing to change that stigma. If these people were travellers, please explain why they need pre-fab homes.

The congestion in Rayleigh High Street and access via London and Crown Hills is currently a nightmare. Even out of rush hour it has taken more than 30 minutes to drive from homes past the station and down to the Weir! What can you be thinking by introducing another 770 houses to this already crowded area? On the basis that each home will have an average of 2 cars and 2 children, how will our infrasstructure - roads and schools - cope with this? It is quite impossible and should not be allowed consent.

Our family wish to formally state our disagreement with these plans and have copied this email to our local MP.

Please keep me updated of any news/meetings on this subject.

RE: Proposed building of 770 new houses & sites for Gypsies between Rawreth Lane and London Road



I have received an email this morning regarding this rather concerning information. I would like to place a strong objection against this plan as I feel it would be extremely detrimental to a beautiful thriving area and community.

I moved to Rayleigh form north west London six years ago, where during my seven years as a secondary school teacher experienced teaching traveler children who had a very negative impact on other children's learning. This was due to an ethos encouraged by traveler's parents that although their children had to attend school, they actively encouraged them, particularly boys, not to learn.

My objection is also due to the lack of information offered by Rochford council to the community of Rayleigh about this proposed plan of change which will affect all of us who live here!

Added to my objection is the fact that why should my family and hundreds of others in Rayleigh pay huge council tax bills, whilst travelers DO NOT. Why should we foot the bill for those who choose not to pay for but use water, sanitation, police, NHS I could continue the list .....



I implore that before any decision is permanently made on this proposal that you hold a WELL ADVERTISED PUBLIC meeting of the community of Rayleigh to obtain the views of the people in the community it will affect.

RE: Proposed building of 770 new houses & sites for Gypsies between Rawreth Lane and London Road


We are writing to strongly protest about the above captioned. Despite there being a 'public consultation' on the above since 17th March 2010, it was purely by chance and word of mouth from neighbours that we have been made aware of this.

We have a fundamental problem with the fact that most of the local community are still unaware of this proposal which will severely impact all those who live in the Rayleigh area. We do think that Rochford District Council has a duty to disclose something as meaningful as this to their tax paying households and indeed could easily have mailshot us all as they have all our addresses! At the very least this proposal could have been laminated and tied to lampposts around the area, if it were a question of cost!




We feel as residents in Rayleigh that our Council has severley let us down by even thinking it possible that we would wish or consent to a traveller camp within or anywhere near us. Our crime rate with go through the roof, our beautiful town will no longer be so, we will be unable to move (as who would want by choice to live near that). Many people have said they will no longer pay their council tax should this go ahead, if its good enough for the traveller community it will be good enough for us. Unfortunately there is a stigma attached to these folk, who do nothing but cause havoc and upset wherever they settle and still do nothing to change that stigma. If these people were travellers, please explain why they need pre-fab homes.

The congestion in Rayleigh High Street and access via London and Crown Hills is currently a nightmare. Even out of rush hour it has taken more than 30 minutes to drive from homes past the station and down to the Weir! What can you be thinking by introducing another 770 houses to this already crowded area? On the basis that each home will have an average of 2 cars and 2 children, how will our infrasstructure - roads and schools - cope with this? It is quite impossible and should not be allowed consent.

Our family wish to formally state our disagreement with these plans and have copied this email to our local MP.

Please keep me updated of any news/meetings on this subject.

Havng just heard about this proposed development I would like to express my disgust. Clearly this area will not be able to cope with this enormous amount of additional housing. The traffic is only going to get worse on the A127 which is a nightmare as it is during rush hour and this will get worse (plus additional airport traffic once southend airport develops). Rayleigh itself has its own traffic problems which would be increased by use of London Rd or Rawreth Lane for development

As someone who lives in Victoria Ave we have already seen more houses squeezed into the single plot in our road and on London Rd (by Eon). You can accept these kind of developments even thought don't approve of them but not the scale thats being considered here

The more you build in our area, the more overpopulated the area becomes and a lack of key resources occurs. Schooling will present an issue if only a primary school is built. doctors, dentist availability will be in any even worse shortage and with any increase in population other key services will be impacted (policing, fire, hospitals). Does all of this not get considered

Destroying yet more countryside is alarming just to satisfy the governments targets to build more houses in the south east and over populate the area. Surely there are plenty of empty houses that could be ustilised or existing derelict industrial sites. When will this country learn that we are a small island and we do not have a never ending supply of resources

We moved from Gidea Park because Havering was becoming saturated and wish Rayleigh to remain as it is without such huge developments

And if there is any truth is thr rumour that a Tescos may be build on the Eon site - the increase in traffic will be incredible 24/7 - surely this is not a serious consideration?

I would like to object to the councils housing options labelled NLR1 to NLR5

We purchased our house because it looks out onto Farmland, I do not want to look out onto another housing estate, and do not want a traveller site in Rayleigh this will bring down the cost of every house in the area!!!!! Also the proposal for Cheapside West in Rayleigh to be made a through road I oppose.

it will cause unnecessary loss of agricultural land,
Will increase traffic in the area
Will create a green belt boundary that can't be defended in future and encourage a merging of Rawreth and Rayleigh

I object to the traveller sites options GT1, GT2, GT3, GT7.

I cannot believe that you have NOT contacted ANY of the LOCAL residents directly affected by this, it has been totally underhanded with no regard for local residents whatsoever!!!!

I only found out about this by chance.

Our family wish to formally state our disagreement with these plans for proposed building of 770 new houses, sites for Gypsies between Rawreth Lane and London Road, and possibly a Tesco, and have copied this email to our local MP. Please keep me updated of any news/meetings on this subject.

Dear Sir/Madam

I have recently received numerous flyers/letters informing me about Rochford councils planned development of 770 new homes in the area of and around Rayleigh, with the inclusion that Rochford council has to find more sites for Travellers within the area.

These flyers state that it is planned to build 550 new homes on the land between Rawreth lane and the London road and a further 220 being built on the current Rawreth industrial estate (meaning that this will have to be relocated). I have today reviewed the planned developments on the council website and note that a number of these involve the land fronting London Road, as I currently live in the bottom end of Rayleigh the London Road is my main route into and out of Rayleigh and this can be extremely busy during rush hour times, the addition of more homes, industrial areas and traveller sites will have a detrimental effect on this already busy area of Rayleigh. In addition to this I cannot see how the infrastructure within the Rayleigh area in able to cope with this additional population as Doctors and Schools in the area are already at what I can see to be maximum limits.

My wife and I wish to formally state our disagreement with these plans.

Our family wish to formally state our disagreement with these plans for proposed building of 770 new houses, sites for Gypsies between Rawreth Lane and London Road, and possibly a Tesco, and have copied this email to our local MP. Please keep me updated of any news/meetings on this subject.

RE: Proposed building of 770 new houses & sites for Gypsies between Rawreth Lane and London Road

We are writing to strongly protest about the above captioned. Despite there being a 'public consultation' on the above since 17th March 2010, it was purely by chance and word of mouth from neighbours that we have been made aware of this.

We have a fundamental problem with the fact that most of the local community are still unaware of this proposal which will severely impact all those who live in the Rayleigh area. We do think that Rochford District Council has a duty to disclose something as meaningful as this to their tax paying households and indeed could easily have mailshot us all as they have all our addresses! At the very least this proposal could have been laminated and tied to lampposts around the area, if it were a question of cost!

We feel as residents in Rayleigh that our Council has severley let us down by even thinking it possible that we would wish or consent to a traveller camp within or anywhere near us. Our crime rate with go through the roof, our beautiful town will no longer be so, we will be unable to move (as who would want by choice to live near that). Many people have said they will no longer pay their council tax should this go ahead, if its good enough for the traveller community it will be good enough for us. Unfortunately there is a stigma attached to these folk, who do nothing but cause havoc and upset wherever they settle and still do nothing to change that stigma. If these people were travellers, please explain why they need pre-fab homes.

The congestion in Rayleigh High Street and access via London and Crown Hills is currently a nightmare. Even out of rush hour it has taken more than 30 minutes to drive from homes past the station and down to the Weir! What can you be thinking by introducing another 770 houses to this already crowded area? On the basis that each home will have an average of 2 cars and 2 children, how will our infrasstructure - roads and schools - cope with this? It is quite impossible and should not be allowed consent.

Our family wish to formally state our disagreement with these plans and have copied this email to our local MP.

Please keep me updated of any news/meetings on this subject.

RE: Proposed building of 770 new houses & sites for Gypsies between Rawreth Lane and London Road

We are writing to strongly protest about the above captioned. Despite there being a 'public consultation' on the above since 17th March 2010, it was purely by chance and word of mouth from neighbours that we have been made aware of this.

We have a fundamental problem with the fact that most of the local community are still unaware of this proposal which will severely impact all those who live in the Rayleigh area. We do think that Rochford District Council has a duty to disclose something as meaningful as this to their tax paying households and indeed could easily have mailshot us all as they have all our addresses! At the very least this proposal could have been laminated and tied to lampposts around the area, if it were a question of cost!

We feel as residents in Rayleigh that our Council has severley let us down by even thinking it possible that we would wish or consent to a traveller camp within or anywhere near us especially considering there are at least two other sites in very close proximity. Our crime rate with go through the roof, our beautiful town will no longer be so, we will be unable to move (as who would want by choice to live near that).

The congestion in Rayleigh High Street and access via London and Crown Hills is currently a nightmare. Even out of rush hour it has taken more than 30 minutes to drive from homes past the station and down to the Weir! What can you be thinking by introducing another 770 houses to this already crowded area? On the basis that each home will have an average of 2 cars and 2 children, how will our infrastructure - roads and schools - cope with this? It is quite impossible and should not be allowed consent.

I wish to formally state my disagreement with these plans and have copied this email to our local MP.

Please keep me updated of any news/meetings on this subject.

"Our family wish to formally state our disagreement with these plans for proposed building of 770 new houses, sites for Gypsies between Rawreth Lane and London Road, and possibly a Tesco, and have copied this email to our local MP. Please keep me updated of any news/meetings on this subject."

RE: Proposed building of 770 new houses & sites for Gypsies between Rawreth Lane and London Road

I am writing to strongly protest about the above captioned. Despite there being a 'public consultation' on the above since 17th March 2010, it was purely by chance and word of mouth from neighbours that I have been made aware of this.

I have a fundamental problem with the fact that most of the local community are still unaware of this proposal which will severely impact all those who live in the Rayleigh area. I think that Rochford District Council has a duty to disclose something as meaningful as this to their tax paying households and indeed could easily have mailshot us all as they have all our addresses! At the very least this proposal could have been laminated and tied to lampposts around the area, if it were a question of cost!

As a resident in Rayleigh I feel that our Council has severely let us down by even thinking it possible that we would wish or consent to a traveller camp within or anywhere near us.

The congestion in Rayleigh High Street and access via London and Crown Hills is currently a nightmare. Even out of rush hour it has taken more than 30 minutes to drive from home past the station and down to the Weir! What can you be thinking by introducing another 770 houses to this already crowded area? On the basis that each home will have an average of 2 cars and 2 children, how will our infrastructure - roads and schools - cope with this? It is quite impossible and should not be allowed consent.

I wish to formally state my disagreement with these plans.

Please keep me updated of any news/meetings on this subject.

Re: Planning for 770 new building and sites for TRAVELLERS in Rayleigh!



We would like to add our utter outrage along with the rest of Rayleigh residents.



We are a small business and do not want it ruined.

Dear Sirs,

I wish to strongly object to your housing options NLR1, NLR2 NLR3, NLR4 and NLR5.

The increase in traffic if these were to go ahead will be intolerable, the loss of agricultural land is awful ( I don't want to live in London where all you see if buildings everywhere), I don't want Rayleigh and Rawreth merged as will be hte case if these were to go ahead.

I am also strongly against your proposals for a travellers site. The crime rate will rocket and goodness knows what will happen to the housing prices because NO ONE will want to live here. If nothing else why are you putting this so close to a school? Who actually thought that would be a good idea???

I have been told there was a 'public consultation' on the above on the 17th March 2010 and I have only just been made aware of this!

Please consider this email my formal notice of my strong disagreement to your plans.

Objections to plans for travellers sites and new homes in Rayleigh area



It has been brought to my attention that you have plans to build 770 new houses on farm land/green fields/greenbelt land somewhere between London Road, Rayleigh, Rawreth Lane and the old A130 in the Rayleigh area.



I strongly object to the above proposals for the following reasons.



1. An increase in traffic, causing further congestion in the area from the London Road and Rawreth Lane and the A1245 (no proposal for new road structure in Rayleigh High street or the old A130).

2. Loss of farm land for agricultural needs.

3. Destructive affect on local wildlife and the eco system.

4. Loss of open spaces for health benefits both for local children to play and adults to walk ie in Wheatley woods.

5. Loss of trees important for sustaining life and the future of the planet.

6. Flooding caused by over building (already a problem in the local area from over development).

7. Loss of green belt land.

8. Extremely busy traffic up into Rayleigh High Street this is already very congested discouraging people from using the local shops and perhaps going to Lakeside or Chelmsford.



Other questions this raises are what would be the cost of construction and taking into consideration the removal of pylons in this area.

Public transport (at present poor)

More schools needed.

More doctor surgeries

More dentist

More leisure facilities





More concerning to myself and the local area is the proposal of 2 legal sites in the area for travellers. I feel the proposed area of GT3 is too close to local schools, residential areas and businesses. Some concerns are:-



1. What happens to their sewage?

2. What happens to their Rubbish?

3. What about Doctors surgeries/dentist/leisure facilities for them?

4. Who pays for the clean up of the site?

5. What does past experience say about crime levels?

6. Extra policing to prevent the site from expanding and to protect law and order?



Will they be liable for council tax? If not why not and where will the cost for the above come from?



These are serious questions that need answering and are extremely valid, to object to any of the councils proposals.



I Look forward to hearing from you in due course.

With reference to the Local Development Framework (LDF) relating to the West end of Rayleigh I would like to make the following comments.



I first heard about this last week when I attended a local residents' association meeting, I knew nothing about the public consultation, I had no publicity about the public consultation and it would seem that you had good reason to keep the whole thing as quiet as possible.



I asked for a copy of the LDF brochure seven days ago but as of yet it has not been delivered, so it is difficult to comment on the plans in detail when I do not have access to those details, again another conspiracy of silence?



The way I understand this is that the plan is to build a total of 770 houses, a travellers site for 15 or 18 pitches where each pitch is 2 caravans and to move or create a new industrial area, all based around the West end of Rayleigh bounded by the London Road, the A1245 and Rawreth Lane.



A major part of the land designated is actually a flood plain. Previous recent experience nationwide has proven than building on a flood plain is foolhardy to say the least.



Demolishing the current Rawreth Industrial estate to make way for 220 homes is going to require a major clean up of the site in order to remove all pollutants in the soil to make the ground safe for home building.



The remaining 550 houses are potentially sited in three locations, each of which is a partial flood plain as mentioned above.



Previous schemes created and built under the auspices of Rochford Council have not been properly finished, promises have been broken in that certain amenities promised under various plans have never been built. So what faith should we have that this scheme will be any different in terms of the facilities created, namely:-



770 houses meant at least 770 cars being released into an already jam packed road system. Public transport in this area is virtually non-existent so cars will be needed. Try getting to the Carpenters Arms roundabout from Rayleigh in the morning, especially if you have to turn out of Bardfield Way. There is no mention of improving the road system in this area.



770 houses mean around 700 to 1000 extra children to be schooled, so the plan to demolish Park School turned out to be a good one then. No mention is made of any extra schools being built to cope with this influx of people.



The above two points alone make one question the ability of the planning department to create any sustainable and effective plans that would work.



The proposal to site a new industrial area right on the corner of the Carpenters Arms roundabout beggars belief. What cretin thought that would be a good idea to site an industrial area right next to an already overcrowded traffic system? Moving the industrial area to the A127 does seem to make sense. Well done the person that thought that one out.



Now we come to the most emotive part of the plan, the Travellers site.

If they are travellers why do they need a site? Surely the name means that they travel and hence do not need a site. Something that has always puzzled me.



Previous actual experience has shown that despite any real or imagined prejudices, Travellers do make a mess, they do not appear to pay their way, crime rates increase in their locale, they ignore planning rules that bind the rest of us and they swamp schooling. Oh sorry there are no extra places for them to swamp so what will they do? The site at Crays Hill being a prime example. The petrol station owner/manager by the Crays Hill site will not allow children from the site into the station shop as they shoplift. Is this the sort of environment the Council, who are our representatives and are paid by us out of our council tax want to create on our behalf? Smaller traveller sites scattered across all the Rochford district would be a better way to manage this situation. The small site on the A1245 is clean and tidy, enlarging that would pose a traffic hazard on the A1245 and it would maybe lose some of its clean and tidy character.



I'm sure I could come up with more constructive and destructive criticism if only I had a copy of the LDF brochure that I asked for. Is this why the closing date for comments is the 30th April so that we can't comment in detail because you haven't supplied or won't supply the information in time.



Please can you acknowledge receipt of this letter.

RE: Proposed building of 770 new houses & sites for Gypsies between Rawreth Lane and London Road


We are writing to strongly protest about the above captioned. Despite there being a 'public consultation' on the above since 17th March 2010, it was purely by chance and word of mouth from neighbours that we have been made aware of this.

We have a fundamental problem with the fact that most of the local community are still unaware of this proposal which will severely impact all those who live in the Rayleigh area. We do think that Rochford District Council has a duty to disclose something as meaningful as this to their tax paying households and indeed could easily have mailshot us all as they have all our addresses! At the very least this proposal could have been laminated and tied to lampposts around the area, if it were a question of cost!



Are you going to be building a school for the children that move into the site? as we are already in a situation where our children aren't getting the places in their chosen schools as it is without further over crowding.




The congestion in Rayleigh High Street and access via London and Crown Hills is currently a nightmare. Even out of rush hour it has taken more than 30 minutes to drive from homes past the station and down to the Weir! What can you be thinking by introducing another 770 houses to this already crowded area? On the basis that each home will have an average of 2 cars and 2 children, how will our infrasstructure - roads and schools - cope with this? It is quite impossible and should not be allowed consent.

Our family wish to formally state our disagreement with these plans and have copied this email to our local MP.

Please keep me updated of any news/meetings on this subject.