Option E7 Brook Road Industrial Estate

This would make a good residential development area.

Promote Brook road, do not build a new park and think about your existing opportunities
None of the existing parks have been allocated for development other than to residential. the existing estates are currently incorrectly designed with the loss of manufacturing within the UK, and the requirement is to encourage offices etc.
Surely Sustainability leads us into reusing, redeploying and refurbishing existing assets. Especially when the road and service infrastructure already exists.
Properties have been lying empty for years and are available. A Park with excellent communications ( on the A127 Southend Arterial Road) providing ideal logistics access.
Whilst very importantly the ability to promote the Rayleigh & Rochford District from the passing Southend / London bound traffic,
it seems logical to focus development here and not a new park.
Unlike Brook Road many of the existing parks are ill located, so to upgrade an existing one most ideally located in terms of its' strategic location and easy access makes the most sense.
From an employment perspective this Park also is linked to Rayleigh Town, and has excellent services by bus and train.
Constructive business support can readily help to change the format of this park, and increase its employment p/sqm to assist with the level of required employment to be generated in line with the strategic plan.
With assistance from economic development this can be more economically resolved than the development of another park and would hold less impact to the environment whilst will proving quicker to achieve.
The idea of creating another park is questionable when there are vast areas of the existing industrial parks in the district, with properties available and empty, that have been for some years , prior to this current economic climate.

With excellent communications and transport access and the ability to promote the Rayleigh & Rochford from the passing Southend / London bound traffic, it seems logical to look to Sustainability at every level.

There is a small area of Flood Zone 2 in the south west corner of this site.

RE: ALLOCATIONS AND DEVELOPMENT MANAGEMENT DEVELOPMENT PLAN DOCUMENTS



Thank you for giving Anglian Water the opportunity to comment on the above document.



Please find our comments summarized on the attached document.

Local Development Framework Allocations DPD

Thank you for allowing an extension on time for Rayleigh Town Council to submit its response to this consultation. We would like to congratulate Rochford District Council for the care and diligence taken in preparing this document. We also recognise the creation of this document has provoked many unfair criticisms. It must be recognised by all interested parties that these plans have been required by the Government under the auspices of the East of England Regional Assembly (an unelected quango) creating both socially and politically difficult circumstances.

It is the Town Council's opinion that in principal we totalling reject the validity of an unelected body to impose targets on the peoples elected representatives, such as 550 dwellings required to be built in the town of Rayleigh between now and 2021. We are therefore forced to acknowledge these basic democratic principals have been replaced by a dictatorial quango, made legal by the Government, which runs roughshod over local requirements. Given these circumstances, finding the least worst, best option is the best we can do.

We were heartened to hear that the PPS3 requirements had changed, due to vigorous lobbying by Rochford District Council to lengthen the time required to accommodate the 3,790 dwellings, this will now run till 2031, giving an average requirement build of 126 properties per year.

The Town Council having studied the various options on offer, considered site NLR5, to be the least worst, due to its ease of access to either the A129 or Rawreth Lane. It is important to maintain current sporting facilities and if option NLR5 is selected Rochford District Council must ensure that Rayleigh Town Sports and Social Club is allowed to remain at its existing site. The Town Council also feels that emphasis should be placed on co-ordinated infrastructure. With such a huge development, especially in an area through which streams run and the threat of flooding is highlighted on the Environment Agency's own research documents. Clear, concise provisions for sewerage removal and proper drainage must be put in place, even at the expense of the contractor replacing old sewerage and drainage in the area of Rawreth Lane and London Road, as a condition of the contract to build. As well as good public open spaces, youth and community facilities, a viable road and public transport system must be in place, enabling continuity and through flow of an enlarged Rayleigh population.

The East of England Regional Assembly in their East of England plan, require Rochford District Council to provide 18 pitches for Gypsies and Travellers. We acknowledge this has proved a most contentious issue in the area. The Town Council being aware of possible future problems does not wish to accept traveller sites in the district but if this is unavoidable the provision of traveller sites should be spread throughout the district and not located in one area.

The Town Council wishes to emphasise the need to attract high quality employers to the area, so the possible redevelopment of site E7 as a possible "signature industrial site" at the junction of Rayleigh Weir is extremely attractive to the further enhancement of the Town. The Town Council supports E18 (Michelins Farm) as a suitable location for a relocated Rawreth Industrial Estate. The surrounding area has fantastic housing stock and attracting high spec businesses, with the real opportunity to offer some of the finest education, healthcare, and general high quality of life in the UK, must be at the forefront of any initial planning.

This town is in a unique position to attract high quality employers, as well as having the schools to provide high quality students.
Investing in a progressive promotional programme, linking schools and high tech industries could open a new age in apprenticeships. These positive qualities should be promoted to ensure the health, wealth and well being of the residents of Rayleigh and Rochford District as a whole.

The Town Council, though acknowledging the need for houses, feels the loss of Green Belt to 2745 new dwellings in the District needs reviewing. The recent volcanic eruption in Iceland, which is continuing to have such an
adverse economical effect, is a reminder that we are an island, and we should not be giving up valuable land which could be used for food
production in the event of a national emergency. Once the land is concreted over it is lost forever. we would urge our District Councillors to seriously question these targets at this present time.

Please contact me if you require clarification of any of these points.