Additional Employment Land to be Allocated

Proposals E13, E14, E15, E16, and E17 would all have an adverse effect on traffic and pollution in the A129 London Road area, which would adversely affect residents in this area.

E18 would be suitable for purpose, it would have the benefit of good road access, be removed from residential development, and as the current site is quite unsightly, would improve an area which already has commercial use.

The site at Stroud Green (ref: Call for Sites Allocation 79) provides an ideal site for small scale employment use. The site is ideally located with access onto Hall Road and Cherry Orchard Way. The site has obtained a change of use of some building to commercial storage uses. The remainder of the site is unproductive agricultural land which has not been cultivated for many years.

The site is located within 1.4 km of Rochford station. It will also be located close to residential development proposed West of Rochford and development proposed in Hawkwell.

This site can provide a small scale employment site offering small business premises or potentially a seed bed centre for this area close to the Airport employment area.

As owner of this site I am continually approached by business men and developers wishing to develop this site as a high class commercial business centre. There is demand to utilise this high profile site in the District in an easily accessible location for commercial uses.

More recently I have been approached by a developer looking for a hotel site. It is acknowledge that tourism in Rochford is lacking and therefore this site could offer a solution and provide additional employment in the area.

It is considered that this site should be included as an additional employment allocation