Local List SPD - Discussion & Consultation Document

Comment

Representation ID: 27957

Received: 03/05/2011

Respondent: The National Trust Rayleigh Mount Local Committee

Brocketts Shop, 349 Eastwood Road, Rayleigh

Further to my earlier suggestion that this building should be considered for inclusion in the Local List, I have since come across a map of Rayleigh dating back to the mid 1920s which shows it as being a post office at that time.

The roads off of Eastwood Road in that area, (such as Lancaster Road, Connaught Road and Clarence Road) are on the map, but there are very few houses - so it must still have been plotland then.

In a way, it represents a lost period in Rayleigh's history. To have a post office stuck out in what was then a relatively sparsely populated area, so far away from Rayleigh High Street, suggests that when it was built there must have been an expectation that it would soon be serving a fast growing community.

Comment

Representation ID: 27958

Received: 03/05/2011

Respondent: The National Trust Rayleigh Mount Local Committee

'The Chestnuts', 125 High Road, Rayleigh

I am not suggesting this building should be included in the Local List, but the Council does need to take some action over it. As you come off the A127 into Rayleigh, from the Weir, this is the first building you see. It has been boarded up and neglected for many, many months. It creates an impression of dereliction for anyone coming into Rayleigh.

The Council should seek to ensure that it is brought back into residential use.

In the past, I think the building belonged to Rochford District Council - for all I know, it may still do so. In any event, it should not be too difficult to find who the current owner is.

First impressions count for a great deal, and the first impression people get of Rayleigh should not be a derelict house.

Support

Representation ID: 27959

Received: 04/05/2011

Respondent: The National Trust Rayleigh Mount Local Committee

Page 167
I strongly support the inclusion of this building in the Local List. It has an interesting history, and is a very handsome building.

Support

Representation ID: 27960

Received: 04/05/2011

Respondent: The National Trust Rayleigh Mount Local Committee

Page 166
I support this building being included in the Local List. It makes a strong contribution to the appearance of the street scene.

Object

Representation ID: 27961

Received: 04/05/2011

Respondent: The National Trust Rayleigh Mount Local Committee

Page 173
So few of the older buildings in the High Street have survived that it is important to try to keep what we have left. I would therefore ask the Council to reconsider putting this building on the Local List. Older buildings have strong memories for people. When I was a boy there was a toy shop here, which made it one of the most important shops in the High Street for me.

It does help to define the corner of Crown Hill / High Street.

The alterations are not so great as to really detract from the building.

Object

Representation ID: 27962

Received: 04/05/2011

Respondent: The National Trust Rayleigh Mount Local Committee

Page 158
I object to nos. 19, 21, 23, 25, 27, 29 and 31 Bellingham Lane not being included in the Local List.

Reasons why they should be in the Local List:

1). Bellingham Lane is a key historical area of Rayleigh, containing both the Windmill and the Mount. These buildings enhance the character of the road.
2). They were built around the same time as the railway line, and are part of the transition of Rayleigh from market town to commuter town.

Object

Representation ID: 27963

Received: 04/05/2011

Respondent: The National Trust Rayleigh Mount Local Committee

Page 158
I object to nos. 19, 21, 23, 25, 27, 29 and 31 Bellingham Lane not being included in the Local List.

Reasons why they should be in the Local List:

1). Bellingham Lane is a key historical area of Rayleigh, containing both the Windmill and the Mount. These buildings enhance the character of the road.
2). They were built around the same time as the railway line, and are part of the transition of Rayleigh from market town to commuter town.

Object

Representation ID: 27964

Received: 04/05/2011

Respondent: The National Trust Rayleigh Mount Local Committee

Page 158
I object to nos. 19, 21, 23, 25, 27, 29 and 31 Bellingham Lane not being included in the Local List.

Reasons why they should be in the Local List:

1). Bellingham Lane is a key historical area of Rayleigh, containing both the Windmill and the Mount. These buildings enhance the character of the road.
2). They were built around the same time as the railway line, and are part of the transition of Rayleigh from market town to commuter town.

Object

Representation ID: 27965

Received: 04/05/2011

Respondent: The National Trust Rayleigh Mount Local Committee

Page 158
I object to nos. 19, 21, 23, 25, 27, 29 and 31 Bellingham Lane not being included in the Local List.

Reasons why they should be in the Local List:

1). Bellingham Lane is a key historical area of Rayleigh, containing both the Windmill and the Mount. These buildings enhance the character of the road.
2). They were built around the same time as the railway line, and are part of the transition of Rayleigh from market town to commuter town.

Comment

Representation ID: 27966

Received: 04/05/2011

Respondent: The National Trust Rayleigh Mount Local Committee

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I would like colonial house to be considered for inclusion in the Local List.

Address: 62, High Street, Rayleigh.

Two storey red-brick building with a slate roof. Originally built in the style of a colonial tea-planters house, now enlarged with two modern side extensions.

Reasons for inclusion: one of the most idiosyncratic houses in the Rochford District. Everyone who passes it is struck by its unusual design. The modern extensions have been quite sympathetically done, and do not detract from the attractiveness of the building.