Issues and Options Document

I object to both the scale and nature of the outlined proposal, as follows :
1. No matching funding for a supporting Infrastructure.
2. No guarantees that Utilities can match extra demands.
3. No spare capacity within Health & Care Services.
4. No let up in the sacrifice of the Green Belt, agricultural land and Air Quality.
5. No long-term LEGACY left for our future generations.
CUT THE TARGET NUMBERS TO NATURAL GROWTH LEVEL.

Four public drop-in events took place in January and February to explain how Rochford District Council (RDC) propose to squeeze the additional traffic from 7,500 additional homes onto our already overloaded and airpolluted roads. The event in Hockey was pathetic, just two maps showing the areas put up for development. Is this the best RDC can do? I believe the existing infrastructure has taken on too much already.

We get the bulk of our fruit and vegetables from within Europe. We could and should grow more here.

The consequences if this level of development takes place would be disastrous: getting to and from work/school/ hospital/doctors/dentists/shops; police, ambulance and fire services; gas and electric; water and sewage; broadband.