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246 Miss M Saward<br />

248 Mr A Presslee<br />

249 Mr I Hill<br />

251 Mr B Guyett - Chairman<br />

Since the new Cherry Orchard bypass has been built the area <strong>of</strong> 'Stroud Green' H<strong>all</strong> Road has become too busy and it will<br />

get worse if you continue to build in this area. Building in Shoebury will also encuorage a lot more traffic trying to get <strong>of</strong>f.<br />

You need to build more inland rather than coastal. I am very pleased to see the country park has been built and feel that we<br />

need to continue this around the area <strong>of</strong> Rochford. The development <strong>of</strong> Toomeys (Cherry Orchard Way) will encourage too<br />

much traffic especi<strong>all</strong>y if a petrol garage is <strong>all</strong>owed. Tesco's is only a short drive away, so why do we need this. God forbid<br />

what happens if the airport is <strong>all</strong>owed to expand and think <strong>of</strong> the polution to the area and the country park let alone air traffic<br />

noise. I am embarrased when friends come to stay as the area is so busy and has changed so much. I used to be re<strong>all</strong>y<br />

proud to live in an historic town <strong>of</strong> Rochford (especi<strong>all</strong>y because <strong>of</strong> its history). Please do not spoil it (Preserve it).<br />

We support the option to focus the majority <strong>of</strong> new developments in and around the top tier <strong>of</strong> settlements, including<br />

Rochford/Ashingdon and that the majority <strong>of</strong> new development will be focused on the most sustainable sites around these<br />

settlements (4.6.7). It is acknowledged that brownfield land should be identified to meet RSS14 housing requirements.<br />

However, in practice it will also be necessary to release green belt land for developments, where it is most sustainable and<br />

where its development would not undermine the objectives <strong>of</strong> the green belt. The eastern side <strong>of</strong> Rochford/Ashingdon<br />

represents just such a location. A suitable extension to the settlement will utilise an area <strong>of</strong> the green belt that makes a<br />

limited contribution to those factors which would norm<strong>all</strong>y determine such a designation. The enclosed extract from the<br />

Inspector's report into the Replacement Local Plan highlights the sustainability and other factors that support development<br />

in this location. We acknowledge that the core strategy stage <strong>of</strong> the LDF process does not seek site specific <strong>all</strong>ocations.<br />

To ensure a consistent approach with adjoining Councils, the Core Strategy should identify how various cross boundary<br />

accessibility issues, including proposed new road links, which are essential to the implementation <strong>of</strong> various regeneration<br />

objectives, will be addressed. More specific<strong>all</strong>y, the Southend-on-Sea Core Strategy identifies a 'proposed new road link'<br />

which will be required to traverse land toward the south eastern part <strong>of</strong> the District <strong>of</strong> Rochford in order to achieve<br />

regeneration objectives in the Shoeburyness area. The 'Issues and Options Paper' makes no reference as to how the<br />

Council will seek to either address the proposed link road or implications for the Green Belt boundary potenti<strong>all</strong>y arising<br />

during the plan period as a result <strong>of</strong> the improved road infrastructure. Therefore, in order to ensure that the Core Strategy<br />

provides a comprehensive spatial and strategic framework for the District, it is requested that the Council's approach to<br />

transport and accessibility, including cross boundary issues, is embodied within the document.<br />

We are writing to express our concern at the wording <strong>of</strong> some questions in this questionnaire, which are not open handed.<br />

In particular, questions 1 (housing) and 3 (jobs) imply that release <strong>of</strong> more land is necessary, when existing reports do not<br />

support this. For example, the Housing Provision Report Para 2.14 says "These figures show clearly that, taking into<br />

account a very conservative level <strong>of</strong> housing provoision from the urban capacity study gifures, the structure plan housing<br />

provision ffigure <strong>of</strong> 3050 units will be satisficed. There is no requirement for sites to be released from the Green Belt in the<br />

period 1996-2011." Likewise the Urban Capacity Study reaches the same conclusions. Therefore there is not need to<br />

release Green Belt land in the medium term. The target required is 4,600 homes but the Housing Report shows that 4,017<br />

are available, leaving a shortf<strong>all</strong> <strong>of</strong> less than 600. Fulfillment <strong>of</strong> this figure is entirely achievable over a 15 year period by<br />

infill. The Inspectors' Report makes similar statements re land for jobs. If this is to be a true public consultation exercise,

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