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357 Ms V O'M<strong>all</strong>ey Perhaps the government should site <strong>all</strong> the new homes they want in Wales or Scotland, there's plenty <strong>of</strong> land there!<br />

Rochford and surrounding historical villages are still unspoiled. Please do not turn them into urban sprawl like Rainham,<br />

for example. Please plan a new town at Rawreth. Children could even go to school in Colchester or Chelmsford instead <strong>of</strong><br />

358 Mr & Mrs England being bussed into Westcliff like those from Billericay and Maldon.<br />

There is a need for more general community activity to get people mixing and away from the television. Organised District<br />

359 Mr New<br />

tours in the summer is a possibility.<br />

Regarding transport - clearly people have got to get out <strong>of</strong> their cars and onto buses and trains. Air travel is not a proven<br />

environment<strong>all</strong>y friendly alternative. More pedestrian and cycle routes are required but to suggest 'roadway stations' is<br />

nonsense. The Southend airport station will use up Rochford Station anyway and if by 'passenger interchanges' you mean<br />

360 Mr A J Eisenhauer better co-ordinated travel options into and out <strong>of</strong> the District it's about time!<br />

Whilst I accept that the period for representations has ended, my recent experience appearing at a Core Strategy public<br />

examination may be <strong>of</strong> relevance to the form <strong>of</strong> the next state <strong>of</strong> the Core Strategy. At this recent public examination, the<br />

Inspectors were very keen to have a clear audit trail <strong>of</strong> a settlement heirarchy which would then inform the Site Allocations<br />

DPD. In particular, they were concerned that the Core Strategy should defferentiate between settlements on the basis <strong>of</strong><br />

their sustainable credentials. In the case <strong>of</strong> Rochford District, this would suggest that the current approach <strong>of</strong> <strong>all</strong>ocating<br />

90% <strong>of</strong> <strong>all</strong> new housing development to the three main settlements may not be sufficiently precise. A more 'sound' and<br />

robust approach would be to prioritise Rayleigh, Rochford/Ashingdon and Hockley/Hawkwell on the basis <strong>of</strong> their sustainable<br />

credentials (ie. range <strong>of</strong> facilities, services, shops, public transport and population). If such a prioritisation wsa undertaken,<br />

the resulting sustainable sequence would be 1. Rayleigh. 2. Rochford/Ashingdon. 3. Hockley/Hawkwell. The Site<br />

361 Mr R M Sellwood Allocations DPD would then seek to locate a greater share <strong>of</strong> new housing <strong>all</strong>ocations at Rayleigh then the other two main se<br />

Council discussed the consultation regarding the alternative opportunities arising out <strong>of</strong> the Governments Regional Spatial<br />

Strategy requirements to build a further 4600 homes (or net some 3500) in the district. Rawreth residents have already<br />

indicated both in the questionnaire that preceded the Parish Plan and the plan itself that it would not welcome any further<br />

development in the area except for lost cost/affordable housing. Like Canewdon, any large scale development would<br />

destroy the character <strong>of</strong> the community. The Residents <strong>of</strong> Rawreth love the Village for its peace and tranquillity, its<br />

friendliness and truly rural character. They hope to keep it that way. If District choose to ignore the contents <strong>of</strong> the Parish<br />

Plan it makes mockery <strong>of</strong> the Parish Plan Process. Council are apposed to any sm<strong>all</strong> community having large housing<br />

development against their expressed wishes and believe the best option to be adding housing in proportion to the existing<br />

363 Mr S Croucher development. It is their understanding that there are no proposals to improve the existing infrastructure and without this it is<br />

Like other residents in the Rochford District Council area I have received a copy <strong>of</strong> Rochford District Matters inviting me to<br />

respond to your consultation about the council's new local development framework core strategy. Please accept this letter<br />

as my formal response to this initiative. As you know, I remain opposed in principle to the present Government's whole<br />

approach <strong>of</strong> national and regional housing targets, which involves unelected regional bodies imposing arbitrary housing<br />

targets on local authorities such as Rochford, irrespective <strong>of</strong> the ability <strong>of</strong> the authority to accommodate the number <strong>of</strong><br />

dwellings proposed. We have a number <strong>of</strong> difficult infrastructure issues as it is, such as pressure on our transport network,<br />

our medical facilities and a shortage <strong>of</strong> secondary school places. Therefore, I do not believe that we can adequately<br />

accommodate the additional 4600 houses which Rochford has been <strong>all</strong>ocated out to 2021 without further significant<br />

364 Mr M Francois<br />

infrastructure investment, which at present does not appear to be forthcoming. If anything the proposed reduction in NHS<br />

365 Mrs H J Springham The extra homes should be spread fairly <strong>all</strong> around the district. They should not be put <strong>all</strong> in one place.

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