When we publish our newsletters and other literature warning residents about the threat to the greenbelt, it’s often refuted by the current administration as ‘scaremongering’. It’s helpful for residents therefore, to see this map produced in a project between the London Green Belt Council and CPRE branches in Herts, Essex, […]
Local Conservative MP for Rayleigh & Wickford, Mark Francois, has published his response to the ‘issues & options’ consultation. He writes Critically, I believe that we should not countenance any major development in the district without the necessary infrastructure improvements being guaranteed to go with them He then goes on […]
Michael Hoy is bouncing back after his defeat in the County Council elections. He’s still of course a district councillor – and he’s resurrected his blog. You can find it here. He writes: “In 2013 I was elected as County Councillor for Rochford West, the time involved meant I could […]
Last week we mentioned the District Council’s Winter in Rochford photography competition. Which brings us nicely to an article in the New Statesman by Helen MacDonald about the Ladybird Book “What To Look For In Winter”, , first published in 1959: “I also remembered all these pictures: 24 watercolours of […]
The South East Essex Action Group Alliance have produced a new map – you can see the full-size version? at http://seeaga.uk/map.html It shows proposed developments in this part of the county. We are told that? tthe new orange tabs are the potential developments from the new Basildon district plan released […]
This week’s “Yellow List” of planning applications can be downloaded here. These are applications that probably don’t need to go the Development Committee. Officers have prepared a report on each one, with a recommendation. If no councillor calls it by Wednesday lunchtime, the recommendation comes into effect. Two of the […]
Last night the Echo published our letter that argued against having all the new housing in Rayleigh and Rawreth. Meanwhile tonight Geoff Percival has written quite an interesting article. In case you can’t read the illustration, he says “A bitter row could be looming over plans for 3,000 new homes […]
After the fiasco of the 22-minute district council meeting on July 19th, yet another sub-committee has been set up to give more time to look at the council’s planning policies. Instead of meeting in the evening, it will meet in the daytime – on August 4th, 10th and 15th. Meetings […]
The argument about where to allocate new housing in the district seems to be hotting up again. According to the Echo: Could a new town be the answer? Hawkwell Parish Council believes it is. It suggests a new town in the west of Rayleigh would be the best policy to […]
The Echo has reported on possible proposals in Basildon’s Local Development Plan that could put 900 homes to the east, north and west of Wick Country park in Wickford. This is on the A127 not far away from Rawreth. For those not familiar with this country park we’ve produced a […]
A planning application for a beauty studio is causing some controversy. It’s a rather small application – to convert some derelict toilets at Lubbards Farm , Hullbridge Road ,Rayleigh into a beauticians studio with up to two staff. The link to the council’s website with details of the application is […]
The application for sports pitches in Old London Road. Rawreth, due to be decided tomorrow night, will now be delayed to a later meeting, due to a holding objection from the environment agency!
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