The District Council’s consultation period on future development has now closed. But you can read the responses from the public- and landowners – here.
A lot of people have sent in the same wording:
The building of 1,800 additional homes in Rayleigh is utterly unacceptable. It would put intolerable pressure on our local roads, schools and G.P. services. It would also mean a devastating loss of Green Belt land. Future residential development should be spread more evenly over the whole of the Rochford District, so that a smaller, fairer burden falls on Rayleigh.
The idea that there should be “fair shares for all ” seems to have public support….