OpenlyLocal, Rochford and “Prospering Suburbs”

March

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You’ve seen FixMyStreet – now have a look at a new website called OpenlyLocal. It’s about making local government ‘more transparent’.

They already have a page for Rochford District They are still developing it, but so far it has stuff like recent planning applications and the average age of people in our district (40.2 years).

It also lists each council ward within the district, and each ward has its own webpage. So if you click on, say, Lodge Ward, you get a map, more population details , information on local policing and fixmystreet reports for Lodge.

Now, OpenlyLocal describes each ward in terms of ‘output areas’, based on census results. Unfortunately they don’t explain what it means, but in case anyone is interested, most of Rochford District is described as some kind of suburb, though Hockley West is described as “Accessible Countryside” and Hawkwell South is described as “Industrial Areas B”.

And intriguingly, Downhall and Rawreth isn’t just listed as suburbs, but as “Prospering Suburbs”. It’s the only part of the district described that way – even Wheatley Ward, which has some pretty impressive houses /mansions hidden away , is only described as “Commuter Suburbs A”.

We can see housebuyers in the future looking at stuff like this when thinking about moving into an area……

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