PROTESTERS wearing animal masks are taking a stand against plans to build hundreds of homes on green belt land. Extinction Rebellion is staging two protests today in an effort to block plans for homes on undeveloped land across Thundersley and Rochford. More than 50 campaigners are set to wear animal masks and arrive dressed in black outside the Castle Point Council offices im Thundersley and Holt Farm Junior School Road in Rochford. Plans for 637 homes to be built off Ashingdon Road, Rochford, are being considered while Daws Heath, Thundersley, is included as a site in Castle Point’s housing plan for the next 20 years.
Extinction Rebellion protesters in pair of south Essex protests
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Rochford: Ashingdon Road 630-homes plan is based on out of date statistics
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HUNDREDS of new jobs are set to be created alongside a senior living village which will feature a new medical centre with 12 doctors. The new plans could see homes and the medical centre built at Cherry Orchard Brickworks on Cherry Orchard Lane, Rochford. The major proposal - which bosses hope will create 600 new jobs - will also feature a dentist’s surgery, physio services, a hydrotherapy pool and 60 respite beds. The retirement village is also set to benefit from 63 retirement apartments, 30 assisted living apartments, 30 sheltered apartments, six dwellings and a 93-bed care home on site. And to top it off, a convenience store, a pharmacy, coffee shop, gymnasium, office space and community space are also included in plans.