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Residents have branded the option for a new neighbourhood on green belt land as a “terrible idea”. Southend Council is working on its local plan which decides where housing is allocated over the next few years. One of the options being presented is a “new neighbourhood” of 7,254 homes on green belt land between Sutton Road and Star Lane, just north of the A1159 and A13. The proposals for 1,461 new homes at Fossetts Farm, which would go alongside a new Southend United football stadium, would be included. While no planning applications are lodged, residents fear more homes on the land will cause chaos for Southend and Rochford. ....
Residents have branded the option for a new neighbourhood on green belt land as a “terrible idea”. Southend Council is working on its local plan which decides where housing is allocated over the next few years. One of the options being presented is a “new neighbourhood” of 7,254 homes on green belt land between Sutton Road and Star Lane, just north of the A1159 and A13. The proposals for 1,461 new homes at Fossetts Farm, which would go alongside a new Southend United football stadium, would be included. While no planning applications are lodged, residents fear more homes on the land will cause chaos for Southend and Rochford. ....
The proposals for 1,461 new homes at Fossetts Farm, which would go alongside a new Southend United football stadium, would be included. While no planning applications are lodged, residents fear more homes on the land will cause chaos for Southend and Rochford. Christine Austin, co-founder of the Rochford Supporters group, said: “The infrastructure for our roads is inadequate. It’s rural roads taking on 2021 traffic, they are not capable of taking on more traffic. “They are trying to elongate London into the suburbs. We need to step up and say ‘no, we can’t do it, it’s impossible’. “When are they going to stop? I don’t think they will at all. All they’re doing is joining up the dots, but it’s like an urban jungle, there’s no pathways between it.” ....
The proposals for 1,461 new homes at Fossetts Farm, which would go alongside a new Southend United football stadium, would be included. While no planning applications are lodged, residents fear more homes on the land will cause chaos for Southend and Rochford. Christine Austin, co-founder of the Rochford Supporters group, said: “The infrastructure for our roads is inadequate. It’s rural roads taking on 2021 traffic, they are not capable of taking on more traffic. “They are trying to elongate London into the suburbs. We need to step up and say ‘no, we can’t do it, it’s impossible’. “When are they going to stop? I don’t think they will at all. All they’re doing is joining up the dots, but it’s like an urban jungle, there’s no pathways between it.” ....
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. ....