October 23rd, 2012 |
Michelins Farm Likely To Become Industrial / Traveller / Recycling Site.
As the Echo have reported the District Council look set to create a Traveller Site at Michelins Farm, near the junction of the A127 and A1245.
It’s not been offically decided yet, but we can’t see the council picking another site now.
Although it is called a farm , it’s really just a piece of poorly -maintained land at the moment. One corner of the site would provide 15 pitches for travellers (=30 caravans), and the rest would become an industrial site. Also, the recycling centre in Castle Road, Rayleigh, would be moved here.
On the whole this looks to be the most suitable location for a traveller site in the District. It would also make it much easier to take enforcement action against unofficial traveller sites. However, some care will need to be taken to provide separation from the industrial uses.
The other possible sites that the council has looked at were the A1245 (where travellers are now) , Madrid Avenue off Rawreth Lane, and to the south of London Road. Michelins Farm does seem a better choice than these alternatives.
Though it will strike some people as odd that the council could find 5 potential sites in Rawreth and West Rayleigh, but not one possibility from Hockley, Hawkwell, Rochford, Ashingdon, Canewdon, Stambridge, Paglesham, Great Wakering, Barling, Shopland and Sutton put together. Perhaps a more suitable location has been overlooked.
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October 25th, 2012 at 12:10
Completely against having travellers on this site, and am amazed that the only suitable sites to be found are in Rawreth area. What have the Council got against us? They want to build on any open space left round here. On a practical note though, where will the entrance to the site be? If in the current position this is going to be dangerous.Any queue to get into the recycling centre could well interfere with traffic coming from the A127 slip road which could come into the back of an unexpected queue of traffic, often at some speed. You come onto the existing entrance fairly blind now, and any more use of it than at present will be a serious accident waiting to happen.
October 25th, 2012 at 10:10
Christine, agree that this area seems to be the “dumping” ground for the rest of the district but if you look at the other proposed sites for our traveller friends then this is, in my opinion, the less of all evils. One question – will the travellers currently living illegally at the Bedlows Corner / A1245 site be forced to move there ?
October 25th, 2012 at 05:10
Let’s put it like this – enforcement action against unauthorised traveller sites is less likely to be effective unless you have an approved site somewhere else in the district.
October 25th, 2012 at 08:10
Christine – the issue of road access is definitely an important one. Ron and I are asking questions about this.
October 28th, 2012 at 09:10
Bounce these proposals back and ask why all the options are in Rawreth? This is outrageous. The illegal site on the A1245 needs to be cleared BEFORE we accept any legally planned site. This district is not a dumping ground for undesirable developments and lawful enforcement strengths needs to be demonstrated to deter any further illegal pitches.
Wouldn’t this site be more suitable – with proper road access – as a replacement for Rawreth Industrial Estate and the recycling centre only? This area is not suitable for any sort of residential units.
November 6th, 2012 at 08:11
I live directly opposite the Mitchelin Farm proposed area for Travellers. We live in a 500 year old listed building and am completely opposed to this potential development. The build up of traffic on that road at rush hours and overspill of Rayleigh traffic is awful at the best of times let alone more residents using it regularly especially if the recylcing centre is also there. This alone causes untold traffic!!! Rayleigh itself has so little grren areas and yet all the other local areas have so much of it – why do we have to sacrifice ours?? Appalling idea and can’t beleive these things go under the radar without any thought to what the tax paying majority want.
March 12th, 2013 at 06:03
I’m completely disgusted yet again that these plans are even being considered. I live in Beke Hall Chase North and my property will adjoin the new proposed development but have never been informed of such proposals.
I moved to this area to be surrounded by green belt but bit by bit it is being destroyed and myself and other residents will be effected by the dirty/ noisy and unneighbourly development. At what point were we considered if ever? Will we be compensated by such unwanted industrial usage?
Can I have my land changed to brown belt so that I can sell it for development? As I didn’t move here to be stuck in the middle of a industrial site. It always humours how green belt is classified as green belt when it suits the council but everybody else has to suffer when the boot is on the other foot!
March 13th, 2013 at 08:03
Julia,
Sadly you are completely wasting your time, the majority of people could not care less if you are affected by these proposals. As long as it does not affect them then nobody will support you. Sorry but it’s a fact.
March 14th, 2013 at 08:03
Julia if you would like me to come round to discuss things I’d be happy to do so.