onlineFOCUS - News and Stuff For Rochford District

Facing Redundancy?
Or Unemployed?

Useful information from the District Council is here. And click here for info on the Rawreth job clubs.

Look At Planning Applications

onlineFOCUS readers often want to know about planning applications. To see what applications have been made recently, download the "Weekly Parish List of Planning Applications" here.
To look at a particular application on the District Council website, and send your comments to the council, click here.

Fix Your Street

Click here to tell the excellent FixMyStreet site that something needs attention in your street - or anywhere in the UK.

Other Essex Blogs and Facebook Pages

Lib Dems:
Ben Williams - Basildon Jon Whitehouse - Epping Karen Chilvers - B'wood Nick Barlow - Colchester Peter Welch - Southend Stephen Robinson - C'ford Others:
Councilbust - Southend John Mason - Hawkwell Julian Ware-Lane - CP Mike Hoy - Hullbridge Steve Horgan - Basildon

Parish Councils

Visit your parish website: Ashingdon; Barling; Canewdon; Gt Wakering; Hawkwell; Hockley; Hullbridge; Paglesham; Rawreth; Rayleigh; Stambridge; Sutton;

The 39 Councillors- And The Council Rules

Click here to find the Constitution of Rochford District Council - and contact details for all 39 councillors.

Public Comments On The Council's Housing Plans

This has been the BIG issue in the past year. Click here to go to the council webpage where you can read comments online.
You can see the responses to the last consultation in 2008 here.
You can also still see the the hundreds of responses to the previous consultation here. (That's the one that pressurised the Conservatives into NOT building 1800 houses in Rayleigh.)

Where Did Landowners And Developers Want To Build?

The District Council put out a 'call for sites' to get info from landowners and developers about land that might be used for development. None of these sites are approved yet, but to find out more information, click here.

The Rochford WeatherPixie

(More fun than the District Council's weather information!)

Freedom of Information

Click here to go to the whatdotheyknow website, which makes it easy for you to use the Freedom of Information act.


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