Hockley Area Action Plan Options Report 2010

The consultation is now closed.

*To view this version of the HAAP, please select the document called ‘Hockley Area Action Plan Options Report 2010’ under Related Documents*

Area Action Plans are planning policy documents which can be used to stimulate regeneration or enhancement, guide public and private investment within an area, protect areas particularly sensitive to change, resolve conflicting objectives in an area subject to development pressures, and provide robust policies determined at a local level to ensure that future development reflects local needs and issues.

Area Action Plans are Development Plan Documents and form part of the Local Development Framework – a collection of documents that will determine how the District develops in the future, over the next fifteen years and beyond. When Area Action Plans are adopted, planning applications will be determined having regard to the policies in them.

The Hockley Area Action Plan will identify opportunities to enhance the area, be used to direct future public and private investment and set out the development that will be acceptable in the centre of Hockley.

Following the large response to the initial round of community involvement in early 2009 on the production of an Area Action Plan for Hockley, the Council has revisited the potential options for the centre of Hockley.

Potential options have been developed and these were subject to public consultation between 30th November 2010 and 4th February 2011. The comments received during this period can be found by selecting ‘View representations received on the Hockley Area Action Plan Options Report’ under Related Links. This links to our online consultation system.

A number of options were generated. These range from relatively minor interventions to the appearance of the centre, through to options that entail significant redevelopment. In addition, there were also options for highway improvements, including at the Spa Road / Main Road roundabout.

The Hockley Area Action Plan Options Report 2010, as well as further information, is available to view under Related Documents at the bottom of this page.

If you require any further information or advice, please contact the Planning Policy team on 01702 318191 or email planning.policy@rochford.gov.uk . To be kept up to date on opportunities to be involved in the production of the Local Development Framework, please join our mailing list. This is a simple process requiring a valid email address. Please select ‘Join the LDF Mailing List’ under Related Links.