Bradwell Marina and the static caravan site

It is not an area that I am directly concerned with but there must have been security concerns for marina residents, which includes several of my friends, so I am relieved at the result.
 
johnalison said:
It is not an area that I am directly concerned with but there must have been security concerns for marina residents, which includes several of my friends, so I am relieved at the result.
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As most marinas are magnets for trippers, I'm not sure having a nearby caravan site would make much difference.
 
It is not 'nearby' but on the same site. With a public footpath already across the marina there have never been many trippers and security, as far as I am aware, has never been an issue. Personally I am pleased with the result. If EDF or whoever can put off building another power station for ten years then that will be a result too.
 
Personally i think it is a pity. The family put a lot into the marina and i want to see it prosper
as for the comment re the power station---if it means the construction of better roads onto the Dengie so that the new housing to burnham,southminster and st lawrence etc are better serviced ( not to mention mayland and steeple etc) then bring it on. The existing road system is grossly overcrowded and needs attention. A power station would almost certainly mean such access would be included
and why not a power station. Good for the area. The existing one has been part of the community and caused no issues.
As for the so called "mud wall" that is a silly description. It was grassed neatly and had flowers planted. It made the entrance look better, filled in a gap where travellers may have invaded ( let the nimbies have a basinful of that!!)
the sooner the trees that replace it grow the better
i do not blame the farmer for ploughing his field to keep the local dog walkers off. They criticise him so they can sod off his land and contaminate somewhere else
 
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We had a letter the other day keeping us up to date with progress on the new power station. They reckon they could start work in as little as five years time!
As for the roads, I don’t know what you are talking about. They were straightened and all the bends taken out when they built the first power station in the fifties! :)
 
Daydream believer said:
Personally i think it is a pity. The family put a lot into the marina and i want to see it prosper
as for the comment re the power station---if it means the construction of better roads onto the Dengie so that the new housing to burnham,southminster and st lawrence etc are better serviced ( not to mention mayland and steeple etc) then bring it on. The existing road system is grossly overcrowded and needs attention. A power station would almost certainly mean such access would be included
and why not a power station. Good for the area. The existing one has been part of the community and caused no issues.
As for the so called "mud wall" that is a silly description. It was grassed neatly and had flowers planted. It made the entrance look better, filled in a gap where travellers may have invaded ( let the nimbies have a basinful of that!!)
the sooner the trees that replace it grow the better
i do not blame the farmer for ploughing his field to keep the local dog walkers off. They criticise him so they can sod off his land and contaminate somewhere else
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The family make a huge amount of money out the marina (do the maths) - they don't need to subsidise it with a caravan site.
The construction of a new power station will make road traffic worse with lots of work in the river. I did read somewhere that there was a suggestion that the rail line could be extended from Southminster and that would be a good thing.
Walking past the power station last summer I was amazed how many cars were there. There must be a lot of local employment still.
Mud wall was not my term - but it shows that you can't just do things without consent. The feelings of local residents were respected.
I'm not a fan of non-indiginous species of trees. Not attractive.
I have no sympathy for dog walkers.
 
They wanted to extend it and provide more space... Even built the new entrqnce onto the road many years ago. But the environmentalists said no. Seems a worm in some mud is more important than a person.
 
Tam Lin said:
As for the roads, I don’t know what you are talking about. They were straightened and all the bends taken out when they built the first power station in the fifties! :)
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You clearly do not know the area. I live in st lawrence and When i was working i had to leave the Dengie at 05-30 to miss the rows of car head lights going on and off the area along the mayland/ latchingdon road. Latchingdon is a perpetual bottleneck.
the burnham road is the same and an accident on either road means that the other is totally snarled with traffic. The roads are not made for the large number of lorries using them there are only these 2 roads feeding off an area that is rapidly expanding with housing.the local industry will not support the population so general movement is necessary each day
i do not know the planned numbers but housing estates are going up in southminster, burnham and latchingdon as well as other places on the dengie.
i want to see a new power station but i want to see a better road system feeding the central area first. Possibly southminster, north of latchingdon and hooking up with woodham and maldon somehow.
there needs to be a plan for importing goods into the site by water with a new jetties near sales point

moody sabre made the point about cars at the existing site. These are workers involved in decommissioning the old site.
my point about traffic and lorries has been demonstrated by the chaos caused by vehicles such as the number of huge cranes etc travelling to and from the site. I have been in queues of cars following some of these vehicles and it can mean frustration leading to some drivers taking silly risks.
even the small wind farm developement behind bradwell caused hold ups during construction with the blades making big detours round maldon due to roads not being capable of taking large vehicles.i know i had to follow some for a couple of hours
 
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Daydream believer said:
You clearly do not know the area. I live in st lawrence and When i was working i had to leave the Dengie at 05-30 to miss the rows of car head lights going on and off the area along the mayland/ latchingdon road. Latchingdon is a perpetual bottleneck.
the burnham road is the same and an accident on either road means that the other is totally snarled with traffic. The roads are not made for the large number of lorries using them there are only these 2 roads feeding off an area that is rapidly expanding with housing.the local industry will not support the population so general movement is necessary each day
i do not know the planned numbers but housing estates are going up in southminster, burnham and latchingdon as well as other places on the dengie.
i want to see a new power station but i want to see a better road system feeding the central area first. Possibly southminster, north of latchingdon and hooking up with woodham and maldon somehow.
there needs to be a plan for importing goods into the site by water with a new jetties near sales point

moody sabre made the point about cars at the existing site. These are workers involved in decommissioning the old site.
my point about traffic and lorries has been demonstrated by the chaos caused by vehicles such as the number of huge cranes etc travelling to and from the site. I have been in queues of cars following some of these vehicles and it can mean frustration leading to some drivers taking silly risks.
even the small wind farm developement behind bradwell caused hold ups during construction with the blades making big detours round maldon due to roads not being capable of taking large vehicles.i know i had to follow some for a couple of hours
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I was going to start this reply by saying that I should have put a smiley at the end of my post but I see that I did! I didn't mean that you should take me so seriously and just wanted to point out that the roads had been upgraded when the power station was first built. On the road from Latchingdon to Bradwell there are numerous examples where the radius of the bends was increased and the old sharp bends still remain and can be seen.
Otherwise I totally agree with you, the roads are totally inadequate for the amount of traffic using them and I get very frustrated by people parking outside the shop in Latchingdon, leading to queues in both directions. I am probably more frustrated with the council for allowing houses to be built on what used to be the shop's car park. I don't expect anything will be done about that or the roads in general though.
As for not knowing the area, I moved onto the Dengie in 1979 and so can claim to know it a bit and although I now live in the metropolis of Maldon, still regularly drive to my sailing club and to see friends in Burnham. Like you I have experienced the frustrations of the morning drive off the Dengie to work and being stuck behind windmill blades but I do wonder that if they improved the roads even more people would come and further erode the charm of the area.
 
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