Canvey Island is below Sea Level. It is at Actual Risk from Flooding from the Thames Estuary.

There are 2 Hazardous Industrial plants, OIKOS and Calor Gas sited on the Island. Most of the population reside within a Hazard Range.

The Drainage network is in urgent need of Repair. Following the Rainstorms of 2013 and 2014, many Hundreds of Homes were Flooded. The projected costs of Improvement to the Drainage System are estimated to be £24,500,000. Funding has not been secured.

Congestion. All access / egress routes converge at Waterside Farm Roundabout. Evacuation in an Emergency may take up to 19 Hours.

Lack of a suitable for purpose Emergency Plan. In the Event of an Emergency; “Go In - Stay In - Tune In” is unsuitable advice for those in single storey accommodation. There is no list to identify those vulnerable or the disabled in the Canvey Island Community.

Green Belt Land is ear-marked for large Housing and Business Developments in the Castle Point draft Local Plan. Canvey Island’s Green Belt serves as valuable amenity space. In the event of a Flood it would serve as a Water Storage Area.

We call upon Castle Point Borough Council: 

To withdraw its current draft New Local Plan.

To be replaced by a New Plan, that recognises the risk to the Canvey Island population and deals with the concerns to human health and well being, by maintaining the population living in the flood risk zone at current levels or lower, and sets a House Building Cap capable of maintaining or lowering, rather than increasing, those numbers of population at risk.