RESIDENTS on a leafy estate have welcomed proposals by Royal Mail to drop the word “Jaywick” from their addresses.

Homeowners on the Tudor Estate, north of Jaywick village, were left angry following the airing of Channel 5’s documentary series Benefits Britain earlier this year.

The programme featured the Brooklands area of Jaywick – officially the most deprived area in England – but residents on the Tudor Estate area said the fly-on-the-wall show reflected badly on the whole area.

Residents said their estate, which is mostly made up of retirement bungalows, should to no longer be classed as part of Jaywick because it dragged down property prices.

Bill Humphries, of Marlowe Road, wrote to Royal Mail demanding Jaywick be taken off his address.

Royal Mail has now written to residents on the Tudor Estate backing the plan to drop Jaywick from postal addresses.

Royal Mail spokesman Ronit Wolfson said: “Following a request from a local resident, Royal Mail is consulting on removing Jaywick as the locality for a number of streets in the Tudor estate area of Clacton.

“Residents have three weeks to lodge a complaint against the proposals.

“Jaywick will no longer form part of the address of the affected streets unless at least 20 per cent of residents state their opposition to the change.”

Royal Mail has written to 1,006 homes to ask residents if they object to the change.

But James Ennifer, of Clacton-based Sheen’s estate agents, said the move would not necessarily lead to an increase in house prices.

“It could help for insurance purposes, but people have always looked on the Tudor Estate as part of West Clacton anyway,” he said.

“Tudor is a very popular development because it is quiet.

“Removing Jaywick from the address could mean some people are more encouraged to go there, but it would not necessarily mean an increase in house prices.

“The change will make some people feel happy, but Brooklands and Tudor are very different places anyway.”