Rochford
Rochford planners back plans for retirement complex
Friday 8 December 2023
Rochford will be hosting a “senior living village” after the local authority approved plans for a retirement complex. The scheme for more than 100 homes, a 93-bed care home and a doctors’ surgery in Cherry Orchard Lane were backed by Rochford District Council. A management company will provide a shuttle bus service from the site […] Read more >
Investing in Rochford? Here comes another solar farm…
Tuesday 28 November 2023
“It is really great these companies come to Rochford and want to invest in Rochford in these ways to generate electricity to make us less reliant on carbon and foreign country supply.” The above words from Rochford councillor Daniel Efde, as reported by the BBC, give an idea of how some people think. Whether many […] Read more >
How Essex councils feature in Green Belt-building table
Saturday 29 September 2018
Our recent story (here) showing almost half a million new homes are targeted for land to be released from the Green Belt is particularly poignant in Essex, which hosts three of the top 10 Green Belt-building councils in the country. A Local Government Chronicle article presents data from the Ministry of Communities, Housing & Local […] Read more >
South Essex in the firing line for colossal housing growth
Wednesday 5 September 2018
If you thought development pressure on Essex could not get any worse, there is some sobering reading from the Thames Estuary Growth Commission. This advisory body to the government is urging “joint spatial plans” to be created in both Essex and Kent to support the building of more than a million homes. The two counties […] Read more >
Castle Point agrees to step up the pace on Local Plan
Wednesday 18 July 2018
Castle Point Borough Council is to speed up its Local Plan timetable in a bid to stop central government taking over the process. The local authority has also agreed to produce a joint spatial plan with five other local planning authorities in south Essex – Basildon, Brentwood, Rochford, Southend-on-Sea and Thurrock – and the county […] Read more >