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Plans for north Essex new towns in ruins as inspector finds them ‘unsound’

Plans for north Essex new towns in ruins as inspector finds them ‘unsound’

Monday 25 May 2020

Plans for a cluster of ‘garden communities’ (or new towns) in north Essex lie in tatters after a planning inspector declared them ‘unsound’. Proposals for West Tey (24,000 homes), West of Braintree (13,000) and East of Colchester (9,000) had been included in a Section 1 Local Plan document put together by Braintree District Council, Colchester […] Read more >

North Essex garden communities: consultation on Local Plan document ends this month

North Essex garden communities: consultation on Local Plan document ends this month

Friday 20 September 2019

Friday, September 20, 2019 We have already reported how plans to build three garden communities in north Essex took a dive when a planning inspector found them “unsound” and needing “significant” further work (see here). The proposals for West Tey (24,000 homes), West of Braintree (13,000) and East of Colchester (9,000) were contained in a […] Read more >

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