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Mr King added: “Colchester’s award needs to be seen in the context of the earlier £1m accelerated Town deal award and other recent funding decisions by Government that will benefit the town, such as the £3.77m Local Growth Fund awarded by SELEP for the Queen Street grow-on scheme and more than £2m from the Emergency Access Travel Fund awarded by the Department of Transport via ECC. "Together they amount to around £25m for the future recovery of Colchester.” Neighbours Ipswich se...

COLCHESTER Council has agreed to explore building 190 new homes on two car parks, despite concerns they could harm nearby heritage assets. The plans could see 120 new homes created at the Britannia and 70 new homes along with comercial units built at Vineyard Street in the town centre. At a meeting of Cabinet on Wednesday, Gerard Oxford (Ind, Highwoods) raised concerns about the density of the housing, the loss of car park income and the impact of the schemes on nearby historic buildings ...

Works at the £50 million Northern Gateway cinema and leisure complex could start this summer after Colchester Council agreed changes in the…

Colchester Council has unveiled plans to build 190 new homes on two of its town centre car parks. Whilst in the early stages, the proposals would see the homes built at both Vineyard Street and the Britannia in the town. The proposals have proved controversial amongst residents who took to the Gazette Facebook page to raise concerns about the plan. We asked council leader Mark Cory your burning questions. BOTH Vineyard Street and the Britannia car parks are set to be completely transformed in...

But one thing which has shone through during the crisis is the strength of our communities. Perhaps no one has seen this more firsthand than Pam Donnelly. She is chair of the One Colchester partnership, a group which includes councils, emergency services, education establishments and the voluntary sector. Mrs Donnelly said: “I have no difficulty in voicing how proud I am of all of our partners and communities. “The actions of individuals, groups and neighbours to support each othe...

Beauty spot - Middlewick Ranges, in Colchester PLANS to investigate creating a country park or nature reserve at a beauty spot have been blocked. Conservative councillors’ proposals to commit resources for a feasibility study to investigate a country park or nature reserve at Middlewick Ranges were rejected by the ruling Liberal Democrat and Labour coalition. Labour councillors for the area rejected the chance to protect “the Wick” as residents affectionately call it. The Conserva...

A CARING chippy owner has been donating free lunches to staff at a Covid-19 test centre. David Henley, owner of the award-winning Henley’s of Wivenhoe, in Vine Drive, has delivered more than 100 hot meals to staff working at the test centre at the University of Essex. Wanting to do his bit, Mr Henley was put in touch with those running the test centre by ward councillor and Colchester Council leader Mark Cory. And the deliveries have been such a hit, the chippy has promised to keep pr...

Mr Cory praised the work being done by volunteers and NHS staff at the mass vaccination centre at Colchester United’s stadium after spending time volunteering himself. He said he remained confident the town would successfully recover from the pandemic once rates were low enough and the vaccine had reached the most vulnerable. He said: “I do think Colchester is ready to bounce back from this when things start to reopen again. “As a council we have been quick at distributing Governm...

MORE than 50 council staff have been redeployed to help with Covid testing and vaccination efforts in Colchester. Dozens of Colchester Council staff have taken up new roles since the third national lockdown began, helping with the areas Covid response. Several staff are working as marshals at the new Covid vaccination centre at Colchester Uniteds stadium as well as helping out as administrators. Some are also working at the testing site for asymptomatic residents at Leisure World, in Co...

COLCHESTER councillors have voted to press ahead with the creation of a 9,000-home new town on the border with Tendring. During an extraordinary meeting of full council on Monday evening a majority of councillors voted to formally adopt section one of the authority’s local plan. Section one, created between Colchester, Tendring and Braintree councils, includes plans for the new town, or garden community, to be built just off the A133 near Elmstead. Two further garden communities, at W...