COLCHESTER is changing at an extreme pace. The town is widely regarded as the fastest growing part of the east of England with its population is growing rapidly. The building of new homes has long been a contentious issue in the town, with some saying the borough is growing too fast. But others say the need for new homes shows what an attractive place to live Colchester is. Planning is always a hot topic in the borough and despite coronavirus causing delays to the system, that is very much still the case. It isn't just new homes going up either, there are huge new retail and leisure developments also in the pipeline or already approved.