9k home new town between Colchester and Tendring set to go ahead
A PLANNING expert has given the go ahead for a 9,000 home new town to be built on the border of Colchester and Tendring. Inspector Roger Clews has told the North Essex Authorities, Colchester, Tendring and Braintree councils, section one of their local plan can be made legally compliant and sound. This means the new town, or garden community, can be built between Greenstead and Wivenhoe, on land near the University of Essex. The new town will eventually have 9,000 homes, with section one of the planning setting out the strategic direction for housing growth in the area through to 2033...