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Tendring Colchester Borders Garden Community Land East of Colchester, West of Elmstead Market and North of Wivenhoe Between A120, B1028 Colchester Road, B1027 Brightlingsea Road and Elmstead Road Essex

26/00424/TCBGCTendring Colchester Border Garden CommunAwaiting decision
Outline / PiP
Site boundary (council red line)

Proposal

Hybrid planning application for a phased mixed-use development (creating a new garden community), comprising: Outline Planning Application (with all matters reserved) - Residential development (including care and older persons housing); employment including business, industry, research and development; a further education college, a secondary school, primary schools, special educational needs and early years facilities; student accommodation and associated uses; civic and neighbourhood centres containing a range of commercial, civic, cultural and community uses; a new country park provided along the salary brook corridor; new leisure uses and sports pitches, public open space and linked amenities; new cycleways and pedestrian routes, park and ride facility, multi-modal mobility hubs, access roads and associated highways improvements; associated infrastructure works; small ancillary agricultural structures will be demolished; and Full Planning application - Including residential and non-residential development, employment, car parking, meanwhile and community spaces, events spaces, strategic highway and transport infrastructure and associated utilities, landscaping, earthworks, drainage works and associated development.

Received
11 March 2026
Decision due
24 June 2026
Public comments
162
Ward
Alresford & Elmstead
  1. Received11 Mar
  2. Validated25 Mar
  3. Consult.11 May
  4. Target24 Jun
  5. Decided

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About this application

This is a planning application at Tendring Colchester Borders Garden Community Land East of Colchester, West of Elmstead Market and North of Wivenhoe Between A120, B1028 Colchester Road, B1027 Brightlingsea Road and Elmstead Road Essex. Tendring has handled 5,114 applications of this type. It has been with the council since 11 March 2026 and is still awaiting a decision. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 68 applications across Alresford & Elmstead.

Application details

Application type
Tendring Colchester Border Garden Commun
Scale / size
Large
Parish
Elmstead Market Parish Council

Planning application dates

Date validated
25 March 2026
Consultation expiry
11 May 2026
Consultation start
13 April 2026
Consultation end
11 May 2026
Neighbour consultation start
13 April 2026
Neighbour consultation end
4 May 2026
Last date for comments
11 May 2026

Applicant and agent

Agent address
The Minster Building 21 Mincing Lane London EC3R 7AG

Planning decision

Statutory period
91 days

Publicity

Last advertised
17 April 2026
Advertisement expiry
8 May 2026

Additional information

Documents
589
Constraints
4

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

Not published by this council, so not checked: Article 4 directions. Ask the council if these matter.

Possibly incomplete for this council: tree preservation orders.

Also checked, none recorded (19)

flood storage areas, conservation areas, green belt, scheduled monuments, World Heritage Sites, World Heritage Site buffer zones, registered parks and gardens, registered battlefields, Heritage at Risk entries, nutrient neutrality catchments, national parks, National Landscapes, SSSIs, Special Areas of Conservation, Special Protection Areas, Ramsar sites, national nature reserves, heritage coasts and brownfield registers.

A guide only, from official open data; it is not a planning search. Flood zones cover rivers and sea, not surface water.

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Contains public sector information from planning.data.gov.uk (MHCLG and local planning authorities), licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. © Crown copyright and database right 2026.

© Historic England 2026. Contains Ordnance Survey data © Crown copyright and database right 2026. The Historic England GIS Data contained in this material was obtained on 2026-11-03. The most publicly available up to date Historic England GIS Data can be obtained from HistoricEngland.org.uk.

© Natural England copyright. Contains Ordnance Survey data © Crown copyright and database right 2026.

© Environment Agency copyright and/or database right 2026. All rights reserved. Flood Map for Planning, Open Government Licence v3.0.

Contains Ordnance Survey data © Crown copyright and database right 2026.

Source: Office for National Statistics licensed under the Open Government Licence v.3.0. Contains OS data © Crown copyright and database right 2026.

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