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
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
- Council
- Tendring District Council
- Ward
- Alresford & Elmstead
- ReceivedReceived11 Mar
- ValidatedValidated25 Mar
- Consult.Consultation11 May
- TargetTarget Date24 Jun
- DecidedDecided
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
Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.
- Flood zone 3: High probability (rivers and sea)Part of the site
- Listed building: Grade II: Stable/Cartlodge Adjacent to South East of Cow Byre and Hayloft, Adjacent to South East O…On or next to this site · +1 more
- Ancient woodlandPart of the site · +3 more
- Local nature reserve: Salary BrookPart of the site
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.
Data © Crown copyright and others · sources and licences
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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