COLCHESTER BOROUGH COUNCIL - NEW LOCAL PLAN ISSUES AND OPTIONS
Colchester Borough Council are preparing a new Local Plan setting out what development will take place and where from 2017 - 2032 and beyond.
As part of this process Colchester Borough Council have issued a 'Call for sites' and anyone can submit new sites for consideration for inclusion in the new Local Plan.
It should be made clear that these sites have been submitted to the Council for consideration as part of the new Local Plan preparation. These sites have not yet been assessed for their suitability and no decision has been made whether they will be included in the new Local Plan.
Please click the link below for details of sites submitted for consideration which may affect Copford and Easthorpe
Here is a link to Colchester Borough Council's website giving details of all sites around the Borough which have been submitted for consideration
New Local Plan - Call for sites http://colchester.gov.uk/article/15310/Call-for-Sites
The map above can be viewed by clicking the lnk entitled 'Marks Tey'.
Below is an extract from the minutes of the Council meeting of February 2015 detailing this Council's response to the recent Colchester Borough Council Issues and Options consultation - full details of the Issues and Options consultation can be found by clicking the link below:
http://colchester.gov.uk/article/15278/Issues-and-Options-Consultation-16-January---27-February
COPFORD WITH EASTHORPE PARISH COUNCIL - EXTRACT FROM MINUTES FEBRUARY 2015
CONSULTATION – COLCHESTER BOROUGH COUNCIL’S NEW LOCAL PLAN – ISSUES AND OPTIONS.
Members noted information about Options 2a and 2b presented in this consultation with plans to build between 7500 – 15000 homes. The proposed site crosses the border with Braintree and also the borders of Marks Tey/Copford and Easthorpe and councillors were very concerned about the potential impact on our villages of such a development.
Members therefore RESOLVED: to comment as follows:
This Council are opposed to Options 2a and 2b as such large proposed growth would completely change the character and identity of surrounding rural villages which would be 'engulfed' by this new settlement of 7500 - 15000 homes. Additionally, this Council are concerned about the impact on both the A12 and A120 and resulting traffic through our village streets, all of which are struggling to cope with volumes of traffic already using these roads.
We have also reviewed our own existing settlement boundaries and may be prepared to see some changes to this boundary which allowed low density development in keeping with the existing community and which allowed the villages of Copford and Easthorpe to retain their own individual rural identities.
