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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

Awaiting decision Tendring 26/00424/TCBGC Tendring Colchester Border Garden Commun

Works: New dwelling Demolition

Still open. Anyone can comment while the consultation period runs, and comments go to the council rather than to us.

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.

As published by the council, reference 26/00424/TCBGC

Application record

Reference
26/00424/TCBGC
Type
Tendring Colchester Border Garden Commun
Status
Awaiting decision
Received
11 Mar 2026
Validated
25 Mar 2026
Ward
Alresford & Elmstead
Parish
Elmstead Market Parish Council

Timeline

Dates from the published record

  1. 11 Mar 2026

    Received by Tendring

  2. 25 Mar 2026

    Validated

    Checked as complete and ready for consideration.

  3. 23 Jul 2026

    Added to PlanIndex

  4. Decision

    Awaiting decision

    Decision expected by 20 May 2026, 8 weeks from validation under the statutory target for most applications. Extensions of time are common and are agreed case by case.

    Tendring took a median of 55 days over the applications it decided in the last year.

Documents

Plans, drawings, consultee responses and the officer's report

584 documents on file for this application

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What happens while it is decided

This application is with Tendring for determination, against a statutory target of eight weeks. Over the last year Tendring's median decision took 55 days. More in our guide to how long planning decisions take.

About this record

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