Colchester Local Plan Consultation on Preferred Options

There is to be a Colchester City Council meeting on 17th February at which:

“The Local Plan Committee are asked to : agree the content of the Preferred Options Colchester Local Plan (Regulation 18) as appended to this report as Appendix B. To agree to the publication of the Preferred Options Colchester Local Plan for consultation for a period of 6 weeks to commence as soon as reasonably practical following the Committee meeting.”

Click on the documents link below to see full detail – you will see two tabs – General and Reports.  Click on the Reports tab to see the detailed documents.

The headline news is that an additional 70 houses are proposed for Layer de la Haye on The Folley, those being split between the land known as The Furze and the large field to the side of the existing Denbury development.  Other villages will be impacted to a far greater extent.

Should you wish to attend the meeting that will consider these proposals, the details are: