Housebuilder hopes to apply for permission to build two ‘interconnected villages’ on agricultural land later this year
Bellway has launched a public consultation on proposals to build 3,000 homes on two parcels of land near Southend-on-Sea in Essex.
The housebuilding giant has announced two public consultation events later this month on the proposals which are at an early stage.
Bellway is eyeing building two “interconnected villages” on sites called Garon East and Bakers Gate covering an area of 153 hectares in total. It said this could form part of a wider 10,000 community which is a growth option under Southend and Rochford councils’ draft local plans.
Most of the land, on Southend’s northern edge, has previously been used for farming with some of it comprising a golf course. Some of the land sits within Rochford District Council’s boundary.
The £2.8bn-turnover housebuilder said the development could include schools, leisure facilities, shops, offices, healthcare facilities, improved highways and green spaces achieving a biodiversity net gain of more than 10 per cent.
Bellway Strategic Land has now submitted a request for an Environmental Impact Assessment Scoping Opinion (EIA) to Southend-on-Sea City Council and Rochford District Council. This will help inform its outline planning application which it expects to submit in September following a public consultation.
Jamie MacArthur, regional planning director at Bellway, said: “Southend urgently needs new homes to meet local demand, improve affordability and give people the opportunity to remain in the communities where they grew up and feel connected. These proposals would deliver a wide range of both affordable and market housing for people at all stages of life, including family homes and later-living properties.”
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