Brentwood council has approved an outline planning application for the development of up to 3,700 homes in Dunton, a village west of Basildon, Essex.

The Commercial Estates Group (CEG) Land Promotions submitted a planning application in August 2021 with the landowners, proposing to build 3,700 homes, of which 555 homes will be for social or affordable rent and a further 555 homes for shared ownership.

Dunton Hills Garden Village (DHGV) was designated by the government as one of fourteen garden villages in January 2017, and is identified in the emerging Brentwood Borough Local Plan as a strategic housing allocation to meet the majority of the borough’s housing need.