as previous

Added to the 200 homes along King Edward Quay this will undoubtedly add to traffic and demand for services. You mention highways mitigation.
That sounds like a light touch.
The whole 'informal' south circular route needs serious review and attention. The stress and pinch points are at junction at Berechurch Hall/Mersea Rd. Willows/Abbots roundabout. Abbots/Old Heath Rd (next to school and church) Section of Old Heath Rd to Whitehall Rd.
Then to Haven Rd . That lacks capacity and safe pavements.(I'm leaving flooding aside) Massive lorries thunder along from the industrial estate. Queuing towards Greenstead Roundabout already a nightmare.

The site is located adjacent to the Distillery Pond Conservation Area and Grade II listed Hull House immediately east of laundry.

Initial assessment

While development at this site may be acceptable, a Heritage Impact Assessment (Proforma) will be essential to confirm the site’s suitability from a historic environment perspective and to identify appropriate mitigation measures or opportunities for enhancement. The resulting recommendations should then be incorporated into criterion ‘i’.

The proposed development includes Public Right of Way 144, which runs through the site and provides an important east–west connection. In the surrounding area, PROWs 140 and 138 form additional links that could be integrated to create a coherent circular route. Designing PROW 144, together with 140 and 138, as multi‑user routes would support inclusive access and significantly improve the wider network, stitching together a safe, connected off‑road circular route in this part of Colchester. This would create the opportunity for use by a wider range of non‑motorised users, including equestrians, walkers and cyclists.

Parts of the site lie near Flood Zones 2/3 and may fail the sequential or exception tests. The road infrastructure is not adequate to take more traffic because of existing congestion in the `Hythe area. Local schools and GP surgery do not have capacity for an increase in pupil and patient numbers. I worry about loss of local amenity and character, contamination from former industrial uses, impacts on Grants Meadow allotments and impacts on biodiversity. I would argue the allocation is premature lacks clarity over delivery and mitigation.

Site specific allocation PP14 covers a variety of land parcels and sites that are adjacent to one another, but we are concerned that it will be very difficult for the policy to be truly delivered in a meaningful manner due to the land ownership arrangements and no mechanism within the policy for the site to come forward in a piecemeal manner.

We have attached our detailed response for the site.

See attachment with detailed comments on numerous policies. Anglian Water welcomes the opportunity to contribute comments on the Draft
Local Plan for Colchester City Council. We consider that the Plan is well set out with in relation
to managing flood risk, surface water and wastewater, and enabling water efficiency. We
recognise the challenges for meeting the uplift in housing requirements and the
infrastructure required to help deliver future growth across the district, with the main
focus being Colchester and the larger towns.
We have raised some policy matters relating to consistency between policies addressing surface
water flood risk, water supply, and wastewater, and how these matters are attributed to site
allocation policies.
We look forward to continuing our positive and proactive discussions with the Council in
respect of our comments and the next iteration of the Local Plan, including supporting updates
to the evidence base if required

See full text of the attachment for each policy which in some cases add extra information that couldn't be included fully in the rep summary.

see attached

Officer summary of full submission. See attachment with detailed comments on numerous policies:
The overall message is one of support for CCC undertaking a review of the adopted Local Plan to ensure an up to date plan prepared in accordance with the NPPF is in place. ECC will continue the on-going engagement with CCC, through the Duty (or any replacement), to assist progress of the Plan to Regulation 19 (the Pre-Submission Plan), particularly with regards the strategic and cross boundary implications, including cumulative issues and opportunities arising from growth to ensure that the infrastructure requirements are identified, quantified, costed and phased where appropriate. ECC service areas have clearly outlined where further collaborative work/assessment needs to be undertaken (e.g. education provision and ongoing transportation modelling) to refine and resolve an issue; and ECC will continue to be engaged, alongside NH, on the proposals which have an impact on the A12 strategic transport corridor, in particular A12 junctions 25 to 28, A12 widening and junction improvements, and the A120 Corridor Maks Tey to Braintree.

There is support for the Draft Plan’s vision which covers environmental, social and economic needs and emphasises healthy living environments and green networks, environmental protection and economic growth. There is support that the mandatory housing target will be met in full and exceeded over the Plan period in accordance with the NPPF, and that future employment needs will be met (noting that some clarifications are sought) by providing a range in scale of additional employment land supply. ECC provides strong support for policies related to net zero carbon (in operation and embodied), water efficiency, health and well-being, and the environment (green and blue infrastructure and BNG. Recommendations are made throughout the response on policy wording (including policy omissions) and justification to strengthen clarity, effectiveness and delivery.

There is strong support for the inclusion of site-specific Place Policies and references to infrastructure requirements, but these will need to be reviewed and confirmed with ECC following this consultation and the agreement of a final spatial strategy by CCC. It is noted there are some omissions in the Draft Plan such as the allocation of a new secondary school. On this issue, ECC acknowledges the requirement is stated in the Infrastructure Assessment Delivery Plan (Stage 3) for site allocation PP18 Land North of A120 Marks Tey; and in the Infrastructure Topic Paper prepared by CCC, where Appendix A lists the infrastructure requirements for the preferred options site allocations (including those for education). Land for the secondary school (and all education requirements) will need to be allocated in the Pre-Submission Plan.

The review of the IDP and full plan viability assessment are key documents for ECC engagement and input following this round of consultation. The Viability Assessment will need to be reviewed following consultation to ensure it can align with the most up to date evidence relating to the EPOA net zero development policies and its viability evidence. Mention is also made in the response to specific localities and sites – notably Marks Tey and Langham – where discussion needs to take place and recommendations are made to ensure effective delivery if these proposed allocations are taken forward to the Pre-Submission Plan.