Colchester City Council Preferred Options Local Plan Regulation 18 Consultation 2025

Comment

Representation ID: 13903

Received: 14/01/2026

Respondent: Bidwells

We advocate that Sustainable Settlements should continue to be identified separately to other villages in the Settlement Hierarchy. This would recognise the strategic benefits and sustainability credentials of the more favourable locations for growth such as Langham, rather than simply categorising places by size. It would provide a more sophisticated Settlement Hierarchy, carry the Spatial Strategy’s policy approach through to it and ensure a clear link to the growth decisions taken by the City Council on specific sites in other Local Plan policies.

Support

Representation ID: 13909

Received: 14/01/2026

Respondent: Bidwells

The proposed site allocation offers significant potential for delivering high-quality market and affordable housing, alongside essential community infrastructure, in a sustainable and well-connected location near Colchester. Mac Mic has initiated the procurement of comprehensive technical evidence to support the allocation and will continue developing this for the emerging Local Plan and a future outline planning application. Engagement with Colchester City Council and infrastructure providers demonstrates confidence in the deliverability of draft policy PP37. This foundation enables further community and specialist consultation to refine proposals. Mac Mic fully supports advancing policy PP37 to the Regulation 19 consultation stage.