BLUEPRINTS for 100 new homes in a village on the outskirts of Colchester look set to be approved.
Colchester Council’s planning committee will decide on plans to build 100 homes on land off Nayland Road, Great Horkseley, which planning officers have recommended be approved.
The site will also become home to allotments and a Scouts and Girlguiding hut if councillors give the plans, which also include new crossing points on the A134, the nod.
Housebuilding giant David Wilson Homes had launched a similar bid in 2021 but this was withdrawn last year.
Similar plans were submitted by Horkesley Heath Limited last year and the bid is now in the hands of councillors, who will debate the blueprints at a meeting next week.
The land is already allocated for the development of 80 homes in Colchester Council’s local plan, but the applicant is seeking a 25 per cent uplift in the number of homes it can build.
Great Horkesley Parish Council is “supportive of the proposals”, planning bosses said.
If approved, construction work will be allowed to be completed on weekdays between 8am and 6pm and on Saturdays between 8am and 1pm.
No work will be allowed on Sundays or bank holidays.
Several other conditions would be imposed on the housebuilder, including providing at least one electric vehicle charging point for each home which has dedicated parking.
Extra chargers totalling at least ten per cent of unallocated parking spaces would also have to be provided.
Colchester Council has received 42 objections from residents concerned about the new homes.
One wrote: “There is absolutely no need for domestic dwellings to the north of the A134 in the area proposed.
“Adding other facilities such as a Guide and Scout hut will lead to very significant safety issues as young people will be forced to cross the now very busy A134, and in particular at night.
“There is plenty of low grade agricultural land suitable for housing and social facilities south of the A134 much closer to existing housing and facilities.”
Another said: “The proposal constitutes a very poor use of greenfield space.
“The areas of the site that will have the largest visual and social impacts on the existing residents are proposed to be new residential houses.”
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