Policy information sourced from the Braintree District Council Local Plan 2013-2033.

LPP 21: Strategic Growth Location - Land at Feering.

A Strategic Growth Location has been identified at land south east of Feering and is shown on the Proposals Map. Development will be expected to provide:

  • Around 835 new homes of a mixed size and type appropriate to the area;
  • Affordable housing as per the Council’s policy requirements;
  • Appropriate employment generating uses to support the new community;
  • A new primary school with co-located early years and childcare nursery on 2.1 ha of suitable land allocated for education and childcare use or the expansion of Feering School;
  • A new 56 place stand alone early years and childcare nursery on 0.13 hectares of suitable land allocated for education and childcare use or potentially co-located with any new primary school site;
  • Provision of a community centre or a financial contribution towards off site provision of the same;
  • Community facilities including a contribution to or provision of infrastructure for new NHS facilities;
  • Retail Provision;
  • Public open space in accordance with the Open Spaces Study, and informal and formal recreation in accordance with the Playing Pitch Strategy;
  • Safe cycle and pedestrian access between all parts of the development and Kelvedon and Feering;
  • Provision of or contributions towards a Gypsy and Traveller site;
  • Contributions to highway and transport infrastructure as required by the Highway Authorities Provision of a new connection between Inworth Road and London Road.

Development should conserve and, where opportunities arise, enhance the Conservation Areas and their settings, preserve listed buildings and Scheduled Monuments and their settings.

The delivery of each facility shall coincide with the completion of different phases of development to ensure that local services are in place when they are needed.

Development proposals which would compromise the delivery of an identified coherent Strategic Growth Location will be resisted.

For more information, including links to the referenced Proposals Map, please visit Braintree District Council’s Local Plan here.