The Cocoa Works
Clarion Housing Group · York, United Kingdom · 2024
Projects / Project
Tendring Colchester Borders Garden Community
A submitted masterplan for 7,750 homes across three walkable neighbourhoods in north Essex.
- Current milestone
- Planning application submitted March 2026
- Homes proposed
- 7,750
- Affordable housing
- At least 30%
- Open space
- More than 50%, including a 60 ha country park
The story
The story behind the work.
Latimer, Clarion Housing Group's development arm, submitted plans in March 2026 for Tendring Colchester Borders Garden Community. The proposal covers 7,750 homes across three walkable neighbourhoods, with at least 30% affordable housing, schools, health and transport hubs, cultural uses and workspace.
More than half of the site is planned as open space, including a 60-hectare country park, retained hedgerows, woodland, orchards and allotments. The first detailed phases cover 837 homes and early infrastructure. This record is explicit that the scheme is at planning-submission stage, credits Clarion and Latimer as master developer, and does not represent Russ Edwards as architect or sole author.
Credits
- Housing-association and master-developer case study through Latimer
- Clarion Housing Group
The practice