Tendring Colchester Borders Garden Community Development Plan Document (DPD)

The A120-A133 Link Road must be completed in full prior to house-building starting. Full road completion is a requirement to carry out its strategic and directly important role for the local road network, delivering on its purpose and policy objectives.

The DPD does not require the completion of the "Link Road" prior to housing development taking place. This must be a stipluation to ensure it carries out the fuction it is there for. The consultation page outlines: "The A120-A133 Link Road... is scheduled to open in 2026. Its objective is to support growth at the Garden Community, manage congestion in this wider locality and improve connectivity. " It simply will not meet Garden Community Policy requirements or requirements outlined in the planning permission if it is built in two phases and not completed before house-building commences.

This 'Policies Map' includes a clear boundary being the 'A120-A133 Link Road'. In the Garden Communities principle, the development should be infrastructure-led and not cause demonstrable impact on the existing communities. However, the 'A120-A133 Link Road' is no longer a 'Link Road' if it is not to be built out before the development begins.

Without the "Link Road" completed, it fails the GC principles and impacts with great harm on existing communities and the local road network.