A WIDELY opposed plan for 1,000 homes could be back on the agenda after a proposal under a new name was submitted to Colchester’s Local Plan.

Developer London and Quadrant has created what campaigners are calling a “baby West Tey” after plans for the original West Tey community were thrown out.

Last year, planning inspector Roger Clews declared the garden community “unsound”.

However, the developers have now submitted an application labelled Tey St Andrews for 1,000 homes to be built on land north of Marks Tey, up to the Roman River.

It was filed to Section Two Colchester Local Plan’s main modifications section which will be analysed by the planning inspector.

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In a planning report, developers stated they remain “fully committed” to the delivery of a new community at Marks Tey for 1,000 homes and a new primary school.

They added it is a “highly sustainable location” which can deliver housing and would form part of a “future, larger new settlement west of Marks Tey,” subject to approval.

Rosie Pearson, who has campaigned tirelessly against the proposals has lambasted the “arrogant” plans which she says will “damage” the community.

She said: “It is worrying because the West Tey plans were so unpopular, so huge and so damaging before.

“The developers need to stop assuming they have the right to concrete over the countryside, I think it is really arrogant.

“They need to talk with communities and engage with them.

“There is inevitably going to be growth but run it by the community; talk with Marks Tey Parish Council and listen to its neighbourhood plan.

“This new site comes straight out onto the A120 which is already a hotspot for queues and there would be a further impact.

“This would be adding chaos to chaos and the developers need to stop bullying the village.”

A spokeswoman for London & Quadrant said: “Colchester needs to plan its growth to make sure it happens successfully and sustainably. 

"Accommodating some of that growth at Marks Tey presents an excellent opportunity for Colchester to do just that, in contrast to the unplanned, piecemeal development the borough has experienced in recent years. 

"At the right scale, growth here can also provide long-term certainty and offer stability for large-scale infrastructure projects, including planned improvements to the A12 and A120

“We are promoting Tey St Andrew’s as a sustainable, net zero extension to Marks Tey that’s closely connected to the existing community and provides significant benefits for local people. 

"With new homes and jobs matched by schools, shops, health facilities, green spaces and transport improvements, we want it to be a standard-bearer for sustainable development that sets a benchmark for longer term growth at Marks Tey and across the country.

“We have a lot of work to do to turn our vision into detailed plans and we are absolutely committed to consulting local people along the way.”