The Proposals
The Proposals
Our emerging proposals
Our proposals are still at an early stage, and your feedback will help shape the design as it develops. Subject to that ongoing design work, we envisage the proposals could deliver the elements set out below.
Concept plan
An emerging concept plan
The concept plan illustrates how the site could be organised around a central street, with development plots addressing the treeline and open space around the perimeter. It is indicative and subject to ongoing design work. Tap or click the plan to open it full screen.
Key
- Red line — Site boundary
- Blue circle — Affordable home
Proposal features
What the proposals could deliver
- New homes
- Up to 40 new homes, predominantly detached and semi-detached, giving residents choice over their home's layout and finish.
- Affordable housing
- A significant proportion of affordable housing, responding directly to Thurrock's affordable housing need.
- Improved road link
- An improved road link between Lower Dunton Road and Old Church Hill, designed to address the constraints of the existing junction and provide a safer environment for all road users.
- Active travel
- New walking and cycling connections, using the improved road link to create a new active travel route.
- Existing landscape
- Existing trees and hedgerows along the site boundary retained and enhanced, creating an attractive, green edge to the development.
- Green space & drainage
- New green and open space, including within the lower-lying part of the site to the east, incorporating sustainable drainage systems (SuDS).
- Landscape-led layout
- A clear, legible layout organised around a central street, taking advantage of long views towards the surrounding woodland and Langdon Hills.
- Local character
- A form and character that reflects the local area, informed by the linear pattern of development found in nearby villages.
Landscape
Responding to the landscape
The initial study identifies the existing vegetation around the perimeter of the site as something to be retained where possible, and the long views from the south-eastern part of the site towards the surrounding woodland and hills as an opportunity the development should capture.
Those findings inform the emerging proposals: a central street aligned with the gradient to open up long views towards the surrounding woodland and Langdon Hills, a green edge of retained trees and hedgerows, and new open space incorporating sustainable drainage in the lower-lying eastern part of the site.
The diagram opposite is taken from the initial study and remains subject to ongoing technical and design work.
Key
- Site boundary
- Existing greenery to be retained
- Flood risk from surface water
- Potential SuDS locations
- Long views out of the site
- Immediate views into the site
- Gradient falling across the site
- Existing buildings
- Safe vehicular access points
- Active travel connections
Get involved
Have your say
The plans are still at an early stage. We are sharing them now so that local residents and the wider community can give their feedback, which will help shape the design as it develops.