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Earlier this month Colchester MP Will Quince wrote a column on the need to tackle homelessness and create more social housing to confront what is a very real housing crisis.   Whatever your politics Will is well placed to comment on this issue, sitting on the...

In the last few days we have seen the Government’s Planning Inspector back the approach set out by the Council on how we take forward our Local Plan, with a view to going back to examination next year. There is much work to do and several deadlines that must be met....

While Brexit is dominating the headlines, housing is undoubtedly one of the biggest single issues the Government and country faces. We are in the midst of a multi-layered housing crisis. It is a crisis of affordability, with starter homes in North Essex now costing up...

Milton Keynes is perhaps the best known of Britain’s post-war new towns and indeed the scale of its ambition and its unique identity have done much to raise its profile in the nation’s psyche. Of course Milton Keynes is of its time and aspects of its design including...

This week I confirmed at our Full Council meeting that Braintree District Council would be continuing to support the proposals for three new Garden Community developments across North Essex, to help meet the significant housing and infrastructure needs for our region....