How many new homes in Tendring over 30 years?

The government starting point is about 1,069 homes a year — roughly 32,070 over thirty years if sustained (+42% on the 76,074 dwellings already here).

Where would new homes in Tendring go?

Without a different pattern, growth lands as edge-of-settlement estates across the 29 towns and villages listed below — each too small to fund strategic infrastructure.

How do I track housing development in Tendring?

Use the planning applications on this page and the full planning tracker for medium and large schemes, then respond on the council portal and sign the Stop Urban Sprawl petition.

Tendring housing development and new homes

Searching for housing development in Tendring or new homes in Tendring? Over thirty years the government starting point is about 32,070 homes here — +42% on existing stock — with no matching commitment to water, grid, surgeries, schools or transport.

The government wants to build 1,069 homes a year in Tendring. That annual figure, sustained for thirty years, is 32,070 homes on the 76,074 dwellings already in the area.

There are 29 towns and villages in Tendring. That is an average of 36.9 new homes a year across every settlement — about 1,106 each over thirty years if the annual figure were spread evenly.

Infrastructure under pressure in Tendring

What we've got now

1,063
hours of sewage spills in Tendring in 2025
Worst at Clacton (Holland Haven) WRC
Sewage →
2,702
patients per GP in Tendring
GPs →
10
schools over capacity in Tendring
Schools →
1,806 MW
still waiting to connect to the grid
At Bramford
Energy →
26 mins
to the nearest A&E
Colchester Hospital
Hospitals →
31.0s
delay per mile on A-roads in Essex
Worst on the A1019
Transport →

Now they want another 32,070 homes here.

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We can stop this

Another 32,070 homes for Tendring, with no infrastructure to carry them. We want building concentrated in fewer, larger places with schools, health, water, sewage and transport built in — not another estate on the edge of every village.

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New homes by town and village in Tendring

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Questions about housing in Tendring

How many new homes in Tendring over 30 years?: The government starting point is about 1,069 homes a year — roughly 32,070 over thirty years if sustained (+42% on the 76,074 dwellings already here).
Where would new homes in Tendring go?: Without a different pattern, growth lands as edge-of-settlement estates across the 29 towns and villages listed below — each too small to fund strategic infrastructure.
How do I track housing development in Tendring?: Use the planning applications on this page and the full planning tracker for medium and large schemes, then respond on the council portal and sign the Stop Urban Sprawl petition.

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