Where thousands of new homes could be built across Colchester by 2043

Colchester Council is set to hold a “crunch meeting” to decide next steps in a plan to deliver thousands of new homes by 2043, with the council needing 21,692 homes between 2026 and 2043. The existing plan, formed in 2022, must be replaced with a new submission by December. The council warns it could lose control of where development happens if it cannot show a five-year housing supply. Council leaders say national rules require affirming likely refusal and providing legally binding targets, even if sites aren’t in the local plan.