East Tilbury, Essex
The plans include new homes and community facilities, together with significant infrastructure improvements to ease congestion and provide a new bridge over the railway line.
The ares to the west of East Tilbury in Thurrock is located close to the former BATA factory and is around 74 ha in size, bounded by East Tilbury to the east and Linford village to the north, separated by the railway line.
The proposal will bring a range of benefits to the local community, including:
A new bridge over the railway line
A network of pedestrian and cycle links to better connect East Tilbury to the wider area
The potential for re-routing of traffic away from the centre of East Tilbury
A new primary school
New commercial and community space
New homes including affordable housing
New children’s play and huge areas of outdoor recreation including the potential upgrade of local sports facilities