The DSG site (formerly known as ABRO) forms part of the Defence Estate and was previously leased to Babcock International under a contract with the Ministry of Defence relating to its army vehicle servicing.
The Ministry of Defence has made the decision to dispose of this site for development as it is no longer required for military purposes. The site is located in an historically sensitive location, and, for this reason, a development brief has been prepared to provide planning guidance on the issues and opportunities associated with the site and to provide a clear and robust development framework to aid the future smooth delivery of a suitable development scheme.
The Council’s Local Plan Committee agreed to Adopt the Development Brief as planning guidance on 2nd August 2021 and also asked for it to be upgraded to a Supplementary Planning Document which under the Town and Country Planning regulations can be given more weight when making planning decisions.
In order to ensure compliance with these regulations a slightly amended Draft ABRO Development Brief Supplementary Planning Document is now subject to a further 4 weeks consultation.
The amendments are limited to changes in the light of comments received to the previous consultation from 8 February – 8 March 2021 and minor additions to reflect the enhanced status.
View The Draft Supplementary Planning Document (PDF, 4.36MB)
You can submit any comments by filling out the response form.
The response form (DOCX, 38KB)
Any comments on this Draft SPD must be received by 5.00pm on Friday 19 November 2021, you can send comments to planning.policy@colchester.gov.uk.
If you would like any further information please contact 01206 282975 / 01206 508650 sandra.scott@colchester.gov.uk / simon.cairns@colchester.gov.uk