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Background
Dunton Hills Garden Village (DHGV) was designated as one of fourteen garden villages by the Government in January 2017 and is identified in the adopted Brentwood Borough Local Plan as a strategic housing allocation under Policy R01 for ‘a mix of uses to comprise around 1,650 homes in the plan period (as part of an overall indicative capacity of around 4,000 homes to be delivered beyond 2033) together with the necessary community, retail and employment development and comprehensive infrastructure to support a self- sustaining, thriving and healthy garden village’.
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Ingatestone
The DHGV allocation covers an area of approximately 256ha (632 acres).
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Dunton Hills strategically sits approximately 32km east of the City of London and approximately 5.5km from the M25 motorway. To the east of DHGV is the town of Basildon, whilst Brentwood is located to the north west. The village of West Horndon lies just over 1km to the west of DHGV. CEG have promoted and submitted an outline planning application (Ref 21/01525/OUT) for the vast majority of the DHGV (approximately 231ha, 570 acres) referred to as Dunton Hills (refer to planning section overleaf). Location
Brentwood
Shenfield
London Southend Airport
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A127
Dunton Hills
Basildon
Pitsea
Upminster
Benfleet
Chalkwell
Southend East
Laindon
West Horndon
London Gateway Port
Other major destinations in the wider area comprise the regional shopping centre at Lakeside, Tilbury Docks, the new London Gateway Port and London Southend Airport.
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Southend Central
Lakeside
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In terms of strategic transport and movement, DHGV is within close proximity to two major strategic routes. The first is the A127 to the north (which connects the area to London and the M25 to the west and Basildon and Southend in the east). The second is the A128 to the west of DHGV, which links the area to Brentwood in the north and the A13 in the south. DHGV is within 20-30 minutes walking distance /5-8 minutes cycle of West Horndon Railway Station to the west. From here, C2C train services are available to major destinations including London Fenchurch Street, Stratford, Barking, Basildon and Southend-on-Sea.
Tilbury Docks
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Lower Thames Crossing
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Application Boundary DHGV Allocation Boundary Brentwood Borough Boundary Key Open Space
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Brentwood Borough
Settlement Motorway A Road Railway Line Railway Station
Dunton Hills
GREATER LONDON
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