- Client
- Heyhill Land
- Sector
- Planning & Development
- Location
- Earls Colne, Essex
- How we helped
- Masterplanning and urban design
Johnny Clayton joined Carter Jonas in July 2018 to head up the masterplanning and urban design practice across the UK. Johnny is a Masterplanner and Urban Designer, with a broad skills base and over 16 years of project experience encompassing conceptual design, masterplanning, urban design, detailed design and project implementation. His particular specialism and passion is for strategic land projects including new settlements, but also urban mixed-use regeneration schemes. Johnny is also a Chartered Landscape Architect since 2008.
The masterplanning team are appointed by Heyhill Land to develop proposals for a 60-home site west of Earls Colne, a medium-sized village within the Braintree District of Essex. Over a six-month period, the team have developed a comprehensive masterplan which is based upon a series of established site constraints.
The proposed masterplan takes advantage of a sloped site, with housing positioned to make the most of views across the Colne Valley and River Colne to the north, whilst seeking to reduce massing and protect views in the opposing direction. The project is currently going through a pre-application phase, with a subsequent planning application proposed shortly afterwards. The policy compliant scheme, which includes 30% affordable housing provision, will provide a sustainable housing development within touching distance of shops and facilities in the village, creating an enhanced gateway into the village from the west.