Dunton Garden Village: New development with 3,700 homes and pub agreed

The site would have a healthcare and shopping hub

A new garden village with 3,700 homes, three primary schools and a pub will be built in Essex.

Brentwood Borough Council approved plans for Dunton Garden Village.

The development also included five gypsy and traveller pitches, a market square and betting shops, along with football and cricket pitches plus cycle routes.

Applicant CEG said it was a "locally designed" scheme with lots of services nearby.

Lots of green space is planned on the development

About half of the site would be filled with trees, community growing space, an orchard, ponds and new informal parkland, the Local Democracy Reporting Service said.

Alongside the thousands of properties, three care homes a secondary school and nursey would be built.

There would also be healthcare and retail hubs and a place of worship.

The plans would transform an area on the edge of Brentwood

Charlotte Robinson, head of planning at CEG, said: "This decision followed many years of engagement with the council, local stakeholders and residents.

"It was a locally designed and landscape-led scheme which would provide a mix of new homes and employment space, set within extensive green spaces, with schools, healthcare facilities, shops and services all within walking distance."

She added there would be affordable housing provision, designed to "enable local people and young people to stay in the area."

The project was expected to create 1,150 jobs and inject £71million into the local economy.