Freetown Homes invites the local community to participate in a constructive dialogue with the developers on the following proposals:

A housing led mixed-use development on a site of approximately 15.5 hectares comprising:

• Approximately 200 new homes. These would be a mix of executive, family, starter and affordable homes with generous (public and private) outdoor space.

• A nursing/care home.

• A site for a new purpose-built primary school for Chigwell.

• Small offices/professional consulting rooms.

• Pedestrian and cycle routes within the site connecting to the wider network of foothpaths/public rights of way around it, so as to enhance accessibility to local facilities, to public transport, and to the countryside for everyone.

• Incorporating measures to optimise the sustainability of the development, including a green travel plan, energy efficient construction, renewable energy features, recycling, a sustainable urban drainage system, measures to promote healthy lifestyles and biodiversity enhancement.

• Freetown Homes also owns land to the east of the site. This land will remain in the Green Belt and in agricultural use, but with landscape and ecological enhancement, improved public access and long-term management measures to maintain its landscape, visual and environmental value.

Chigwell Brook Park is currently designated as green belt by Epping Forest District Council and so any change in its future use will have to be carefully considered at various planning stages.

However, we believe, the site is in an eminently sustainable location with good access to local services, frequent bus routes as well as other facilities. The location lends itself to allowing future residents to walk to many of the nearby amenities such as shops and the train station, helping to keep any additional car journeys to a minimum.