Work has begun on the second phase of homes at a new garden suburb on the edge of Heybridge, where 262 properties will be built.

Bellway Thames Gateway is building the properties at Westcombe Park, a proposed new neighbourhood of more than 1,000 new homes on land between Maypole Road and Broad Street Green Road.

The homes are being built on a 19.65-acre parcel of land which Bellway purchased from Countryside Properties, the developer leading the overall scheme.

Bellway's development will be situated at the north-eastern edge of the new neighbourhood, also known as North Heybridge Garden Suburb, and will be accessed via a new spine road leading from a roundabout junction on Broad Street Green Road.

'Bellway at Westcombe Park' will include a mix of one and two-bedroom apartments, and one to four-bedroom houses. There will be 183 properties for private sale and 79 affordable homes for local people, comprising 56 for affordable rent and 23 for shared ownership.

John Haggerstone, Construction Director for Bellway Thames Gateway, said: "It is good to get work underway at our development at Westcombe Park after receiving planning approval from Maldon District Council in December last year.

"We are pleased to be working alongside Countryside Properties on this ambitious project to create a high-quality, attractive garden suburb where residents will be proud to reside, and which will integrate with the existing community of Heybridge."

Bellway at Westcombe Park will be the second of five residential phases to be delivered at North Heybridge Garden Suburb. Countryside Properties secured planning permission to build the first phase of 160 homes, on land at the western edge of the site, in April 2022.

Outline planning permission is already in place for the overall scheme, which includes plans for up to 1,138 new homes, a 120-residential care facility, primary school, community facilities and public open space on a 188-acre site.

The first homes at Bellway at Westcombe Park are reportedly due to go on sale in the autumn.

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