Hall Road

David Wilson Homes is part of the Barratt Group, which was first established by Sir Lawrie Barratt in 1958. Since then, the company has built more than 650,000 homes across England, Scotland and Wales, providing much needed accommodation. The company has been given 5 Stars by the Home Builders Federation every year since 2010, the only major housebuilder to achieve this, and over 95% of its homeowners would recommend Barratt to their friends.

During the 1990s, the Barratt Group grew organically, establishing an unrivalled track record of consistent growth. In 2024, Redrow joined the Barratt Group, with the new organisation renamed Barratt Redrow Plc, creating an exceptional UK housebuilder and marking a new chapter in the company’s history. For further information about Barratt Redrow, please visit the website.

Barratt has been active in Essex for many years. It built High Elms Park in Hullbridge, a development of 501 homes now nearing completion, and Clements Gate (Christmas Tree Crescent) in Hawkwell.

It gifted the High Elms Park sales suite to Hullbridge Medical Centre to be used for training and as consulting rooms. As part of its Community Fund scheme via the Barratt Foundation, the company sponsored: 1476 (Rayleigh) Squadron to purchase new equipment and carry out minor improvements to their buildings; East Essex Hackspace to improve fire safety at the Clements Hall Pavillion; has donated to Southend Estuary Scouts as part of their fundraising for a new mini-bus, and; will be sponsoring this year’s Basildon Pride event.

Our proposals

• Up to 250 dwellings   
• A mix of family housing reflecting the policy requirements of Rochford District Council and local needs, ranging from 1-bed maisonettes to 5-bed houses,    
• 50% of houses will be affordable in a variety of tenures (affordable rent, part ownership and First Homes),
• Access will be via improvements to the existing roundabout on Hall Road, to the north of the site,
• There will be a minimum 10% biodiversity net gain delivered to create and improve natural habitats,
• Homes will be built to fit the new Future Homes Standard and employ a ‘fabric first’ approach to minimise energy and water consumption and utilising modern methods of construction. Low-carbon heating with electric vehicle charging points will be provided to all properties irrespective of tenure,
• Development on the site will be designed to manage surface water runoff to mimic the natural drainage processes using swales and basins to attenuate run-off and to improve water quality,
• Existing trees and hedgerows will be retained wherever possible to protect and enhance the natural landscape,  
• Up to half of the site will remain undeveloped to form open space and will include two new Locally Equipped Areas of Play (LEAPs), 
• The existing public footpath (part of the Roach Valley Way) crossing the site will be incorporated within open space in the development,
• A new pedestrian crossing on Hall Road is under consideration and the site will benefit from access to a new bus route, soon to be incorporated into the adjacent Elizabeth Gardens development,  
• Infrastructure provision will be as required by the relevant authorities but is likely to include financial contributions for primary and secondary education, health provision, and others.

 Once we have completed the consultation, considered the comments received and amended our plans accordingly, we will be submitting a planning application to Rochford District Council. This will most likely happen in the autumn.