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Pre-development site visit: West Braintree, Essex.
A summer revisit to the landscapes in and around the 'West Braintree' new town proposal [one of the three North Essex Garden Communities]. Of the three proposals, West Braintree is arguably the most rural, as it is the most isolated from nearby towns, with minimal local population density, no rail connections, rural vernacular architecture, and an almost entirely agricultural landscape - as far as Essex goes, this is the middle of no-where. On one hand this settlement will have the least quantitative impact on existing local residents as few people live nearby. On the other hand, this settlement will the more culturally disruptive, compared to Marks Tey and Wivenhoe, particularly to nearby villages Finchingfield, Great Bardfield etc. nationally famous for their rural aesthetic.
Pre-development site visit: West Braintree, Essex.
A summer revisit to the landscapes in and around the 'West Braintree' new town proposal [one of the three North Essex Garden Communities]. Of the three proposals, West Braintree is arguably the most rural, as it is the most isolated from nearby towns, with minimal local population density, no rail connections, rural vernacular architecture, and an almost entirely agricultural landscape - as far as Essex goes, this is the middle of no-where. On one hand this settlement will have the least quantitative impact on existing local residents as few people live nearby. On the other hand, this settlement will the more culturally disruptive, compared to Marks Tey and Wivenhoe, particularly to nearby villages Finchingfield, Great Bardfield etc. nationally famous for their rural aesthetic.