Berechurch Hall Road, Colchester - highway improvements

Works location and photos

About the scheme

As part of the planning condition (reference: 202025) granted by Colchester City Council, Persimmons Homes are required to carry out highway works. 

These works include improvement and upgrades to the public highway to facilitate new access to the development and improve sustainable transport.

This includes the installation of a new toucan crossing on Berechurch Hall Road so that pedestrians and cyclists have improved crossing facilities as well as a shared footway/cycleway extended past St. Michael’s Primary School to allow the public to navigate the area more safely.

The works

During 2024 Persimmons Homes carried out highway improvements to Berechurch Hall Road in Colchester. 

This included:

• The construction of one priority junction off Berechurch Hall Road to provide access into the site with a three metre wide shared footway/cycleway to connect to the existing footway/cycleway.
• Upgrade to Essex County Council (ECC) specification the two bus stops in Layer Road immediately south of its roundabout junction with Berechurch Hall Road.
• The construction of a new toucan crossing in Berechurch Hall Road.
• Widening the existing northern footway on Berechurch Hall Road including the re-alignment of the carriageway from the Toucan crossing to Camulodunum Way to create a shared footway/cycleway.
• Widening the existing footway in Camulodunum Way to a 3.65 metres wide footway/cycleway at St. Michael's Primary School & Nursery.
• Existing tactile paving to be upgraded to current ECC standard at the Camulodunum Way/Berechurch Hall Road junction

For safety while plots on the site continue to be constructed, the site entrance will be temporarily closed due to the vehicle movements associated with these works. Developers estimate the junction will be open for use in 2026.

Further information

Please note that the programme may be subject to change as the works progress.  Please always check site signage for the latest information.

Persimmon Homes are responsible for communicating their own work, and works of their appointed contractor, however we will also share details on this webpage as updates are received.

Contact details

If you have questions relating to this scheme, please contact SEH Ipswich Ltd, who are contracted by Persimmons Homes, using the contact details below:

• SEH Contracts Manager, tel: 07831595543
• SEH Site Manager, tel: 07831595541