Approval granted for Sempra Homes’ schemes in Wickford

Basildon Council’s planning committee has given the go-ahead to proposals for new homes on two underused sites in Wickford.The two applications were submitted by Sempra Homes for housing developments in Thackeray Road and Kershaw Close, off Nevendon Road.The developments, which will provide a total of 10 new homes, will all be “affordable” rent and let to local people on Basildon Council’s homeseeker register.In Thackeray Road, two existing garage blocks will be demolished and four terraced two-bedroom homes, with two parking spaces per property, built in its place.The development in Kershaw Close will see a disused community hall demolished and replaced with four two-bedroom terraced homes and two two-bedroom flats.There will be two parking spaces per home and 13 extra spaces for general use.Sempra Homes is a commercial arm of Basildon Council set up to develop housing across the borough.The developments off Nevendon Road are part of Sempra’s plans to create more than 580 new homes across Basildon borough in the next five years.