02/12/25

Emergency Services Planning Protocol launched at Essex Planning in Partnership Conference

Essex County Fire and Rescue Service, Essex Police, and the East of England Ambulance Service, supported by PFCC Roger Hurst and the Essex Developers Group, jointly hosted the very first Planning...

23/10/25

A New Plan for Nature Recovery in Essex

Essex has taken a major step forward in tackling the decline of wildlife with the launch of the Essex Local Nature Recovery Strategy (LNRS), a first-of-its-kind plan designed to boost...

15/08/25

Supported and Specialist Housing Needs in Essex

At the August in-person meeting of the Essex Developers Group, kindly hosted by Ground Control the big topic this time around was the housing mix required to cater for those with...

14/05/25

CHESS Homeless Charity takes ownership of 24 homes to help tackle homelessness in Chelmsford

Award-winning five-star housebuilder The Hill Group has handed over 24 DuoHaus homes to Chelmsford charity CHESS Homeless. The modular, self-contained properties have been purpose-built to support local homeless people to...

11/04/25

Kind & Co pleased to host the Essex Developer Group’s meeting on site with a Passivhaus Presentation!

Yesterday the sun did us proud along with our team at Lexden Gardens, who helpfully welcomed the Essex Developers Group (EDG) to site for a visit to the historic former...

26/02/25

Maldon successfully completes TA scheme for homeless

A significant milestone has been celebrated by Maldon District Council. Maldon has successfully completed a temporary accommodation scheme for homeless individuals in Mid-Essex which includes a wheelchair accessible unit funded...

17/02/25

EDG supports Building New Communities

The Essex Developers Group is proud to be supporting the Building New Communities Conference again this year, as founding members we are excited to see the programme grow with an...

18/12/24

Construction and Development (DPS)

South East Consortium launches new Construction and Development Dynamic Purchasing System (DPS). This DPS replaces the expiring New Build Framework we procured in 2020. It's been designed to help customers...

15/11/24

Hollymead Square is a groundbreaking collaboration between The Hill Group, Clarion Housing Group and Octopus Energy

Hollymead Square, Newport is a groundbreaking collaboration between The Hill Group, Clarion Housing Group and Octopus Energy. Located in an idyllic rural setting, it is the UK’s largest and first...

15/11/24

Moat are upgrading customers’ homes in Essex to be warmer and more energy efficient

In 2023, Moat Housing Association successfully secured over £6 million in funding from the Social Housing Decarbonisation Fund and have invested around £10 million of their own funds into improving...