Chelmsford Urban Expansion
- Capital Investment - Essex, Southend & Thurrock, Growing Places Fund, Less than £2m
Approval Status
Fully Approved
Delivery Status
GPF Project Delivered
Repayment Completion Date
Spring 2017
The early phase of 
development in north east Chelmsford involves heavy infrastructure demands which are constrained to 1,000 completed dwellings. The fund will help deliver an improvement to the Boreham Interchange, allowing the threshold to be raised to 1,350 dwellings, improving cash flow and the simultaneous commencement of two major housing schemes.
Capital Programme delivery update
Take a look at our update on the delivery of the Local Growth Fund (LGF) and Growing Places Fund (GPF) capital programmes.
Growing Places Fund
The Growing Places Fund (GPF) was established by the Ministry for Housing, Communities and Local Government (formerly the Department for Communities and Local Government) and the Department for Transport (DfT) in 2011. The aim of this funding is to unlock economic growth, create jobs and ‘kick-start’ house building at stalled development sites.