The town centre development will deliver 28 much-needed, well-designed homes, improve the existing car park, and create new maker-space units for retail entrepreneurs.
Tendring District Council’s planning committee granted permission for the development in March 2025.
The scheme sets the stage for the transformation of the former Carnarvon House site and the existing High Street car park on Carnarvon Road, as part of the planned new Clacton Civic Quarter.
The Civic Quarter will also include a new publicly accessible urban realm, featuring a range of hard and soft landscaping elements.
The wider plans include the redevelopment of the current Clacton Library site. Work is underway to develop a strategy for the civic spaces ahead of completion. Organisations interested in using the spaces should contact regeneration@tendringdc.gov.uk
Government notified the Council in January 2023 that it had been successful in its funding bid for:
Clacton Hub: creation of a brand new skills and learning hub, bringing together the Adult Community Learning centre and the Library, with proposals for the University of Essex’s new Centre for Coastal Communities to join the building. This has now been granted planning permission by Essex County Council.
Carnarvon Terrace: delivery of 28 much-needed well-designed new homes, improvements to the existing Car Park, and creation of new ‘maker space units’ for retail entrepreneurs. This has planning permission from Tendring District Council.
The funding has conditions on it detailing themes and areas for which it must be spent; for example, the Brownfield Land Release Fund which paid for demolition of Carnarvon House, must be used to support at least some housing delivery.
