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Millions Needed to help put Jaywick right

News about how rundown Jaywick is in Essex and how the people want better roads there.
And pictures of what Jaywick looks like.


Jaywick is on the North East coast of Essex within the Golf Green Ward and is situated to the south west of Clacton-on-Sea.

Jaywick is relatively isolated and by not being part of a large inner-city area, it has not had the investment opportunities afforded to other deprived areas in the country.

Something must now be done to reverse the cycle of decline in this 'overlooked' community.

The reasons why regeneration is so desperately needed in Jaywick are set out below.

Jaywick comprises three distinct parts: the Tudor Estate to the north (often referred to locally as West Clacton), the Village between the Tudor estate and the coast, and the Brooklands and Grasslands area.

Jaywick Sands was developed in the 1930s by Frank Stedman as a holiday resort and it is perhaps the last remaining "plotlands" development.

As they were originally intended for short-term holiday use many of the properties are small, poorly constructed, and built along narrow unadopted lanes. However, over some considerable time more and more people have made the area their permanent home, and it has a proud tradition of self-reliance.

Many properties are in a poor state of repair, and across almost every indicator including those for unemployment, crime and health, the Grasslands and Brooklands area is one of the most deprived in the country.

According to government official figures Grasslands and Brooklands is ranked as the 3rd most deprived area in the country, having moved from the 102nd most deprived in 2004.

Jaywick's situation is compounded by a combination of unique circumstances not found in most of the other deprived areas in the country.

•It is in a high risk flood zone but currently defended to a high standard in that the existing sea defences are able to withstand overtopping from a 1 in 200 year tide.

Therefore, providing there is no breaching or failure of the current defences there is no immediate risk from this scale of event. However, as with other areas on the east coast, the risk will increase over time due to rising sea levels.

In 50 to 75 years from now a 1 in 200 year predicted tide event could overtop the existing defences, if their height is not raised from the present level.

This limits development and investment opportunities due to the government's official guidance for development in flood risk areas (known as PPS25).

A flood risk study was commissioned in 2007 and detailed information is now available on flood risk across the regeneration area

•Approximately 45 of the estate roads are not adopted and some are in very poor condition. Although mains sewerage was installed in the early 1980s the Grasslands and Brooklands area does not contain any of the basic infrastructure enjoyed by other communities such as adequate street lighting, pedestrian crossings, pavements, road signage, bus shelters.
•Dwellings when originally constructed had only two rooms.

Most properties have very poor energy efficiency ratings and many households depend entirely on state benefits.
•There is no significant public sector housing in the area.
•Private rented accommodation amounts to approximately 30 per cent of occupied properties in Grasslands and Brooklands.


Due to the scale of the problems facing Jaywick significant central government funding is needed before major improvements can be made and the JSLG is lobbying for that funding.

At the same time the JSLG is focused on delivering some immediate improvements through activities and projects funded by the JSLG. These include the following:

1.A local neighbourhood office has been set up in the Enterprise Centre on Lotus Way.
2.Tamarisk Way car park will be resurfaced and landscaped in 2009.
3.A new community garden will be created behind the multi-use games area in Brooklands Gardens
4.Brooklands Gardens West will be improved to the same standard as Brooklands Gardens East.
5.Work will be started to investigate the feasibility of a new park on Tudor Fields.
6.Work is underway with Essex Police to see how the area can be made safer, especially around the alleyways in Brooklands.
7.The JSLG will co-ordinate funding proposals in the areas of economic participation, green spaces, and education and training arts and heritage.
8.JSLG is hosting visits to the area to show key decision-makers what the local needs are.
9.The work of the Interaction Partnership, including the neighbourhood management team e.g. community wardens, benefits advice, and funding for a range of charities and voluntary organisations, will be developed.
10.A strategic flood study has been completed (see link).
11.A condition survey of the non-adopted roads has been completed.

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[spamulike123]

shit hole should be demolished, why waste money trying to polish a turd . most of the residents are junkie scum & alcholics on benefits who pay no tax!!

[misteroz]

The trouble is that Jaywick cannot fulfil the purpose to which it's now being put. The houses and infrastructure were never designed to cater for permanent residents in 1930 - let alone 2011 - and the private sector obviously won't touch it because of the flood risk.

I can't help thinking they'd be better off building a new town a mile inland and bulldozing Jaywick to turn into a nature reserve.

[Bolly558]

Come on Tendring Council get your fingers out. These people deserve better. No doubt you spend loads of money in other parts of Essex, and totally turn a blind eye to Jaywick. This is a lovely part of Essex, its part of Englands heritage. It could be made great again with tidying up etc. Lottery funding wouldnt go amiss from those fat cats at Camelot as well. If its a flood risk get a sea wall built up, theres no excuse. Rocks can be used like in North Wales. Steve... Staffordshire.

[superauntyb]

our road in singer avenue is bad it just needs levling off and re surficing not much to ask we pay tax

[cardboardtiger]

Have a look at Birkenhead

[DrPlum]

no forgieners live there so that must say how bad it is and they put up with most shit!

[ClactonRadio]

@deanncoto930

WTF has this got to do with windows 7?

[DJCROW1974]

the shops need to stop selling the booze early in the morning as they are also doing jaywick down..everyone needs to stand up together not sit and moan.

[kukol]

My first holiday was there, in about 1959...what a shame the place has gone to ruin!

[TUMBLINJEST]

We now have brillient summer fairs organised by locals, now have a new green open play area being undertaken, and have had a new MUGA play area for tourists and locals alike.

Our 200 year old Martello Tower is open most days, and holds many artistic shows,

look up " jaywick martello tower"

Our new beach has had over £10 MILLION pounds spent on it making it one of the best in Essex, tourists love it.

The bad unmade roads only acount for just 22% of simular roads in all Tendring.