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==== Horizon Scanning Log ====

===== 13 June 2026 =====
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* [https://brightlingsea.info/brightlingsea-news/samsons-road-plans-for-300-houses-likely-to-be-scrapped Tendring Local Plan: 300-home Samsons Road site (SAH4) likely to be dropped]
: Tendring District Council’s planning committee has proposed removing the SAH4 site (up to 300 homes off Samsons Road) due to landscape sensitivity and single-road access. Five smaller alternative sites, including the former Well House site, totalling approximately 90 homes, are favoured.
* [https://www.clactonandfrintongazette.co.uk/news/26134056.brightlingsea-welcomes-new-mayor-eager-support-town Brightlingsea Town Council appoints new mayor for 2026-27]
: Ric Morgan has been appointed Brightlingsea Town Council mayor for 2026-27, with Kate Mitchell as deputy mayor. Morgan succeeds Cllr Jayne Chapman BEM.
* [https://www.gazette-news.co.uk/news/26120627.new-video-vit-ria-barreto-day-disappearance New CCTV released in Vitória Barreto disappearance linked to Brightlingsea boatyard]
: New CCTV footage shows missing person Vitória Barreto jumping a boatyard fence on the day she disappeared. A boat was later found unmoored and adrift; a lifebuoy from the vessel was recovered. Investigation ongoing.
* [https://www.gazette-news.co.uk/news/26109998.brightlingsea-man-joseph-dines-sentenced-drugs-offences Brightlingsea man Joseph Dines sentenced for drugs offences]
: Brightlingsea resident Joseph Dines, previously handed a suspended sentence for indecent images of children, has now been sentenced for cannabis cultivation and drug dealing.
* [https://www.gazette-news.co.uk/news/26188683.foxs-yacht-sales-joins-brightlingseas-morgans-group Fox's Yacht Sales joins Brightlingsea's Morgans Group]
: Ipswich-based Fox's Yacht Sales has become part of Brightlingsea maritime firm Morgans Group.
* [https://www.clactonandfrintongazette.co.uk/news/26133908.brightlingsea-lido-reopens-bank-holiday-weekend Brightlingsea Lido reopens for the season]
: Brightlingsea's open-air Lido has reopened for the Bank Holiday weekend and the summer season.
* [https://www.gazette-news.co.uk/news/26163121.neighbours-alan-fletcher-perform-brightlingsea-festival Neighbours' Alan Fletcher to perform at Brightlingsea festival]
: Actor and musician Alan Fletcher, known for ''Neighbours'', and his five-piece band are scheduled to perform on Hurst Green as part of a Brightlingsea town festival.