DEMOLITION work has begun on a set of educational buildings to make way for a new 75-bed care home.
Former Braintree College buildings are being torn down to make way for the new home alongside 19 'lifelong' bungalows for the over 55's off Church Lane in Bocking.
The site was sold off by owners Colchester Institute in an effort to raise funds for its new state-of-the-art STEM centre which opened in November 2019.
A total of nine buildings will be demolished to make way for the new care home.
The plans, by M Scott Properties, were unanimously approved by Braintree District Council's planning committee.