See below for this week's key planning applications in the Maldon District, received or decided on by the Council.

Applications received

1. Land south of Fambridge Road Burnham Road and East West of Station Road, Althorne

Outline planning application with all matters reserved except for access, for a phased residential-led mixed use development including:

• Up to 750 dwellings (Class C3) including affordable housing
• Up to 1,000 square-metre commercial space (Use Class E)
• Early years facility (Use Class E(f))
• Education provision (Use Class F1(a))
• A 16-hectare district park (including associated amenity provision, community orchard, landscaping, car parking and access)
• A 2.4-hectare local park (including recreation provision, community orchard, landscaping and access)
• Allotments
• Access enhancements (including a new pedestrian footbridge over the railway line, enhancements to Althorne Station, upgrades to Station Road, new spine road, modified junction at Station Road/B1010 Fambridge Road and upgrades to Station Road level crossing)
• Pedestrianisation and relandscaping around the War Memorial
• Green and blue infrastructure including sustainable urban drainage, mobility routes (footways and cycleways), biodiversity enhancements (new hedgerow and tree planting, woodland and reinstated historic hedgerows) and neighbourhood amenity space/play areas
• Public art

2. 14 Southminster Road, Tillingham CM0 7UF

Outline planning permission with the matters of access, appearance, layout and scale for consideration for the erection of seven dwellings and the retention of the existing dwelling.

3. Land between Wycke Lane and Woodrolfe Farm Lane, Tollesbury

Outline planning permission with all matters reserved for a mixed housing development.

4. The Warren, Warren Golf Club, Old London Road Woodham Walter CM9 6RW

Demolition of existing storage buildings and construction of replacement barn to be used as a Greenkeeper's office, staff room and workshop.

Applications approved

1. Winterdale Manor Enterprise Centre, Southminster Road, Althorne

Demolition of one existing commercial unit (Unit 1), and erection of a pair of commercial units (Unit 1a and Unit 1b), for Use Class E purposes, but excluding Use Class E (d) (indoor sports). Associated works including alterations to parking area, new fencing and gates, new boundary hedge, refuse and recyclable storage area, provision of cycle parking and widening of vehicle access.

2. Hall Meadows, Hall Road, Asheldham CM0 7JF

An application for the construction of a chalet-style rural worker's dwelling.

3. Royal Corinthian Yacht Club, The Quay, Burnham-On-Crouch CM0 8AX

Provision of altered escape route from second floor cabins requiring insertion of two internal interconnecting doors.

Granted listed building consent.

4. Land adjacent to 3 Norfolk Road, Maldon

Construction of a detached two-storey four-bedroom house with integral garage and driveway adjacent to 3 Norfolk Road. Renewal of planning permission 19/00301/FUL.

Applications refused

1. Land east of Birch Road, Tillingham

Full planning application for a residential development of 44 dwellings, formation of new vehicular and pedestrian access, associated open space, parking and landscaping.

Reasons for Refusal:

1. The application site lies within a rural location outside of the defined settlement boundary of Tillingham, which is defined within the LDP as a smaller village providing few services and facilities and limited employment opportunities. If developed, the site, by reason of its location, would provide poor quality and limited access to sustainable and public transportation, resulting in an increased need of private vehicle ownership and limited access to services, facilities and employment opportunities. Furthermore, the village and its limited services and facilities would be unable to sustain the quantum of development proposed. The development would therefore result in significant and demonstrable harm that cannot be outweighed by the benefits arising from this residential scheme. The development would therefore be unacceptable and contrary to policies S1, S2, S8, D1, T1, T2, H4 of the LDP and the guidance contained within the NPPF.
2. The proposal, by reason of its quantum of development proposed, layout, density, grain, scale, design and relationship with the wider area, would harm the character and appearance of the area. The identified harm to the countryside and wider area would be significantly and demonstrably greater than the benefits arising from the proposed development. As such, the development would be unacceptable and contrary to Policies S1, S8, D1 and H4 of the Maldon District Local Development Plan and guidance contained within Section 12 of the National Planning Policy Framework. Furthermore, the development.
3. The proposed development would fail to provide a housing mix that meets the District's need as set out in the Maldon District Local Housing Needs Assessment. Therefore, the development would not provide a suitable mix and range of housing to support the creation of a mixed and balanced community contrary to policy H2 of the Maldon District Local Development Plan and Government advice contained within the National Planning Policy Framework.
4. The proposed development has a potential significant impact upon protected species. The Applicant has submitted insufficient information demonstrating that the development would not have significant impact or the significant impact is such that it can be mitigated or compensated in a satisfactory way. The development is also not supported by biodiversity enhancement measures to secure biodiversity net gain. The development is therefore unacceptable and contrary to policies S1, D2 and N2 of the Local Development Plan as well as guidance contained within the National Planning Policy Framework.
5. In the absence of a completed legal agreement pursuant to Section 106 of the Town and Country Planning Act 1990, the proposal includes inadequate provision to secure the delivery of affordable housing to meet the identified need in the locality, address the Council's strategic objectives on affordable housing and supporting a mixed and balanced community, contrary to Policies S1, H1 and I1 of the Maldon District Local Development Plan and Government advice contained within the National Planning Policy Framework.
6. In the absence of a signed legal agreement to secure completion, management and maintenance of the public open space, the impact of the development cannot be mitigated contrary to Policies S1 and D1 of the Maldon District Local Development Plan and Government advice contained within the National Planning Policy Framework
7. In the absence of a completed legal agreement pursuant to Section 106 of the Town and Country Planning Act 1990, the necessary financial contribution towards Essex Coast Recreational disturbance Avoidance and Mitigation Strategy has not been secured. As a result, the development would have an adverse impact on the European designated nature conservation sites, contrary to Policies S1, D1, N1 and N2 of the Maldon District Local Development Plan and the NPPF.
8. In the absence of a completed legal agreement pursuant to Section 106 of the Town and Country Planning Act 1990, securing the provision of the necessary contribution towards health care provision, as identified by the NHS Mid and South Essex Integrated Care System, the impacts of the development on the existing health care services would not be able to be mitigated contrary to Policies S1, D1, N1 and N2 of the Maldon District Local Development Plan and the NPPF.
9. In the absence of a completed legal agreement pursuant to Section 106 of the Town and Country Planning Act 1990, securing a necessary financial contribution towards Early Years and Childcare placements and provision for & Secondary Education, libraries, and Secondary School Transport, the development would have an adverse impact on the Education provision and the provision of secondary school travel contrary to Policies S1, and I1 of the Maldon District Local Development Plan and the NPPF.
10. In the absence of a completed legal agreement pursuant to Section 106 of the Town and Country Planning Act 1990 to secure the necessary provision of Residential Travel Information Pack for sustainable transport, the impact of the development cannot be mitigated contrary to Policies S1 and T2 of the Maldon District Local Development Plan and Government advice contained within the National Planning Policy Framework.

2. 3 Freshwater Crescent, Heybridge CM9 4PA

An application for a single-storey rear extension.

Reasons for Refusal:

1. The rear extension proposed, as a result of its scale, bulk, position, and design, would be a dominant, incongruous addition to the host dwelling which would lack architectural merit, to the detriment of the character and appearance of the existing property and the wider streetscene, as well as the Conservation Area contrary to Policies D1, D3 and H4 of the approved Maldon District Local Development Plan and the NPPF.
2. The proposed single storey rear extension, due to its height, depth and proximity to the boundary of the site, would have an overbearing and dominating impact on the neighbouring occupiers to the south east, No.1 Freshwater Crescent. Therefore, the proposed development would be an unneighbourly form of development which would cause material harm to the amenity of the occupiers of this neighbouring property, contrary to policies D1 and H4 of the Maldon District Local Development Plan and the guidance contained within the National Planning Policy Framework.