Read this week's roundup of the key planning applications in the Maldon District, received or decided on by the Council.

Applications received

1. Courtyard Clinic, 1 The Old Cutting Rooms, Church Walk, Maldon CM9 4PY

Application for the alteration of the staircase and change of use from live/work to commercial (retrospective).

2. Agricultural Building at Wraywick Farm, The Marshes, Southminster

Strutt and Parker (Farms) Ltd: Proposed conversion of an agricultural building to form five dwellings.

3. Land Adjacent Riverside Cottages Ferry Road North Fambridge

Claim for lawful development certificate for the existing use of a building as a summer house and ancillary accommodation.

4. 37 Victoria Road, Maldon CM9 5HE

An application to reduce a holly tree by four metres and fell a Silver Birch.

Applications approved

1. Land between Kings Road and Burnham Road, Southminster

New development comprising nine detached and terraced dwellings.

The proposed properties will be clad externally in weatherboard, and some will be rendered to match the surroundings with face brickwork garages. (Credit: Maldon District Council)

Planning permission has been granted for the erection of nine "traditional style" two-storey dwellings. Houses 1 and 2 will be detached and will front Kings Road with an access road between them. House 3 will also be detached. Houses 4, 5 and 6 are set to be terraced, with the two end properties each hosting an attached garage. Houses 7, 8 and 9 will be terraced similarly in style.

2. Land south of Poplar Grove Farm, Poplar Grove Chase, Great Totham

The temporary display of advertisements comprising;

1. Four free-standing non-illuminated flagpole adverts and one single-sided free-standing non-illuminated advert located to the north of the junction of the Westcombe Park Spine Road and the Broad Street Green Road roundabout
2. Four free-standing non-illuminated flagpole adverts and one single-sided free-standing non-illuminated advert located to the south-east of the junction of the Westcombe Park Spine Road and the Broad Street Green Road roundabout

Together with the removal of an existing free-standing non-illuminated advert located to the west of Broad Street Green Road. The adverts are in connection with the sale of homes at Westcombe Park, Heybridge. The adverts are proposed to be displayed during the period in which new houses remain available for sale, for a temporary period not exceeding five years.

3. High House, Old Heath Road, Althorne CM3 6EW

High House Weddings: Change of use from dwelling house (C3) to Sui Generis for use as part of a wedding venue accommodation. Internal and external alterations.

4. Rolls Farm 3 Prentice Hall Lane Tollesbury CM9 8RW

Remove 1950s external cement render, repair timber frame, introduce insulation, and apply external lime render. Work on the north and south walls of the east cross-wing has already been carried out.

Applications refused

1. The Vault, 12C Station Road, Southminster CM0 7EW

Application for non-material amendment following grant of Planning Permission 20/00360/FUL (Change of use from office use class B1a to residential class C3 to create five residential units, involving partial demolition of rear wing to create parking, cycle and refuse storage space and construct first floor extension).

Amendment sought: Addition of a privacy screen to the rear of the first floor flat.

Reason for refusal:

1. The proposed change in the development would not constitute a non-material amendment application as the application has not been built in accordance with the approved plans under reference 20/00360/FUL. Double doors have been installed in place of a window on the rear elevation at first floor level.

2. Land at 7 Mill Road, Mayland

An application to form a base with an erection of a mobile home to the rear garden.

Reasons for refusal:

1. The proposed siting of the outbuilding would result in a change of use of land to residential garden space, and by extending the residential curtilage would substantially alter the open character and intrinsic beauty of the countryside due to the potential for increased residential paraphernalia on the site. Accordingly, the proposal would result in demonstrable harm to the character and appearance of both the application site and surrounding countryside., contrary to Policies S1, S8, D1 and H4 of the Maldon District Local Development Plan and Government guidance contained within the National Planning Policy Framework.
2. The development, by adding to the number of outbuildings and hard standing already on the site, would further detract from its character through an increased level of clutter to the detriment of its appearance. Accordingly, the proposal would result in demonstrable harm to the character and appearance of both the application site and surrounding countryside., contrary to Policies S1, S8, D1 and H4 of the Maldon District Local Development Plan and Government guidance contained within the National Planning Policy Framework.

3. 10 Alexandra Road, Burnham-On-Crouch CM0 8BW

Demolition of existing garage and construction of a single storey rear/side extension with rooflights and a self-contained annex for elderly mother. Fenestration alterations.

1. The proposed development would result in insufficient provision of on-site car parking which is likely to result in on-street parking to the detriment of pedestrian and highway safety and the free flow of traffic within the area. Therefore, the development is contrary to the guidance contained within the Maldon District Specialist Housing SPD and contrary to policies D1 and T2 of the Maldon District Local Development Plan and the guidance contained within the National Planning Policy Framework.

4. Chase House, Maldon Road, Latchingdon CM3 6LG

Demolition of existing garage and proposed cartlodge with room above.

Reason for refusal:

1. The proposed cartlodge, by reason of its scale, design and location, would be out of keeping with its surroundings, and would not appear subordinate to the principal dwelling, Chase House. Therefore, the proposal would result in material harm to the character and appearance of the site and the surrounding area, contrary to Policies D1 and H4 of the Maldon District Local Development Plan (2017), and the policies and guidance contained within the National Planning Policy Framework (2021).

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