News in Maldon

An application to build an open-sided storage barn at a Heybridge industrial estate has been turned down by councillors because of flood risk – and has raised questions about future plans in the immediate area following the response to the plans from Environment Agency.

The proposed use of the barn, 51.8m long and 22m wide, was for storage and distribution, including the storage of recycling bins.

Maldon District Council is reminding visitors to Promenade Park that dogs must be kept on a leash from today (Thursday, 1 April) until the end of September.

The map with this article shows the area where the summertime Public Spaces Protection Order (PSPO) is in place at the popular park.

Residents are being warned that tips could be temporarily closed by Essex Police over the Easter weekend if the surrounding roads become too busy.

The message comes from Essex County Council after a surge in vehicles arriving to dispose of waste post-lockdown. The situation applies to all recycling centres in the county, including the large Maldon centre in Park Drive, the Burnham-on-Crouch centre in Springfield Road and the South Woodham Ferrers centre in Ferrers Road.

Marriage's Flour has said a move to a state-of-the-art site in the rural countryside provides a "great opportunity to plan for the long-term future of an established business".

Following a successful planning appeal in February 2018, which overturned the Chelmsford Council's decision to reject the company's plans for a new mill in Little Waltham, W & H Marriage & Sons Ltd has now applied for full planning permission for warehouse capacity at a site in Boreham.

The RSPCA in Essex has seen an influx of rabbits and small pets whose owners can no longer care for them - and urges people not to buy pets on impulse this Easter.

Riana the gerbil, pictured here, was found abandoned and is now being cared for by the local RSPCA.

Residents have the chance this May take part in a sponsored walk with a difference to raise money to help those in mid Essex affected by life-limiting illness.

Farleigh Hospice's virtual Tails and Trails event will take place over the May bank holiday weekend (1 to 3 May) and is an opportunity for people to meet outside with up to five friends to get some fresh air and exercise with their canine companions.

THE installation of a new £100,000 garden play area at Maldon's Promenade Park will be delayed - possibly until after the summer.

It was hoped when the plans for the redesign and upgrade of the popular Sensory Garden play area were agreed by councillors at a meeting on 24 November that it could open to the public in May this year.

The A12 has been closed between Junction 18 (for Maldon and the A414) and Junction 19 due to a serious accident on the northbound carriageway.

Traffic is also being held temporarily on the southbound side to allow the air ambulance to land.

Limebrook u3a Maldon Nub News April 2021

We have been having fun during lockdown and Limebrook u3a is now planning its 2021 to 2022 programme.

A council licensing committee has decided that an application to extend hours at an Althorne vineyard should be granted - though now the venue has to wait for the outcome of a planning application to get the final go-ahead.

Crouch Ridge Vineyard, in Fambridge Road, applied to extend its wine barn license to allow sales and consumption of the produce on the premises up to 11pm each day. The owners hope to hold wine-tasting and wine and food pairing evenings.