News in Maldon

PROPOSALS for a £7 million holiday park in Woodham Walter have been given the thumbs down by parish councillors over fears the plans would change the nature of the village.

Now Maldon District Council will decide the fate of the scheme to build 70 new holiday lodges at The Warren Estate after Woodham Walter Parish Council decided yesterday (Wednesday 5 August) to recommend that the planning application is rejected. There are currently 102 lodges at the site and the parish councillors believe there is no evidence to suggest a tourism demand for more.

PROMENADE Park will be the setting for a new locally-produced wine and beer pop-up event starting tomorrow.

The Grape and Grain Experience is aimed at helping local vineyards and breweries recover from the effects of the Covid-19 pandemic. It will run from Thursday to Sunday each week from 12 noon until dusk, starting tomorrow (6 August).

HOPES for next year's Maldon Carnival procession are pinned on an end to the Covid-19 pandemic by next August - after the event was cancelled at the weekend for just the second time since World War Two.

The popular carnival, which saw hundreds of residents line the town centre's streets when it last ran in August 2018, had been going strong since 1895.

PLANS for a £7million holiday park development in Woodham Walter have been submitted to Maldon District Council.

The plans for the Warren Estate are for a total of 70 new holiday lodges at the site, which is situated in the village between Chelmsford and Maldon. Fifty of the new lodges will be for families and offer activity breaks, while the other 20 will be for adults only and offer short breaks.

BUSINESSES in the Maldon district are being urged to sign up to the 'Made on the Saltmarsh Coast' scheme.

Aimed at helping local businesses get back on track after the Covid-19 pandemic, the idea is to help them promote produce, products and services to visitors and local people.

RESTAURANTS, cafes and other businesses across Maldon can now apply for fast-tracked pavement licences to allow alfresco dining.

Applications to set up tables and chairs in the street or other outdoor spaces will get a decision within as little as two weeks.

MP John Whittingdale has welcomed the launch of Maldon Nub News.

Mr Whittingdale OBE, who is Media Minister as well as the town's MP, said: "Nub News, which employs professional journalists and where people can know that facts and stories are properly checked, is fulfilling an extremely important function.

Welcome to Maldon Nub News, the news website that gets to the heart of our community.

We are a hyper-local organisation with Nub News sites across the UK. Paula Spenceley, your regional editor for Maldon Nub News, is based in Heybridge and has been part of the Maldon community for the last six years.

BROOMFIELD Hospital has reached a gold standard for its end of life care.

Doctors, nurses and therapists on two wards at the hospital in Court Road, Chelmsford, have been trained to help identify patients who are likely to be entering the last year of life – and then discuss and plan the months ahead with them.

SIXTY restaurants, cafes, coffee houses and pubs within five miles of Maldon town centre have registered for the Government's Eat Out to Help Out scheme.

From today (Monday, 3 August) diners eating out between Mondays and Wednesdays - right through until the end of the month – will get 50 per cent off their bill, up to a maximum of £10 per person, at any of the eating places taking part. The discount applies to food and non-alcoholic drinks only.