Author: HART

Lewis & Scott have lodged a planning application for 29 new 'retirement' dwellings in the field to the north of 48 Woodrolfe Road, Tollesbury. The deadline for any comments for Maldon District Council is Thursday 30th September 2021. Comments can be either made on the MDC Planning website or via post to Maldon District Council. Lewis & Scott met with Tollesbury Parish Council on Monday 20...

  Bus Depot Development: Tuesday 17th August DEADLINE for comments   The developer has revised their application for 10 homes down to 9,  and as that’s below 10, as per national planning policy, no affordable housing is required.   Tollesbury Parish Council refused the application at the recent PC Planning meeting, however, that doesn't mean that it will be refused by Maldon Di...

Meeting of Tollesbury Parish Council will be held on Wednesday 4th August 2021, in The Centre commencing at 7.30 pm They will consider planning applications received from Maldon District Council including the following: Revised submission Application No: FUL/MAL/21/00343 PP-09554404 Proposal: Proposed development of 9No. 2, 3 and 4 bedroom houses including access, landscaping and associated works...

The Go-Ahead Group have changed their proposal for development yet again. Their new proposal is:  4 two bedroom properties 3 three bedroom properties 2 four + bedroom properties with 30 car parking spaces This means by reducing the total number of properties below 10 they no longer are required to provide 40% of the development as 'affordable' homes.  At the recent Tollesbury Parish Co...

The planning application for the development of the bus garage in New Road was been refused by Tollesbury Parish Council at their last meeting but has now gone to Maldon District Council for planning approval.  In 2016 the application for the demolition of the bus garage for the building of ten 2 and 3 bedroom houses was approved, but now the bus garage has been demolished, the planning appl...

Fellow villagers at 7pm on Tuesday 18th May 2021 it's the Parish Annual Assembly, our chance to raise any matters of concern about our village to the Parish Council.  Concerns such as the development of the bus garage, proposals for West St., the progress of the Neighbourhood Plan etc. Full details can be found on the Parish Council website  

Much talk about the traffic survey in North Road around the village of the past week! The Parish Council has confirmed that they haven’t commissioned this. Any surveyor should request permission though, so we may be able to find out who they are from Essex Highways next week. However it’s unlikely that a surveyor will let us know who they’re working for – i.e. which developer or land promoter – al...

Enshrine in law all brown field sites to be fully developed within a 25 mile radius of green belt or farmland before any development is allowed on non-brownfield land. Ensure in law the democratic wishes of local residents and local authorities as a precedent and limit ministerial powers to suit. Sign the petition Prioritise brownfield development in law to protect our green belt and farmland -...

The Government proposes to make fundamental and wide-reaching changes to planning law in England, and yes, if the changes go ahead, they will affect us here in the Maldon District. The Government’s intentions are set out in three “White Papers” (proposals to change the law). These are consultation papers, so they include questions that we can all answer, such as “What three words do you associ...

We made it! Gladman chose not to lodge an appeal, and the deadline has now passed. Well done Team Tollesbury – the whopping 1531 objections that we submitted last year really paid off. We’d like to say a huge thank you to everyone who has contributed, whether through donations or pledges; attending or running an event; having a collection tin on your shop counter - or to those who manage the villa...