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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...

Back in 2014 The Mail Online published a couple of articles on Land Promoters and how they were exploiting new planning rules. Read the article: Despoiling of England: The ruthless 'no-win-no-fee' developers exploiting new planning rules to threaten our historic countryside here Read the article: Developers ruining our countryside: They bankroll farmers seeking permission to build on their field...

News Item by Bryony Ormes in the Maldon Standard 19th November 2019 Campaign group’s joy as Tollesbury homes rejected Plans for close to 100 homes which were slammed by residents have been refused by Maldon District Council. The planning application by Gladman for up to 90 homes in Mell Road, Tollesbury, was turned down. The decision came after months of campaigning from the group Housi...