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The Kings Head Centre 38 High Street Maldon Essex

23/00995/PACUCDPrior Ap COU comm bus serv to dwellingRefused
Prior approval

Refused on 18 December 2023

Council decision: Prior Approval RefusedDelegated (officer decision)

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Proposal

Prior notification for the change of use of suite 5 from office (Use Class E) to residential (Use Class C3)

Received
16 October 2023
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Public comments
4
Ward
Maldon North
  1. Received16 Oct
  2. Validated31 Oct
  3. Consult.11 Dec
  4. Target25 Dec
  5. Decided18 Dec

Decided in 48 days

About this application

This is a planning application for a change of use at The Kings Head Centre 38 High Street Maldon Essex. Maldon has handled 2,547 applications of this type. This one was decided in 63 days, 7 days longer than Maldon's typical decision time. The site is in the Maldon conservation area, with 20 listed buildings nearby. There has been 1 other application at this address. In the past year there have been 71 applications across Maldon North.

Application details

Application type
Prior Ap COU comm bus serv to dwelling
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Maldon North

Planning application dates

Date validated
31 October 2023
Consultation expiry
11 December 2023
Consultation start
3 November 2023
Last date for comments
11 December 2023
Target decision date
25 December 2023

Applicant and agent

Agent address
39 Halsbury Road Bristol BS6 7SS

Planning decision

Statutory period
55 days

Publicity

Last advertised
9 November 2023
Advertisement expiry
30 November 2023
Site notice start
20 November 2023
Site notice end
11 December 2023

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-12527081
Documents
10

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • Conservation area: Maldon+1 more
  • Listed building: Grade II: Kings Head HotelOn this site · +5 more
  • Flood zone 1: Low probability (rivers and sea)

Not published by this council, so not checked: tree preservation orders. Ask the council if these matter.

Possibly incomplete for this council: Article 4 directions.

Also checked, none recorded (20)

flood storage areas, green belt, scheduled monuments, World Heritage Sites, World Heritage Site buffer zones, registered parks and gardens, registered battlefields, Heritage at Risk entries, nutrient neutrality catchments, national parks, National Landscapes, SSSIs, Special Areas of Conservation, Special Protection Areas, Ramsar sites, ancient woodland, national nature reserves, local nature reserves, heritage coasts and brownfield registers.

A guide only, from official open data; it is not a planning search. Flood zones cover rivers and sea, not surface water.

Data © Crown copyright and others · sources and licences

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© Historic England 2026. Contains Ordnance Survey data © Crown copyright and database right 2026. The Historic England GIS Data contained in this material was obtained on 2026-11-03. The most publicly available up to date Historic England GIS Data can be obtained from HistoricEngland.org.uk.

© Natural England copyright. Contains Ordnance Survey data © Crown copyright and database right 2026.

© Environment Agency copyright and/or database right 2026. All rights reserved. Flood Map for Planning, Open Government Licence v3.0.

Contains Ordnance Survey data © Crown copyright and database right 2026.

Source: Office for National Statistics licensed under the Open Government Licence v.3.0. Contains OS data © Crown copyright and database right 2026.

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