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Land Adjacent The Old Forge And Thornley Cottage Burnham Road Althorne Essex

24/00912/FULFull ApplicationRefused
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Refused on 21 May 2025

Delegated (officer decision)

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

Construction of new dwelling and associated development

Received
25 November 2024
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Public comments
6
Ward
Althorne
  1. Received25 Nov
  2. Validated25 Nov
  3. Consult.5 Jan
  4. Target20 Jan
  5. Decided21 May

Decided in 177 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a full planning application for a new dwelling at Land Adjacent The Old Forge And Thornley Cottage Burnham Road Althorne Essex. Maldon has handled 719 applications of this type. This one was decided in 177 days, 17 weeks longer than Maldon's typical decision time. There have been 2 other applications at this address. In the past year there have been 57 applications across Althorne.

85% of full applications at Maldon District Council were approved. Across all application types, the council typically decides in about 8 weeks (median).

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Application details

Application type
Full Application
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Althorne

Planning application dates

Date validated
25 November 2024
Consultation expiry
5 January 2025
Consultation start
13 February 2025
Last date for comments
5 January 2025
Target decision date
20 January 2025

Applicant and agent

Applicant
Private applicant
Agent address
Studio on the Green Ballards Gore Golf Club Gore Road Rochford SS4 2DA

Planning decision

Case officer
Lucinda Blythe
Statutory period
56 days

Publicity

Last advertised
12 December 2024
Advertisement expiry
2 January 2025
Site notice start
12 December 2024
Site notice end
5 January 2025

Appeal history

3367949
Allowed
Type: Planning AppealProcedure: Written RepresentationsDecision: 11 December 2025Dev Type: Minor DwellingsReason: Refusal

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-13574479

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • 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 (22)

flood storage areas, conservation areas, listed buildings, 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.

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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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