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Land Adjacent Westerings Purleigh Essex

25/00474/OUTMOutline Application MajorRefused
Outline / PiP

Refused on 7 November 2025

Planning committee

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

Outline planning application for proposed residential development of up to 55 dwellings and associated infrastructure with all matters reserved except for access

Received
12 May 2025
Decision level
Planning committee
Public comments
115
Ward
Purleigh
  1. Received12 May
  2. Validated14 May
  3. Consult.26 Jun
  4. Target13 Aug
  5. Decided7 Nov

Decided in 177 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is an outline application at Land Adjacent Westerings Purleigh Essex. Maldon has handled 211 applications of this type. This one was decided in 179 days, 18 weeks longer than Maldon's typical decision time. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 62 applications across Purleigh.

74% of outline 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
Outline Application Major
Scale / size
Large
Number of dwellings
55
Parish
Purleigh

Planning application dates

Date validated
14 May 2025
Consultation expiry
26 June 2025
Consultation start
2 September 2025
Last date for comments
26 June 2025
Target decision date
13 August 2025
Committee meeting
5 November 2025

Applicant and agent

Applicant
Private applicant
Agent address
270 Avenue West Great Notley CM77 7AA

Planning decision

Case officer
Fiona Bradley
Statutory period
91 days

Publicity

Last advertised
5 June 2025
Advertisement expiry
26 June 2025

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-14004704

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.

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.

Source: Maldon

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