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Tavern Garage The Causeway Maldon Essex CM9 4LJ

26/00554/LDERefused
Lawful development certificate

Refused on 7 October 2026

Site boundary (council red line)

Proposal

Claim for lawful development certificate for the existing vehicle repair and maintenance use (Use Class B2), which has operated continuously on the site for over 10 years.

Received
11 August 2026
Public comments
0 · last counted 3 November 2026
Ward
Maldon North
  1. Received11 Aug
  2. Validated12 Aug
  3. Consult.
  4. Target7 Oct
  5. Decided7 Oct

Decided in 56 days

About this application

This is a planning application at Tavern Garage The Causeway Maldon Essex CM9 4LJ. Maldon has handled 2,547 applications of this type. This one was decided in 56 days. There have been 2 other applications at this address. In the past year there have been 71 applications across Maldon North. We hold 1,152 applications in total for the CM9 postcode area.

Application details

Postcode
CM9 4LJ
Parish
Maldon North

Planning application dates

Date validated
12 August 2026
Target decision date
7 October 2026

Applicant and agent

Applicant company

GSM Motor Mechanics Ltd

Company number 11744733

Status
Active
Type
Private limited company
Incorporated
31 Dec 2018 (7 years old)
Nature of business
Maintenance and repair of motor vehicles
Registered office
Maldon
View on Companies House

Company information from Companies House.

Planning decision

Case officer
Jade Elles

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • Flood zone 3: High 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

Contains public sector information from planning.data.gov.uk (MHCLG and local planning authorities), licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. © Crown copyright and database right 2026.

© 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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