Unit 1 At Woodrope Building Woodrolfe Road Tollesbury Essex Data via plota.co.uk

26/00473/FUL - Full Application Refused

Proposal

Retrospective application for temporary (1 Year) planning permission for the stationing of storage containers and vehicle parking at Woodrope Building. Data via plota.co.uk

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View original council record ↗Last checked 8 Oct 2026, 02:14

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Application progress

✓

Received

10 Jul 2026

✓

Validated

6 Aug 2026

✓

Consultation

14 Aug 2026

✗

Refused

1 Oct 2026

Appeal

Not lodged

Refused on 1 Oct 2026 · Delegated · Last checked 1 Oct 2026

Documents

View the documents on the council's website ↗

Site constraints 9

Flood zone 3, rivers and sea

High chance: a 1 in 100 or greater annual chance from rivers, or 1 in 200 from the sea. Any development here needs a flood risk assessment. Defences are not counted.

The Environment Agency flood map for planning. Homes in zone 3 must also pass the sequential test. Surface water flooding is a separate map.

Flood map ↗

Special protection area 51 m away: Blackwater Estuary (Mid-Essex Coast Phase 4)

Work nearby can need a habitats assessment.

Harm to a protected site is only accepted where there is no alternative and an overriding public interest.

SSSI 52 m away: Blackwater Estuary SSSI

Natural England may need consulting, depending on what is proposed.

Sites of special scientific interest are the best wildlife and geological sites in the country. Development likely to harm one is rarely permitted.

Habitat network: Network Enhancement Zone 2

Where habitat is joined up enough to work as a network. Context, not a constraint on its own.

Also on the record

1 listed building within 150 m; Inside the Tollesbury built-up area; Flood defence 41 m away (embankment, designed for a 1 in 24 year flood); Priority habitat 43 m away: No main habitat but additional habitats present; Natural England's Provisional ALC map (1:250,000, 1970s) had this area as grade 3, but it predates the buildings here and the current map does not class it as farmland.

Not affected

Not green belt · No scheduled monument at the site

Checked on 6 October 2026. Historic England, the Environment Agency, Natural England and council datasets, Open Government Licence. A boundary can run through a site and the council holds the definitive record: confirm with the council before relying on this.

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Important details

Council: Maldon
Application type: Full Application
Received: 10 Jul 2026
Validated: 6 Aug 2026
Ward: Tollesbury
Parish: Tollesbury East
Case officer: Show
Target decision: 1 Oct 2026
Decision: Refused
Decision date: 1 Oct 2026
Decision level: Delegated
Applicant: Show
Agent: Andrew Ransome - ADP Ltd

How this decision compares

Decided in 56 days from validation, about the council's usual 56 days. Refused, as 9% of commercial premises here are.

This one56d

Council56d

UK56d

54%decided within 8 weeks

91%approved

7%go to committee

Plota live figures for commercial premises decided by Maldon in the last twelve months, from validation. Maldon decision record →

Public comments

3comments received

3 objecting

100% object · above the UK average of 74%

3 neighbours consulted · Last counted 1 Oct 2026

Read the comments on the council site ↗

Consultation & key dates

Alt. reference: PP-15075518
Planning Portal ref: PP-15075518
Consultation: 14 Aug 2026
Comments by: 17 Sept 2026
Site or press notice: 26 Aug 2026
Statutory expiry: 1 Oct 2026
Env. assessment: No

Maldon

Planning Authority Score

3/10

Poor

#236 of 296 councils

Relevant to this application:

Householder decisions

Maldon is slower than most councils at deciding householder applications, ranking #204 out of 296. 53% of applications have the time limit extended, above the 41% national average. Householder applications are slightly more likely to be approved here (91%) than the national average (90%).

Slower than most councils

for householder decisions

These figures are council-wide context, not a prediction for this application. View full council performance

Maldon decision statistics

Based on MHCLG data, the year to March 2026

87%

Overall approval rate

Above avg (87%) #173 of 296

91%

Householder approved

Above avg (90%) #176 of 296

56%

Decided in 8 weeks

Below avg (63%) #204 of 296

53%

Extended time limit

Above avg (41%) #242 of 296

67%

Minor dwellings approved

66 decided (1-9 homes)

45%

Major dwellings approved

11 decided (10+ homes)

82%

Change of use approved

11 decided

444

Total decisions

59 refused in the year to March 2026