Offices Beckingham Business Park Beckingham Street Tolleshunt Major Essex Data via plota.co.uk

26/00517/VARM - Variations Major Pending consideration

Proposal

Variation of condition 2 & 6 on approved planning permission (allowed on appeal APP/ for Erection of 13No. Business & General Industrial Units (Use Classes B1b, B1c and B2), Office Block (Use Class B1a) and Cafe (Use Class A3), complete with related infrastructure including road, parking spaces, drainage, landscaping and ecological area). Amendment sought: to change the building currently allocated for use as a Café (Old Use Class A3 / New Class E (b)) to use as Offices (Old Use Class B1a / New Use Class E(g)), with associated design changes whilst maintaining a similar building footprint Data via plota.co.uk

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Application progress

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Received
29 Jul 2026
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Validated
25 Aug 2026
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Consultation
25 Aug 2026
Decision
Expected by 24 Nov 2026

Under consideration

No decision has been issued yet. A decision is expected by 24 Nov 2026.

The consultation period closed on 24 Sept 2026.

Site constraints 2

Also on the record
Inside the Tolleshunt Major built-up area; 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
Outside flood zones 2 and 3 · Not green belt · No listed building at the site

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Important details

Council
Maldon
Application type
Variations Major
Received
29 Jul 2026
Validated
25 Aug 2026
Ward
Tolleshunt D'Arcy
Parish
Tolleshunt Major
Case officer
Show
Target decision
24 Nov 2026
Decision level
Delegated
Applicant
Show
Agent
Simon Taylor - B3 Architects

Public comments

No public comments yet.

Last counted 7 Oct 2026

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Consultation & key dates

Alt. reference
PP-15117969
Planning Portal ref
PP-15117969
Consultation
25 Aug 2026
Comments by
24 Sept 2026
Site or press notice
3 Sept 2026
Statutory expiry
24 Nov 2026
Env. assessment
No
Maldon
Planning Authority Score
3/10
Poor
#236 of 296 councils
Relevant to this application:
Major dwellings

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