Colour Naturally Lofts Farm Broad Street Green Road Great Totham Maldon Essex CM9 8NZ Data via plota.co.uk

25/01100/FUL - Full Application Approved
AgriculturalChange of use

Proposal

Retrospective Change of Use from Temporary Agricultural Accommodation to Farm Office Data via plota.co.uk

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Application progress

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Received
12 Dec 2025
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Validated
20 Jan 2026
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Consultation
20 Feb 2026
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Approved
17 Apr 2026

Approved on 17 Apr 2026 · Delegated · Last checked 6 Jul 2026

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Site constraints 3

2 listed buildings within 150 m of the postcode pin
Nearest: Granary and Attached Cartlodge at Lofts Farm, Grade II, about 20 m from the postcode pin · 2 Grade II
The site itself is not listed. Listed building consent is needed for work that affects the special interest of a listed building, inside or out, on top of planning permission. Setting can be a consideration for buildings nearby; there is no fixed radius.
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Historic England ↗
Agricultural land, grade 3b
Not best and most versatile land (grades 1, 2 and 3a). Source: the Predictive Agricultural Land Classification Map (Defra and Natural England, 2025; the Welsh Government's Predictive ALC Map 2 in Wales), a model rather than a site survey. A site survey can differ.
Where development of farmland is needed, policy prefers poorer land over the best and most versatile (grades 1, 2 and 3a). Three sources: Natural England's post-1988 field surveys, which are definitive where they exist; the Defra predictive map for England (2025) and the Welsh Government predictive map, modelled from the soil map with 3a and 3b split; and the 1970s provisional map, which planners and other services still show, coarser and with grade 3 undivided. Where the provisional and predicted grades disagree, treat the predicted grade as the current estimate and expect an application to carry its own survey.
SSSI about 75 m away: Lofts Farm Pit 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.
Not affected
Outside flood zones 2 and 3 · Not green belt · No scheduled monument at the site

Checked on 6 October 2026. The pin for this application is the centre of its postcode rather than the building, so distances to nearby designations are measured from the postcode and can be out by the width of the postcode area. 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
Postcode
CM9 8NZ
Received
12 Dec 2025
Validated
20 Jan 2026
Ward
Great Totham
Parish
Great Totham
Case officer
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Target decision
17 Mar 2026
Decision
Approved
Decision date
17 Apr 2026
Decision level
Delegated
Applicant
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Agent
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How this decision compares

Decided in 87 days from validation, 31 days slower than Maldon's median of 56 for changes of use. Approved, as 71% of changes of use here are.

68%decided within 8 weeks
71%approved
7%go to committee

Plota live figures for changes of use decided by Maldon in the last twelve months, from validation. Maldon decision record →

Consultation & key dates

Alt. reference
PP-14509383
Planning Portal ref
PP-14509383
Consultation
20 Feb 2026
Comments by
23 Mar 2026
Site or press notice
2 Mar 2026
Statutory expiry
17 Mar 2026
Env. assessment
No

Historical activity at this location

9 nearby applications on record - archival context, not part of the live application.

Within ~100m

Nearby activity

2023 Approved
Barn A Lofts Farmhouse Broad Street Green Road Great Totham Essex
Repair and alteration works to curtilage listed agricultural barn to enable its use for f…
23/00661/FUL
2023 Approved
Lofts Farmhouse Broad Street Green Road Great Totham Maldon Essex CM9 8NZ
Compliance with conditions notification 22/00313/COUPA (Prior notification of a proposed…
23/05097/DET
2023 Approved
Lofts Farmhouse Broad Street Green Road Great Totham Maldon Essex CM9 8NZ
Compliance with conditions notification 22/00313/COUPA (Prior notification of a proposed…
23/05097/DET
2023 Approved
Land At Lofts Farmhouse Broad Street Green Road Great Totham Essex
Temporary siting of a temporary dwelling for 3 years to provide accommodation during the…
23/00022/FUL
2023 Approved
Barn A Lofts Farmhouse Broad Street Green Road Great Totham Essex
Conversion of Barn A into studio and workshop.
23/00132/LBC
2023 Refused
Barn A Lofts Farmhouse Broad Street Green Road Great Totham Essex
Conversion of Barn A into studio and workshop.
23/00131/FUL
2023 Refused
Barn A Lofts Farmhouse Broad Street Green Road Great Totham Essex
Conversion of Barn A into studio and workshop.
23/00131/FUL
2022 Approved
Barn B Lofts Farm Broad Street Green Road Great Totham Essex
Prior notification of a proposed change of use of agricultural barn to a dwellinghouse (u…
22/00313/COUPA
2022 Approved
Barn B Lofts Farm Broad Street Green Road Great Totham Essex
Prior notification of a proposed change of use of agricultural barn to a dwellinghouse (u…
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Maldon
Planning Authority Score
3/10
Poor
#236 of 296 councils
Relevant to this application:
Change of use

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
Source: MHCLG planning statistics · See full council rankings