Land Adjacent To Oak Corner Cottage Southend Road Woodham Mortimer Essex Data via plota.co.uk

25/00997/FUL - Full Application Refused

Proposal

Erection of a new self-build dwelling and associated works Data via plota.co.uk

View original council record ↗Last checked

Application progress

✓
Received
7 Nov 2025
✓
Validated
21 Jan 2026
✓
Consultation
27 Jul 2026
✓
Committee
12 Aug 2026
✗
Refused
13 Aug 2026
Appeal
Not lodged

Refused on 13 Aug 2026 · North West Area Committee · Last checked 14 Aug 2026

Planning committee

Decided by Maldon North Western Area Planning Committee on 12 Aug 2026.

Refused

As officers recommended.

  • Officers advised refusal because the dwelling would harm the setting of the adjacent listed building.
  • The parish council opposed the scheme, while three third-party comments supported it without giving planning reasons.
  • Members rejected approval and voted to refuse the application in line with the officer recommendation.
Read how the committee decided The proposal, site history, officers’ assessment, consultation responses, committee debate, vote and refusal reasons. Includes the meeting recording

Source: Plota analysis of Maldon's committee minutes of 12 Aug 2026.

Site constraints 3

Grade II listed: Oak Corner Cottage
List entry 1337386 · 0 m away
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.
Historic England ↗
Agricultural land, grade 2
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. Natural England's Provisional ALC map (1:250,000, 1970s) agrees.
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.
Also on the record
Priority habitat 35 m away: Deciduous woodland.
Not affected
Outside flood zones 2 and 3 · Not green belt · No scheduled monument at the site

Checked on 11 September 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
Postcode
CM9 6TG
Received
7 Nov 2025
Validated
21 Jan 2026
Ward
Wickham Bishops And Woodham
Parish
Woodham Mortimer
Case officer
Show
Target decision
18 Mar 2026
Decision
Refused
Decision date
13 Aug 2026
Decision level
North West Area Committee
Applicant
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How this decision compares

Decided in 204 days from validation, 144 days slower than Maldon's median of 60 for new homes. Refused, as 32% of new homes here are.

45%decided within 8 weeks
68%approved
22%go to committee

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

Public comments

4comments received
4 supporting

100% support · above the UK average of 16%

4 neighbours consulted · Last counted 14 Aug 2026

Read the comments on the council site ↗

Consultation & key dates

Alt. reference
PP-14469933
Consultation
27 Jul 2026
Site or press notice
11 Feb 2026
Committee
12 Aug 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