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26/00621/FUL - Full Application Pending consideration

Proposal

S73A/ Retrospective retention of children's play area, single storey arcade/games building and elevated sauna structure on shipping container with associated works. Data via plota.co.uk

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View original council record ↗Last checked 27 Oct 2026, 01:52

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Application progress

✓

Appeal allowed

7 May 2026

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Received

8 Sept 2026

✓

Validated

30 Sept 2026

✓

Consultation

9 Oct 2026

Decision

Expected by 25 Nov 2026

Under consideration

No decision has been issued yet. Plota predicts a decision between 25 Nov 2026 and 16 Dec 2026, from Maldon's recent commercial premises.

Comments are open until 5 Nov 2026

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Documents

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Site constraints 8

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 ↗

Public footpath 3 m away

Matters where it crosses or adjoins the site: obstructing a path without a diversion order is an offence, and work cannot start until the order is confirmed.

Compiled from highway authority data, not the legal definitive map. A few authorities have not published, so no path shown is not proof there is none.

Maldon to Salcott 1 m away

Matters where it crosses or adjoins the site; the route and its margin are protected.

Special protection area 4 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 4 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: Coastal saltmarsh

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

Also on the record

Flood defence 5 m away (embankment, designed for a 1 in 191 year flood); Priority habitat 8 m away: Coastal saltmarsh.

Not affected

Not green belt · No listed building at the site · No scheduled monument at the site

Checked on 9 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: 8 Sept 2026
Validated: 30 Sept 2026
Ward: Heybridge East
Parish: Heybridge East
Case officer: Show
Target decision: 25 Nov 2026
Decision level: Delegated
Appeal: Allowed · 7 May 2026 · Written Representations · Inspectorate case 6002863 ↗
Applicant: Show
Agent: Show

Decision outlook

Day 28 of the 56-day target. Maldon usually decides commercial premises by day 56.

prediction

Day 2828 days to the 56-day target

53%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

No public comments yet.

Last counted 24 Oct 2026

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Consultation & key dates

Alt. reference: PP-15204689
Planning Portal ref: PP-15204689
Consultation: 9 Oct 2026
Comments by: 5 Nov 2026
Site or press notice: 15 Oct 2026
Statutory expiry: 25 Nov 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