Great Ruffins Beacon Hill Wickham Bishops Witham Essex CM8 3EA Data via plota.co.uk

26/05050/DET - Reserved Matters Conditions Approved

Proposal

Compliance with conditions notification (Single storey link extension to side elevation to form pool house. Alterations to fenestration to facilitate conversion of garage to gym. New cart lodge & extension to existing driveway) Condition 3 - Samples or high-quality photographs of the roof tiles. Data via plota.co.uk

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Application progress

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Received
24 Mar 2026
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Validated
9 Apr 2026
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Consultation
1 May 2026
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Approved
2 Jun 2026

Approved on 2 Jun 2026 · Delegated · Last checked 1 Aug 2026

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Site constraints 5

Grade II* listed: Great Ruffins
List entry 1111087 · 0 m away · 2 more listed buildings within 150 m (2 Grade II)
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 ↗
Registered park or garden: Garden of Great Ruffins
Nationally designated heritage. Its significance and setting carry great weight.
Registered parks and gardens, battlefields, world heritage sites and protected wrecks are designated heritage assets: harm needs clear and convincing justification.
Historic England ↗
Also on the record
Inside the Wickham Bishops built-up area; Priority habitat 17 m away: Deciduous woodland; 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 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.

Sales history 1

Last sold for £1,925,000 in September 2017. Detached house, freehold.

21 September 2017£1,925,000

Sale prices from HM Land Registry's price paid record, matched to this application by its address.

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Important details

Council
Maldon
Application type
Reserved Matters Conditions
Postcode
CM8 3EA
Received
24 Mar 2026
Validated
9 Apr 2026
Ward
Great Totham
Parish
Great Totham
Case officer
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Target decision
4 Jun 2026
Decision
Conditions Cleared
Decision date
2 Jun 2026
Decision level
Delegated
Applicant
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Public comments

No public comments yet.

Last counted 1 Aug 2026

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Consultation & key dates

Alt. reference
PP-14806456
Planning Portal ref
PP-14806456
Consultation
1 May 2026
Statutory expiry
4 Jun 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

Sale prices: Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright and database right 2026. This data is licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.