Lewis & Scott Planning Application 21/00702/FUL, Land North Of 48, Woodrolfe Road, Tollesbury, Essex

**Revised cut-off date for planning application comments has now been extended until 21stJuly 2022**

Lewis & Scott have revised their planning application for Salt Meadows and comments can be made on the MDC Planning website until 19th July 2022.

The developers have submitted more documents and new plans include reducing the number of housing units, despite what the blue letter says on the telegraph pole, and including more ‘affordable rent’ units and those for shared ownership.

Please would you review these documents and comment as necessary – comments can now be made until 21st July 2022. If you have already made a comment you can add another.

Options for submitting comments:
  • By post to Planning Services, Maldon District Council, Princes Road, Maldon CM9 5DL
  • Online via the Maldon District Council Planning Website
  • Via email to planning@maldon.gov.uk
Remember to include the planning application number, the site address of the proposed development, your name and your address.
 
As a reminder, these are some of the grounds that you can use for objection, if you so wish.
Note that these are high level issues, and there are many more concerns and discrepancies lurking in the detail!
 
(Comments from other Tollesbury residents may be helpful and can be viewed on MDC’s planning website.)
  1. Concerns over climate change-related tidal flooding and risk of surface water flash floods. (Did they not see Look East?)
  2. A prior residents’ survey which indicated the unsuitability of development in the eastern part of the village, and which also showed a greater demand for affordable housing for younger people.
  3. Unsuitability of the location for older residents, due to the distance from the main village amenities (shops, bus stop, doctor’s surgery).
  4. Unsuitability of the location for older residents due to the absence of pavements in places, the restrictive width of pavements in places, the volume and nature of HGV traffic on Woodrolfe Road, and the absence of a traffic survey.
  5. Tollesbury Parish Council have considered the proposal and recommended refusal.
  6. In 2014 the development of 24 houses on this site was refused and went to appeal. You can view the Planning Inspectorate decision on the MDC website