The planning application for the development of the bus garage in New Road was been refused by Tollesbury Parish Council at their last meeting but has now gone to Maldon District Council for planning approval.  In 2016 the application for the demolition of the bus garage for the building of ten 2 and 3 bedroom houses was approved, but now the bus garage has been demolished, the planning appl...

Much talk about the traffic survey in North Road around the village of the past week! The Parish Council has confirmed that they haven’t commissioned this. Any surveyor should request permission though, so we may be able to find out who they are from Essex Highways next week. However it’s unlikely that a surveyor will let us know who they’re working for – i.e. which developer or land promoter – al...

The Government proposes to make fundamental and wide-reaching changes to planning law in England, and yes, if the changes go ahead, they will affect us here in the Maldon District. The Government’s intentions are set out in three “White Papers” (proposals to change the law). These are consultation papers, so they include questions that we can all answer, such as “What three words do you associ...

Back in 2014 The Mail Online published a couple of articles on Land Promoters and how they were exploiting new planning rules. Read the article: Despoiling of England: The ruthless 'no-win-no-fee' developers exploiting new planning rules to threaten our historic countryside here Read the article: Developers ruining our countryside: They bankroll farmers seeking permission to build on their field...

A recent article on the Property Investor Today website highlighted the issue of planning permission objections. The article was initially issued as a press release by Churchill Insurance. As you can see Tollesbury will now sit proudly in the top 5 for England and top 10 for the UK. Please remember that villagers of Tollesbury are not NIMBYs ! We are just standing up for our village, the one of t...