Social Value Ideas for Maldon District Council

Approve the application

The committee moved to accept the officer recommendation and approved the planning application by vote, with three members against. This is the formal action outcome of the meeting item.

“Can I accept the officer's recommendation and approve this? [clears throat] >> Yeah. >> Anyone wish to uh easily by second that's second. Um but I pro…”

Great Totham approval agreed

Members resolved to approve the Great Totham outline application for up to 150 homes, subject to a section 106 agreement and planning conditions. The decision was taken despite debate about settlement…

“Members, it's now down to us to debate. Um counc you said you'd like to speak to start the next one. >> I think above. Okay. Um I councelor Darren fir…”

Planning Application Refusal Decision

Committee voted to refuse 550-dwelling development application based on three reasons: (1) Harmful landscape and visual impact on valued landscape; (2) Lack of mitigation for great crested newts; (3) …

“that application is refused in line with the officer's recommendation and and reasons for refusal as discussed.”

Finalise conditions within 7 days

The inspector asked the parties to provide a final revised conditions list within seven days, reflecting agreed deletions and wording changes discussed during the roundtable. This is a clear post-hear…

“Could I ask you to consider what we've discussed then and provide me with a final, final advice list of conditions within the next seven days, please.…”

Warehouse scheme approved

The committee resolved to approve an outline planning application for four B8 warehouse units at Blackwater Trading Estate, subject to conditions and a section 106 legal agreement. The decision also r…

“The report brought before members tonight seeks to set out and recommend approval the erection of four warehouse units under B8 use amounting to 10,47…”

Decision deferred for more evidence

The committee did not approve the application at the meeting. After debate, members moved to defer the item so officers could explore safer routes to school, transport, fire hydrants and related infra…

“I think you were asking for a second. I wasn't sure if clearly it's being sent around the room. Well, I'm not sure, so we're gonna have to have a show…”

Latchingdon deferred for review

The Latchingdon outline application for up to 140 dwellings was deferred after members questioned the sequential test, flood-risk assessment, ecology evidence and wastewater capacity. The committee as…

“I therefore ask members to defer the application for reconsultation rather than approve it this evening.”

Updated RAMS tariff approved

The council approved the revised and updated Essex Coast Recreational Disturbance Avoidance and Mitigation Strategy 2026 and agreed a new RAMS tariff of £500 per new dwelling or qualifying unit, index…

“It's recommended at Little One that the revised and updated Essex Coast Recreational Disturbance Avoidance Mitigation Strategy RAMs 2026 and tariff at…”

Reserve matters cannot revisit land use

Members queried whether hot food takeaways and other flexible uses close to a primary school conflicted with the NPPF. Officers explained that the outline permission already granted those land uses, s…

“Under the national planning policy framework, paragraph 97, local planning authorities should refuse applications for hot food takeaways and fast food…”

Gypsy traveller site intensification approved

The committee approved a retrospective application to create 12 additional gypsy and traveller pitches at Rosedale, Lee Lane, Great Braxted, together with a shared day room, hardstanding, buildings an…

“This is an application of Rosedale Lee Lane and [cough] Frastead. Uh the proposal was a retrospective application for a change of use to create 12 add…”

Planning application deferred

Officers advised that the outline planning application should be deferred because of discrepancies in the description of development and problems with the red line boundary on the location plan. The c…

“Thank you very much, and members. As you would have seen in the email earlier today, we are, via verbal addendum changing our recommendation to recomm…”

New NPPF reshapes refusals

Officers told members that the new NPPF 2026 had already been built into reports and materially raised the bar for refusing development outside settlement boundaries. They explained that the policy no…

“Speaker 1: Thank you, chair. This is just a brief NPPF update. So members, before we begin looking at today's applications, I want to provide a brief …”

Planning action plan oversight moved

The committee agreed that ongoing monitoring of the development management service action plan should move to the Performance, Governance and Audit Committee, with periodic progress reporting from the…

“So I can make that proposal and I think Councillor Stevens has seconded it. I mean, this something that you want to include as a recommendation, membe…”

Benchmark external audit fees

Members challenged the cost and transparency of KPMG's external audit fees for 2025-26, and the Director of Finance agreed to bring back a briefing note explaining the scale fee, additional charges, a…

“Speaker 11: Thank you all for the clarity of the presentation and for the document. I have had going through concerns on the fee increases, and I'm no…”

Update financial regulations

The committee approved revised financial regulations mainly to clarify responsibilities under the new SLT structure and delegation arrangements. Members noted the usefulness of track changes and the c…

“So this is really no more than trying to ensure that we've got sufficient clarity. What I would say as well around this is that the the new structure …”