New housing in Maldon District Council
We read Maldon District Council's planning register every day. We hold 18,903 of its planning applications going back to 1983, and 103 of those made in the last 12 months are for new homes.
It delivered 143% of the homes it needed in the 2025 Housing Delivery Test.
Key facts
- Local Plan
- Not recorded yet.
- Five-year housing land supply
- Not recorded yet.
- Housing Delivery Test
- 143% (2025)
- Local Plan sites we hold
- None loaded yet.
- Planning applications we hold
- 18,903
Applications for new homes, by year
Applications we have identified as being for new homes, by the year they were made. Approved and refused count those decided so far.
| Year | Applications | Approved | Refused |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 88 | 26 | 17 |
| 2025 | 117 | 52 | 30 |
| 2024 | 109 | 57 | 40 |
| 2023 | 157 | 61 | 87 |
| 2022 | 146 | 53 | 85 |
| 2021 | 127 | 49 | 69 |
The largest housing schemes of the last three years
| Homes | Site | Status | Made |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1,770 | Land South West Of Hogwell Farm Hogwell Chase Stow Maries Essex Request for Environmental Impact Assessment Scoping Opinion for residential development for up to 1,770 dwellings 25/00926/SOR | Awaiting decision | 13 Oct 2025 |
| 500 | Land South West Of 1 The Drive Mayland Essex EIA Screening Opinion request for residential development of up to 500 dwellings including a mix of market and affordable housing units, vehicular and pedestrian access from Steeple Road to the south of the site, public… 25/00910/SCR | Approved | 8 Oct 2025 |
| 320 | Land North And West Of Knowles Farm Wycke Hill Maldon Essex Reserved matters application for the approval of appearance, landscaping, layout and scale for the Employment Land, identified as Phase 1b within the approved Strategic Phasing Plan for the site on approved planning… 26/00095/RESM | Awaiting decision | 12 Feb 2026 |
| 275 | Land West Of The Cemetery London Road Maldon Essex EIA Screening opinion request for 25/00578/OUTM (Outline application with all matters reserved, except for access, for the erection of up to 275 residential units including affordable housing, land for a children's… 25/00595/SCR | Approved | 26 Jun 2025 |
| 249 | Land West Of David Fisher Way David Fisher Way Southminster Essex Outline planning application with all matters reserved except for primary means of access from Scotts Hill, for the development of up to 249 dwellings, public open space, together with associated landscaping, highways… 24/00941/OUTM | Refused | 4 Dec 2024 |
| 220 | Land North Of Homefield Southminster Essex Outline application for a residential development of up to 220 dwellings and associated infrastructure, public open space and highways access 23/01244/OUTM | Refused | 27 Dec 2023 |
| 203 | Land North West Of 2 Maldon Road Burnham-On-Crouch Essex Reserved matters application for the approval of appearance, hard and soft landscaping and scale on planning application 22/00887/OUTM (Outline Application with all Matters of Detail Reserved for Future Determination… 26/00586/RESM | Awaiting decision | 14 Sept 2026 |
| 200 | Land Opposite Prentice Hall Farm Prentice Hall Lane Tollesbury Essex Outline Planning permission with access for consideration for a residential development of up to 200 dwellings (Use Class C3); with associated access; landscaping; amenity space; drainage and associated works. 25/01057/OUTM | Approved | 2 Dec 2025 |
| 200 | Land Adjacent Romans Farm Chase And Mill Road Burnham-On-Crouch Essex Outline Planning Application with all matters reserved except access, for up to 200 residential dwellings (Use Class C3), including affordable housing, ancillary infrastructure, public open space, play space, and… 25/00840/OUTM | Refused | 30 Sept 2025 |
| 198 | Land West Of Hurndall Avenue North Fambridge Essex Outline application with all matters reserved other than access for the erection of up to 198 dwellings, provision for non-residential uses comprising of uses within use class E, F1 or F2, with associated open space… 25/01119/OUTM | Awaiting decision | 30 Jan 2026 |
Towns and villages
See every field round the edge of a town or village, scored for how likely it is to be built on.
- Althorne
- Burnham-on-Crouch
- Cold Norton (Maldon)
- Goldhanger
- Great Totham (near Great Totham)
- Great Totham (near Wickham Bishops)
- Heybridge Basin
- Langford (Maldon)
- Latchingdon
- Little Totham
- Maldon
- Mayland
- North Fambridge
- Purleigh
- Ramsey Island
- Southminster
- Steeple
- Stoneyhills
- Tillingham
- Tollesbury
- Tolleshunt D'Arcy
- Tolleshunt Knights
- Tolleshunt Major
- Wickham Bishops
- Woodham Mortimer
Where this comes from
- Planning applications: Maldon District Council's online planning register, last read 14 Nov 2026.
- Housing Delivery Test: Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government.
- How fields are scored: how the score works.