Mayland

Mayland Neighbourhood Plan - Made

The Mayland Neighbourhood Plan was ‘made’ by Maldon District Council on 25 September 2025. It forms part of the statutory development plan, along with the Approved Maldon District Local Development Plan, for the Mayland Neighbourhood Area.

Planning applications in the Neighbourhood Area must be considered against the Neighbourhood Plan, as well as existing planning policy such as the Approved Maldon District Local Development Plan (2017) and the National Planning Policy Framework.

Making the Plan

Referendum Results - 31 July 2025

On 31 July 2025, the referendum on the Mayland Neighbourhood Plan took place. Of the votes cast 93 % were in favour of the Plan. The declaration of the result for the referendum can be seen below.

Referendum results
Yes	606
No	45
Rejected ballots	1
Total votes cast	652

Mayland Neighbourhood Plan - Decision Statement

The outcome of the Examination was reported to Council on 17 June 2025, where it was confirmed that the Plan, as revised by the modifications listed in the Decision Statement, complies with the legal requirements and basic conditions.

On 17 June 2025 Maldon District Council approved that the Mayland Neighbourhood Plan and Design Guidance and Codes Report can proceed to referendum. The referendum area will be the same as the Neighbourhood Area – which is the parish of Mayland.

National Planning Policy Guidance states that where a Local Planning Authority has issued a Decision Statement detailing its intention to send a neighbourhood plan to referendum, that plan can be given significant weight in decision-making, so far as the plan is material to the application. Therefore, following the publication of this decision statement on 18 June 2025, the Mayland Neighbourhood Plan and Design Guidance and Codes Report can be given significant weight in determining planning applications where the plan is material to the application.

The Examiner’s Report and Decision Statement detailing the Council’s intention to send the Neighbourhood Plan to referendum can be downloaded below:

Examination

An Independent Examiner has been appointed to examine the Mayland Neighbourhood Plan. The Examiner is Christopher Lockhart-Mummery KC. The Examination commenced in March 2025.

Examination documents will be published below:

Regulation 16 Responses

The responses received to the Regulation 16 consultation have been sent to the Examiner. These can all be viewed below.

Regulation 16 consultation - CLOSED

The Mayland Neighbourhood Plan (MNP) has been developed by Mayland Parish Council and proposes local planning policies for Mayland. Once ‘made’ (adopted) a Neighbourhood Plan has the same legal status as the district wide Local Development Plan and will be used alongside the Local Plan in deciding planning applications within the Parish.

We are now seeking your views on the MNP and its supporting documents. Comments received will be used by the Independent Examiner and the District Council to help decide if the proposed Neighbourhood Plan meets the ‘basic conditions’.

Only a draft neighbourhood Plan that meets each of a set of basic conditions can be put to a referendum and be made. The basic conditions are set out in paragraph 8(2) of Schedule 4B to the Town and Country Planning Act 1990 as applied to neighbourhood plans by section 38A of the Planning and Compulsory Purchase Act 2004. The basic conditions are:

having regard to national policies and advice contained in guidance issued by the Secretary of State it is appropriate to make the neighbourhood plan.
the making of the neighbourhood plan contributes to the achievement of sustainable development.
the making of the neighbourhood plan is in general conformity with the strategic policies contained in the development plan for the area of the authority (or any part of that area).
the making of the neighbourhood plan does not breach, and is otherwise compatible with, EU obligations.
prescribed conditions are met in relation to the Plan and prescribed matters have been complied with in connection with the proposal for the order (or neighbourhood plan).

Regulations 32 and 33 of the Neighbourhood Planning (General) Regulations 2012 (as amended) prescribe a further basic condition in relation to neighbourhood plans, in addition to those set out in the primary legislation. This is:

the making of the neighbourhood plan does not breach the requirements of Chapter 8 of Part 6 of the Conservation of Habitats and Species Regulations 2017, which set out the habitat regulation assessment process for land use plans, including consideration of the effect on habitats sites. (See Schedule 2 to the Neighbourhood Planning (General) Regulations 2012 (as amended) in relation to the examination of neighbourhood development plans.)

Have Your Say

The consultation is open between Friday 4 October and 5pm Friday 22 November 2024. All comments must be received before the end of the consultation.

If you wish to comment on the Neighbourhood Plan, you can:

Use the online comment form – www.maldon.gov.uk/consultations

E-mail: policy@maldon.gov.uk

Post: MNP consultation, Planning Policy, Service Delivery, Maldon District Council, Princes Road, Maldon CM9 5DL (only use the postal version if you are unable to send your comments electronically)

The Council cannot accept anonymous responses.

Please be aware that representations received by the authority will be made publicly available and will be identified by name and where applicable organisation. In addition, we are required to share your information with the Examiner for the purposes of the Examination. Maldon District Council will process the information you provide in a manner that is compatible with the General Data Protection Regulations (GDPR).

Planning Policy Privacy Notice

Purpose for processing

Maldon District Council holds and processes your data as it has a public task as a local planning authority to prepare a Development Plan for the District, together with voluntary obligations to prepare accompanying Supplementary Planning Documents, planning guidance, Community Infrastructure Levy and assist in the preparation of Neighbourhood Plans. This allows us to use your data to invite you to meetings, workshops or forums, as well as invite you to take part in public consultations. It is also a legal obligation for us to process this data as required by the Planning & Compulsory Purchase Act 2004, the Planning Act 2008, the Town and Country Planning Act (Local Planning) (England) Regulations 2012, the Neighbourhood Planning (General) Regulations 2012 and the Community Infrastructure Levy Regulations 2010 (as amended).

The Council may use this data to contact you, from time to time on these matters if you have indicated that you wish to be kept informed, or if you have submitted comments into a public consultation.

Please note: Any comments submitted into a public consultation on the Development Plan, Supplementary Planning Documents, planning guidance, Community Infrastructure Levy and Neighbourhood Plans will be made public and will be submitted to the Secretary of State who will pass them onto a Planning Inspector they appoint along with any relevant supporting evidence following the consultations. Your comments and name will be published but other personal information will remain confidential.

Your comments may not be published in full where they are openly offensive or defamatory or contain personal data.

Any comments submitted into a Council consultation on the Development Plan, Neighbourhood Plan or Community Infrastructure Levy will be reviewed by a Planning Inspector. You may be invited by the Inspector to discuss your comments at the Examination in Public.

If you choose not to provide your data for this purpose, or ask us to erase your data, you will be unable to participate in the Development Plan, neighbourhood planning, Supplementary Planning Documents, planning guidance and Community Infrastructure Levy processes.

Length of time we keep your information

Your data will be used until the Development Plans, Supplementary Planning Documents, Guidance and Community Infrastructure Levy are adopted by Maldon District Council. Your data will be deleted six years after adoption of the last document to be adopted, or 6 years after the making of a Neighbourhood Plan. This 6-year period allows for a review of the made/adopted documents.

Security

Your data is held in line with the Council’s general privacy notice which can be found on the Council’s website at www.maldon.gov.uk/terms. This explains who our Data Protection Officer is and how to contact the Council in relation to your personal data.

Updates to this privacy notice

We will continually review and update this privacy notice to reflect changes in our processes and procedures, as well as to comply with changes in the law. When such changes occur, we will revise the "last updated" date at the bottom of this notice. We encourage you to periodically review this notice and to be informed of how we protect your information.

Last Updated: 12 August 2024

For further details of how we use your data please see our Privacy Statement.

All comments received will be forwarded to the Examiner. You should not assume that there will be a further opportunity to introduce new information, although the Examiner may seek clarification on certain matters.

Any representations may include a request to be notified of the Local Planning Authority’s decision under Regulation 19 in relation to the ‘making’ of the Neighbourhood Plan.

The consultation closes at 5pm Friday 22 November 2024.