A spokesman for Maldon District Council said: “Maldon District Council has an approved local development plan which it uses to determine planning applications it receives.
“The council welcomes high-quality and well-designed development, but it will rigorously apply its planning policies to ensure new development complies with these policies and has a minimal impact and maximum benefit for the district.”
Cllr Marilyn Ashton, deputy leader and cabinet member for Planning and Regeneration for the London Borough of Harrow, said Harrow welcomed quality developments that met the needs of the borough.
She added: “We are also prepared to defend our residents from inappropriate development that does not meet our planning rules. Planning proposals are refused because they do not comply with adopted planning policy.
“In Harrow, we are very fortunate to have a lot of green belt and metropolitan open land along with many conservation areas and listed buildings.
“These special areas require a high level of protection against harmful and inappropriate development as do the large number of leafy and attractive suburban areas.
“It’s why we adopted our supplementary planning documents to preserve the character of our suburbs.
“Between 2019 and 2022, Harrow exceeded its housing target, delivering 2,650 new homes against a target of 2,070, in doing so meeting the Government’s housing delivery test and making Harrow one of only 14 London boroughs under no sanctions from central government.”
