Goldhanger residents praised for planning appeal victory
Witham MP Priti Patel has praised Goldhanger Parish Council and local residents for their work in putting forward a robust case to a planning inspector considering an appeal for a large-scale new housing development in the village on land off of Head Street. The application was originally refused by Maldon …
Priti welcomes Chigborough Farm Café planning decision
Local MP Priti Patel has welcomed the decision taken by Maldon District Council’s North Western Area Planning Committee to grant planning permission for a café on Chigborough Farm. A change of use application was needed and although the Council’s planning officers had recommended refusal, elected councillors passed the application. As …
Opposition to National Grid’s pylons plans raised by Priti in Parliament
Local and regional opposition to the National Grid’s plans for over 100 miles of new pylons and overhead powerlines in the East of England was highlighted by Witham MP Priti Patel in a parliamentary debate today (25 October 2023). During the debate on the planning considerations for renewable energy infrastructure, …
Joining Goldhanger residents in opposing countryside loss
Priti Patel, the Member of Parliament for Witham, has met representatives from Goldhanger Parish Council and local residents in the village to discuss their opposition to plans to destroy parts of the countryside with a large new housing development. The development of 25 new dwellings off of Head …
Brownfield development should be prioritised, says Priti Patel MP
Witham MP Priti Patel has called on the Government to take action to ensure that developments on brownfield sites are prioritised over unsuitable speculative developer plans on countryside sites. Raising concerns about Neighbourhood Plans put together and agreed by local communities are being ignored by those making decisions on planning …
Outrageous development in Wickham Bishops refused by Councillors
Witham MP Priti Patel has welcomed the decision taken by councillors on Maldon District Council’s North Western Area Planning Committee to refuse the planning application for 50 dwellings on a site off of Church Road, Wickham Bishops. Priti has been working with local residents and the Parish Council opposed to …
Priti calls on Council to reject unsuitable development in Wickham Bishops
Witham MP Priti Patel has called on Maldon District Council to reject a planning application for a large and unsuitable housing development on a site off of 9 Church Road, Wickham Bishops. The outline planning application for up to 50 dwellings is due to be considered by the Council’s North …
Priti raises local planning and infrastructure issues in Parliament
Priti Patel, the MP for Witham, has held a debate in Parliament on housing and infrastructure in Essex (21st June 2023). During the debate she raised with the Government’s Housing and Planning Ministers local concerns over the way planning decisions are made, protections for local communities, and the need for investment in …
Local development concerns raised by Priti in Parliament
The Witham MP, Priti Patel, during a debate in the House of Commons (9th January 2023), has questioned the Planning and Housing Minister, Lucy Frazer MP, about the Government’s plans to help local communities fight back against inappropriate, unsustainable and speculative development applications. Priti, who has successfully pressed the Government …
Community delight in Tiptree as Brook Meadows development is refused
Local MP Priti Patel has expressed the delight of residents in the Tiptree area about the decision by the Planning Inspectorate to refuse the planning appeal for a 221 dwelling development at Brook Meadows. The plans had been widely opposed by local residents and Priti, and the initial application had …