The expected planning application to build housing on the Matings site on Burnham’s waterfront – and the town’s councillors have voted not to recommend the application. The issue now lies with the folks at Maldon District Council Planning, who can be reached at planning@maldon.gov.uk. The deadline for comments is the 6th October.
The story is the same in too many places around our coast – so often, nprofitable, high value housing is so often replacing port buildings, wharves and boatyards. Local campaigner Ed Maggs put it very well in an email he sent to to me ‘Burnham should be one of the homes of wooden boat culture, rather than continuing on its way to a commuter town suburb.’ He’s right…
