How many new homes in Maldon over 30 years?

The government starting point is about 586 homes a year — roughly 17,580 over thirty years if sustained (+57% on the 30,720 dwellings already here).

Where would new homes in Maldon go?

Without a different pattern, growth lands as edge-of-settlement estates across the 24 towns and villages listed below — each too small to fund strategic infrastructure.

How do I track housing development in Maldon?

Use the planning applications on this page and the full planning tracker for medium and large schemes, then respond on the council portal and sign the Stop Urban Sprawl petition.

Maldon housing development and new homes

Searching for housing development in Maldon or new homes in Maldon? Over thirty years the government starting point is about 17,580 homes here — +57% on existing stock — with no matching commitment to water, grid, surgeries, schools or transport.

The government wants to build 586 homes a year in Maldon. That annual figure, sustained for thirty years, is 17,580 homes on the 30,720 dwellings already in the area.

There are 24 towns and villages in Maldon. That is an average of 24.4 new homes a year across every settlement — about 733 each over thirty years if the annual figure were spread evenly.

Infrastructure under pressure in Maldon

What we've got now

1,514
hours of sewage spills in Maldon in 2025
Worst at Southend Sewage Works
Sewage →
2,796
patients per GP in Maldon
GPs →
6
schools over capacity in Maldon
Schools →
1,545 MW
still waiting to connect to the grid
At Rayleigh
Energy →
33 mins
to the nearest A&E
Broomfield Hospital
Hospitals →
31.0s
delay per mile on A-roads in Essex
Worst on the A1019
Transport →

Now they want another 17,580 homes here.

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We can stop this

Another 17,580 homes for Maldon, with no infrastructure to carry them. We want building concentrated in fewer, larger places with schools, health, water, sewage and transport built in — not another estate on the edge of every village.

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New homes by town and village in Maldon

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Questions about housing in Maldon

How many new homes in Maldon over 30 years?: The government starting point is about 586 homes a year — roughly 17,580 over thirty years if sustained (+57% on the 30,720 dwellings already here).
Where would new homes in Maldon go?: Without a different pattern, growth lands as edge-of-settlement estates across the 24 towns and villages listed below — each too small to fund strategic infrastructure.
How do I track housing development in Maldon?: Use the planning applications on this page and the full planning tracker for medium and large schemes, then respond on the council portal and sign the Stop Urban Sprawl petition.

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