A DEVELOPER has had its latest plans for 90 homes in Tillingham thrown out.

Gladman Developments, which offers no win, no fee deals to landowners, submitted the appeal for 90 homes on land south of South Street in October 2014.

Maldon District Council had rejected the outline plans in March last year.

Planning inspector Nick Palmer has now rejected the appeal.

It comes just days after Gladman Developments submitted an appeal after plans for 85 homes on the same site were rejected.

Mr Palmer said the plans would not “preserve or enhance” the character or appearance of the conservation area.

In his report he said: “The proposal would be harmful in terms of appreciating the historic development from the countryside including the prominence of the Corn Mill.

“Because the adjacent open land is important in the context of the historic village development the proposal would harm the setting of the Conservation Area.”

Mr Palmer said the plans would be sustainable in terms of social and economic criteria.

But added: “However I have identified environmental harm and for this reason when considered in total the proposal would not represent a sustainable development.”

He also found that Maldon District Council could not demonstrate a five year supply of deliverable housing sites describing the council’s assumed delivery rates at “optimistic”.

But he said the harm to the character and appearance of the site outweighed the “limited weight” given to the benefits of the scheme.

Parish Council chairman Robert Harvey welcomed the news.

He said: “The 90 homes in South Street has been turned down but we have now got to wait for the result of the 85 homes appeal.”