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Planning application documents: what to read first
Understand planning application documents, officer reports and decision notices. Use a reading checklist, document table and worked example to inspect a case.
England · Local authority
Explore collected planning applications and decisions for Maldon District Council. Search an address, application reference or proposal to find a record.
2,295 approved · 750 refused · 107 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 31 Mar 2022 to 8 Oct 2026. Most recent record check: 11 Oct 2026. Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
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Data downloaded 14 Sept 2026. Display boundaries are simplified and indicative. Map record counts are not a complete count of designations or directions.
Sources: Planning Data conservation areas and Article 4 direction areas. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
Orchard View 1A Head Street Goldhanger Maldon Essex CM9 8AY
Received 31 Mar 2022Land Rear Of Hawthorns Braxted Park Road Great Braxted Essex
Received 1 Apr 2022Warren Golf Club Old London Road Woodham Walter Maldon Essex CM9 6RW
Received 12 May 2022Plot 1 Land North Of Oak Farm Oak Farm Road Woodham Walter Essex
Received 13 Jun 2022Building At The Old Dairy Broad Street Green Road Great Totham Essex
Received 23 Jun 2022Land West Of Buller Road And North Of Rectory Road North Fambridge Essex
Received 6 Jul 2022T.A.V.R.A. ACF And ATC Centre Tenterfield Road Maldon Essex CM9 5EN
Received 15 Jul 2022Plot Adjacent Bramble Cottage Hackmans Lane Purleigh Essex
Received 16 Jul 2022Land Rear Of Quinneys Back Lane Great Totham Essex
Received 25 Jul 2022Roundbush Farm Colchester Road Great Totham Essex CM9 8BZ
Received 27 Jul 2022Roundbush Farm Colchester Road Great Totham Essex CM9 8BZ
Received 27 Jul 2022Mill Beach Resorts Limited Mill Beach Caravan Park Goldhanger Road Heybridge Essex CM9 4RF
Received 29 Jul 2022Land At Tideways 9 Basin Road Heybridge Basin Essex
Received 1 Aug 2022Land Adjacent And Land West Of 6 Captains Wood Road Great Totham Essex
Received 4 Aug 2022Land At Homelands Southminster Road Asheldham Essex
Received 4 Aug 2022The Tolley Shop 19 Spital Road Maldon Essex CM9 6DY
Received 8 Aug 2022Land At 6 Towers Road Heybridge Essex
Received 8 Aug 202214 Southminster Road Tillingham Essex CM0 7UF
Received 8 Aug 2022Land At Dodo Mansion Kelvedon Road Tolleshunt D'arcy Essex
Received 8 Aug 2022Mayhaven Scalby Road Southminster Essex CM0 7BP
Received 12 Aug 2022Land At Howells Lake Poplar Grove Chase Great Totham Essex
Received 15 Aug 2022Outbuildings Stock Hall Farm Hatfield Road Ulting Essex
Received 17 Aug 202239 Victoria Road Maldon Essex CM9 5HE
Received 16 Aug 2022Land Adjacent To Fieldway Station Road Wickham Bishops Essex
Received 18 Aug 2022Records are ordered by application ID, not submission date. Use search to find a particular address or proposal.
View all applicationsStart with the address or application reference. Open a record to read the proposal, dates and available documents, then check the official register for the latest plans and consultation details. If nothing appears, check coverage before treating the result as a complete planning history.
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These figures describe applications collected by PlanningTrack for Maldon District Council, across all dates currently available. They are a partial dataset, rather than an authority-wide performance measure. The date range does not establish continuous historical coverage.
The approval percentage is approved records divided by approved plus refused records. Pending, withdrawn and unknown outcomes are excluded. No percentage is shown until there is an approved or refused record.
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