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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.
2,299 approved · 754 refused · 107 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
Explore published planning boundaries and follow their source records for designation details. Coverage varies: an empty map does not mean there are no restrictions. Check the council’s current maps and documents before relying on a boundary.
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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.
Little Hill Farm Mope Lane Wickham Bishops Essex CM8 3JP
Received 25 Aug 2022Cornerstone Moorhen Avenue St Lawrence Essex CM0 7LU
Received 25 Aug 2022Land North Of White Gates School Road Little Totham Essex
Received 30 Aug 2022Celandar 22 Nipsells Chase Mayland Essex CM3 6EH
Received 1 Sept 2022The Old School House 8 Hall Road Southminster Essex CM0 7EH
Received 25 Aug 2022The Old School House 8 Hall Road Southminster Essex CM0 7EH
Received 25 Aug 2022Buttons Barn Southminster Road Althorne Essex CM3 6EN
Received 30 Aug 2022Graces 40 Church Street Tollesbury Essex CM9 8QJ
Received 6 Sept 2022St Peters Church Church Road Great Totham Essex
Received 9 Sept 2022East Of England Co-Operative Society Limited Fiveways Foundry Lane Burnham-On-Crouch Essex
Received 9 Sept 2022Land At Melita York Road Burnham-On-Crouch Essex
Received 9 Sept 202242A Colchester Road Great Totham Essex CM9 8DG
Received 12 Sept 20226 Church Corner Oak Farm Road Woodham Walter Essex CM9 6RH
Received 12 Sept 202214 Roots Lane Wickham Bishops Essex CM8 3LS
Received 13 Sept 2022Purleigh Wash Farm Fambridge Road Purleigh Essex
Received 13 Sept 2022Mulberry House 17 Rectory Road North Fambridge Essex CM3 6NG
Received 13 Sept 20221 Northey View Heybridge Essex CM9 4PH
Received 14 Sept 2022Frensham House Witham Road Wickham Bishops Essex CM8 3LQ
Received 15 Sept 2022Land East Of Ashtree Farm Steeple Road Mayland Essex
Received 15 Sept 20221 Hall Cottages Hall Road Heybridge Essex CM9 4NG
Received 15 Sept 2022Walden Cottage 58 Walden House Road Great Totham Essex CM9 8PN
Received 20 Sept 2022Land At Theedhams Farm David Fisher Way Southminster Essex
Received 20 Sept 2022Land North West Of 2 Maldon Road Burnham-On-Crouch Essex
Received 21 Sept 2022Land Adjacent To Grange Cottage The Street Steeple Essex
Received 20 Sept 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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