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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.
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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2,299 approved · 754 refused · 107 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Albany Orchards Old London Road Woodham Walter Maldon Essex CM9 6RN
Received 22 Sept 2022Tesco Fullbridge Maldon Essex CM9 4LE
Received 23 Sept 202222 Church Road Burnham-On-Crouch Essex CM0 8DA
Received 26 Sept 2022The Old Parish Room Burnham Road Southminster Essex
Received 22 Sept 202210 Ship Road Burnham-On-Crouch Essex CM0 8JX
Received 26 Sept 2022Caxton Pride Hackmans Lane Cock Clarks Essex CM3 6RE
Received 26 Sept 2022Grove House 2 Chantry Grove Wickham Bishops Essex CM8 3FP
Received 26 Sept 202253 Market Hill Maldon Essex CM9 4QA
Received 26 Sept 202210 Hemmings Court Maldon Essex CM9 6UW
Received 26 Sept 202248 Dorset Road Maldon Essex CM9 6JX
Received 27 Sept 2022Purleigh Lodge Lodge Lane Purleigh Essex CM3 6PP
Received 27 Sept 202232 Tenterfield Road Maldon Essex CM9 5EW
Received 28 Sept 2022The Barn Fambridge Road Mundon Essex CM9 6NL
Received 28 Sept 2022Land North Of Mangapps Railway Museum Southminster Road Burnham-On-Crouch Essex
Received 28 Sept 20225 Staplers Heath Great Totham Essex CM9 8NG
Received 28 Sept 2022Land Adjacent Brickfields Cottage Green Lane Burnham-On-Crouch Essex
Received 29 Sept 2022Three Oaks Southminster Road Asheldham Essex CM0 7DZ
Received 29 Sept 2022Land South Of Fambridge Road Burnham Road And East West Of Station Road Althorne Essex
Received 28 Sept 2022Land North Of Marsh Road Burnham-On-Crouch Essex
Received 29 Sept 2022Beacon Hill House Latchingdon Road Cold Norton Essex CM3 6JG
Received 29 Sept 2022High House Old Heath Road Althorne Essex CM3 6EW
Received 30 Sept 2022Land At Broad Street Green Road And Langford Road And Maypole Road Great Totham Essex
Received 3 Oct 2022Land At Broad Street Green Road And Langford Road And Maypole Road Great Totham Essex
Received 3 Oct 202293 Imperial Avenue Mayland Essex CM3 6AJ
Received 3 Oct 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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