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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.
2,309 approved · 760 refused · 110 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 17 Feb 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Goodgrooms Waterside Road Bradwell-on-sea Essex CM0 7QZ
Received 14 Oct 2022Land East Of Eaton Way Great Totham Essex
Received 14 Oct 20225 Church Street Maldon Essex CM9 5HW
Received 13 Oct 2022Brook Cottage 42 Scotts Hill Southminster Essex CM0 7BG
Received 14 Oct 2022Creeksea Place Events Limited Creeksea Place Manor House Ferry Road Burnham-On-Crouch Essex CM0 8PJ
Received 17 Oct 2022All Saints Church Of England Primary School Highlands Drive Maldon Essex CM9 6HY
Received 17 Oct 2022Prentice Hall 4 Prentice Hall Lane Tollesbury Essex CM9 8RN
Received 17 Oct 202220 Devonshire Road Burnham-On-Crouch Essex CM0 8DR
Received 18 Oct 202229 Holt Drive Wickham Bishops Essex CM8 3JR
Received 18 Oct 2022Hall Farm Land At 583941 203977 Hazeleigh Hall Lane Hazeleigh Essex
Received 19 Oct 2022Purleigh County Primary School Pump Lane Purleigh Essex CM3 6PJ
Received 19 Oct 2022Cold Norton County Primary School 2 St Stephens Road Cold Norton Essex CM3 6JE
Received 19 Oct 2022Mill Cottage Goldhanger Road Heybridge Essex CM9 4RA
Received 19 Oct 20224A Market Hill Maldon Essex
Received 19 Oct 2022Beacon Hill House Latchingdon Road Cold Norton Essex CM3 6JG
Received 19 Oct 2022Petticrow Quays Belvedere Road Burnham-On-Crouch Essex
Received 19 Oct 202274 Staplers Heath Great Totham Essex CM9 8PH
Received 20 Oct 202235 Tennyson Road Maldon Essex CM9 6BE
Received 21 Oct 2022Land Adjacent Walden 99 Barnhall Road Tolleshunt Knights Essex
Received 21 Oct 202224 Seagers Great Totham Essex CM9 8PB
Received 21 Oct 202253 The Leas Burnham-On-Crouch Essex CM0 8NH
Received 18 Oct 2022Kenbury The Street Purleigh Essex CM3 6QL
Received 19 Oct 2022Shrub Hill Farm Maldon Road Tiptree Essex CO5 0QA
Received 24 Oct 2022Hillcroft The Hythe Maldon Essex
Received 24 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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