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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.
2,314 approved · 765 refused · 110 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Treelawn Nursery Chelmsford Road Purleigh Essex CM3 6QP
Received 3 Nov 202247 North Street Maldon Essex CM9 5HJ
Received 3 Nov 2022Harvard House 8A Ship Road Burnham-On-Crouch Essex CM0 8JX
Received 3 Nov 2022Jeanne 24 Walden House Road Great Totham Essex CM9 8PN
Received 3 Nov 2022The Bell House 2 Silver Street Maldon Essex CM9 4QE
Received 3 Nov 2022The Bell House 2 Silver Street Maldon Essex CM9 4QE
Received 3 Nov 2022The Cottage 16 Saltcote Maltings Heybridge Essex CM9 4QP
Received 7 Nov 2022The Cottage 16 Saltcote Maltings Heybridge Essex CM9 4QP
Received 7 Nov 2022Barn Hall Farm Barnhall Road Tolleshunt Knights Essex CM9 8HE
Received 7 Nov 2022The Holt Bacons Chase Bradwell-on-sea Essex CM0 7PH
Received 7 Nov 2022Burnham Dental Practice 89A High Street Burnham-On-Crouch Essex CM0 8AH
Received 7 Nov 2022Old Tudor Cottage Ferry Road Burnham-On-Crouch Essex CM0 8PL
Received 7 Nov 2022Inglenook 52 Maldon Road Goldhanger Essex CM9 8BG
Received 7 Nov 202219 Rectory Road Woodham Walter Essex CM9 6RD
Received 7 Nov 20222 Wellington Road Maldon Essex CM9 6HL
Received 7 Nov 202216 Winstree Road Burnham-On-Crouch Essex CM0 8ET
Received 7 Nov 20224 Anchorage Hill Maldon Essex CM9 4LG
Received 7 Nov 2022Quay House The Quay Burnham-On-Crouch Essex CM0 8AS
Received 8 Nov 202231 Staplers Heath Great Totham Essex CM9 8PQ
Received 8 Nov 202247A Western Road Burnham-On-Crouch Essex CM0 8JG
Received 8 Nov 2022Hill House Hill House Park Maldon Essex
Received 8 Nov 202226 Pump Mead Close Southminster Essex CM0 7AE
Received 8 Nov 2022Land At Loftmans Farm Maldon Road Steeple Essex
Received 8 Nov 20225 Suffolk Road Maldon Essex CM9 6AX
Received 8 Nov 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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