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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.
2,316 approved · 767 refused · 110 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
The Pippins Pippins Road Burnham-On-Crouch Essex CM0 8DH
Received 8 Nov 2022Land North West Of 2 Maldon Road Burnham-On-Crouch Essex
Received 8 Nov 2022Leisure Caravan Site Goldhanger Road Heybridge Maldon Essex CM9 4RA
Received 9 Nov 20229 Ferris Avenue Cold Norton Essex CM3 6HZ
Received 9 Nov 2022The Wheat Barn Keelings Road Southminster Essex CM0 7US
Received 9 Nov 2022The Wheat Barn Keelings Road Southminster Essex CM0 7US
Received 9 Nov 202243 Church Street Tolleshunt D'arcy Essex CM9 8TS
Received 9 Nov 2022Spinneys 33 Blacksmiths Lane Wickham Bishops Essex CM8 3NR
Received 9 Nov 2022Hall Farm Hall Road Southminster Essex CM0 7EH
Received 10 Nov 20227 Church Close Wickham Bishops Essex CM8 3LN
Received 10 Nov 2022Flat 3 The Kings Head Centre 38 High Street Maldon Essex CM9 5PN
Received 10 Nov 2022Land At Garlands Farm Cottages 76 West Street Tollesbury Essex
Received 11 Nov 202216 Market Hill Maldon Essex CM9 4PZ
Received 14 Nov 202219 Church Green Wickham Bishops Essex CM8 3JX
Received 14 Nov 202219 Church Green Wickham Bishops Essex CM8 3JX
Received 14 Nov 2022Land Adjacent Darracott Summerhill Althorne Essex
Received 14 Nov 2022The Prince Of Wales Public House Prince Of Wales Road Great Totham Maldon Essex CM9 8PX
Received 14 Nov 2022Police Station West Square Maldon Essex CM9 5PA
Received 15 Nov 2022Greenhayes Plains Road Great Totham Essex
Received 15 Nov 2022Clevelands Marlpits Road Purleigh Essex CM3 6RB
Received 15 Nov 2022Land At Woodstock Farm St Stephens Road Cold Norton Essex
Received 15 Nov 2022Oak View House Tiptree Road Great Braxted Essex CM8 3EF
Received 15 Nov 2022Unit 3 Mapledean Works Maldon Road Mundon Essex
Received 16 Nov 2022119B High Street Maldon Essex CM9 5BS
Received 17 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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