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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.
2,317 approved · 768 refused · 110 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
8 Buckleys Close Wickham Bishops Essex CM8 3PA
Received 17 Nov 202216 Homefield Southminster Essex CM0 7ED
Received 17 Nov 20222 The Chestnuts Burnham Road Southminster Essex CM0 7HD
Received 18 Nov 2022Whistlers The Street Purleigh Essex CM3 6QJ
Received 18 Nov 2022Longfield Medical Centre Princes Road Maldon Essex CM9 5DF
Received 18 Nov 202225 Chapel Road Tolleshunt D'arcy Essex CM9 8TL
Received 21 Nov 2022Unit 3 The Old Ironworks Fullbridge Maldon Essex CM9 4LE
Received 14 Nov 20223 Wellington Road Maldon Essex CM9 6HL
Received 15 Nov 2022The Computer Centre Probe House 106 Station Road Burnham-On-Crouch Essex CM0 8HR
Received 16 Nov 2022Land North Of The Groves Burnham Road Latchingdon Essex
Received 16 Nov 2022Stow Hall Farm Woodham Road Stow Maries Essex CM3 6SA
Received 21 Nov 2022Crouch Ridge Vineyard Fambridge Road Althorne Essex CM3 6BZ
Received 21 Nov 202217 Highlands Drive Maldon Essex CM9 6HX
Received 23 Nov 2022Sophie's Kitchen 2 King Georges Place High Street Maldon Essex CM9 5BZ
Received 23 Nov 20227 Dryden Close Maldon Essex CM9 6DG
Received 23 Nov 2022CVC Chelmer Valve Co Limited Workshop Scatterbrook Farm Rectory Lane Latchingdon Essex CM3 6HB
Received 23 Nov 2022Land At Mapledean Pig Farm Mapledean Chase Latchingdon Essex
Received 24 Nov 202261A West Avenue Mayland Essex CM3 6AE
Received 24 Nov 2022Carringtons Barn North Road Tollesbury Essex CM9 8RH
Received 24 Nov 202244 Glebe Way Burnham-On-Crouch Essex CM0 8QJ
Received 24 Nov 2022Land Adjacent The Owls Woodham Road Stow Maries Essex
Received 24 Nov 202213 High Street Burnham-On-Crouch Essex CM0 8AG
Received 24 Nov 2022Peculiar Peoples Chapel South Street Tillingham Essex
Received 24 Nov 2022Darcy Cottage 3 South Street Tolleshunt D'arcy Essex CM9 8TR
Received 25 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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