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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.
2,327 approved · 778 refused · 110 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Southminster Fish Bar 11A High Street Southminster Essex CM0 7AA
Received 3 Jan 2023Brooklands Beckingham Road Great Totham Maldon Essex CM9 8EB
Received 5 Jan 20232 Redgates Old London Road Woodham Walter Essex CM9 6RJ
Received 5 Jan 2023Roe Environmental Limited The Old Engine Shed Station Road Maldon Essex CM9 4LQ
Received 5 Jan 202318 Spital Road Maldon Essex CM9 6EB
Received 6 Jan 20232 Thornhill Purleigh Essex CM3 6PQ
Received 6 Jan 2023Land At Spital Farm Station Road Tolleshunt D'arcy Essex
Received 6 Jan 20232 Steeple Meadows Southminster Essex CM0 7UY
Received 6 Jan 2023Barns At Lower Farm Blind Lane Tolleshunt Knights Essex
Received 5 Jan 20234A Silver Road Burnham-On-Crouch Essex CM0 8LA
Received 6 Jan 2023The Queen Victoria Spital Road Maldon Essex CM9 6ED
Received 10 Jan 2023The Nest 1 Wellands Close Wickham Bishops Essex CM8 3NE
Received 10 Jan 2023Mayhaven Scalby Road Southminster Essex CM0 7BP
Received 10 Jan 2023Land Adjacent Eastholm Latchingdon Road Purleigh Essex
Received 11 Jan 2023Land At Lofts Farmhouse Broad Street Green Road Great Totham Essex
Received 12 Jan 202316 Winstree Road Burnham-On-Crouch Essex CM0 8ET
Received 12 Jan 2023Slate Hall Cottage Lower Burnham Road Stow Maries Essex CM3 6SG
Received 12 Jan 2023Woodpeckers 15 Mangapp Chase Burnham-On-Crouch Essex CM0 8QQ
Received 10 Jan 2023Phelan Barker 19 West Street Tollesbury Essex CM9 8RJ
Received 12 Jan 2023All Saints Woodham Road Stow Maries Essex CM3 6SA
Received 12 Jan 2023Garages Behind 195 High Street Maldon Essex
Received 13 Jan 2023Kismet Kebabs Limited Adjacent Milton House Maldon Road Latchingdon Essex CM3 6LF
Received 13 Jan 202340 Market Hill Maldon Essex CM9 4QA
Received 13 Jan 2023Holyrood Lodge Green Lane Burnham-On-Crouch Essex CM0 8PU
Received 13 Jan 2023Records 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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