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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.
2,344 approved · 787 refused · 110 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
51 High Street Maldon Essex CM9 5PF
Received 27 Jan 2023Land Between 45 Steeple Road And 1 Mill Road Mayland Essex
Received 27 Jan 2023Land Between 45 Steeple Road And 1 Mill Road Mayland Essex
Received 27 Jan 2023Pebbles 59 Mountview Crescent St Lawrence Essex CM0 7NS
Received 27 Jan 202335 St Giles Crescent Maldon Essex CM9 6HT
Received 30 Jan 202355 Tenterfield Road Maldon Essex CM9 5EN
Received 30 Jan 2023Land At Lower And Middle Farm Blind Lane Tolleshunt Knights Essex
Received 25 Jan 2023Marsh House Farm Lower Burnham Road Purleigh Essex
Received 30 Jan 2023Marsh House Farm Lower Burnham Road Purleigh Essex
Received 30 Jan 2023Land Opposite Hide Away Hackmans Lane Cock Clarks Chelmsford Essex
Received 30 Jan 2023Xtreme Fitness Gym Limited Unit 19 West Station Yard Spital Road Maldon Essex CM9 6TR
Received 30 Jan 20236 Church Corner Oak Farm Road Woodham Walter Essex CM9 6RH
Received 31 Jan 2023Warehouse And Premises Station Road Maldon Essex CM9 4LQ
Received 31 Jan 202320 Devonshire Road Burnham-On-Crouch Essex CM0 8DR
Received 1 Feb 2023Bonheur Summerhill Althorne Chelmsford Essex CM3 6BY
Received 1 Feb 2023House Of Delight 180 - 184 High Street Maldon Essex CM9 5BX
Received 2 Feb 2023High House Old Heath Road Althorne Essex CM3 6EW
Received 2 Feb 20235 Garden Close Althorne Essex CM3 6BP
Received 2 Feb 2023Lullings Maldon Road Steeple Essex CM0 7RP
Received 2 Feb 2023Monk House 115 Mell Road Tollesbury Essex CM9 8SS
Received 2 Feb 2023Papa Johns 68 High Street Maldon Essex CM9 5HY
Received 2 Feb 2023Whistlers The Street Purleigh Chelmsford Essex CM3 6QJ
Received 2 Feb 2023Burnbrae Franklin Road North Fambridge Essex CM3 6NF
Received 3 Feb 202311 Market Hill Maldon Essex CM9 4PZ
Received 3 Feb 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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