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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.
2,351 approved · 790 refused · 110 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
23 Sawyers Road Tolleshunt Major Essex CM9 8JW
Received 10 Feb 2023September Barn Chelmsford Road Purleigh Chelmsford Essex CM3 6QP
Received 10 Feb 2023Bella's Italian Bistro 80 High Street Burnham-On-Crouch Essex CM0 8AA
Received 13 Feb 202335 Tennyson Road Maldon Essex CM9 6BE
Received 13 Feb 202344 - 48 High Street Maldon Essex CM9 5PN
Received 13 Feb 2023Building C Stock Hall Farm Hatfield Road Ulting Essex
Received 7 Feb 2023Outbuilding At Stock Hall Farm Hatfield Road Ulting Essex
Received 7 Feb 2023Land West Of 8 West Avenue Mayland Essex
Received 8 Feb 2023Vermont 27 Stow Road Cold Norton Chelmsford Essex CM3 6RR
Received 13 Feb 2023Annexe At Guys Farm Manor Road Woodham Walter Essex
Received 13 Feb 2023The General Stores Maldon Road Langford Maldon Essex CM9 4SS
Received 14 Feb 2023The General Stores Maldon Road Langford Maldon Essex CM9 4SS
Received 14 Feb 2023Former 50 High Street Southminster Essex CM0 7AY
Received 14 Feb 2023Scuttlers Rest 39A High Street Burnham-On-Crouch Essex CM0 8AG
Received 15 Feb 202324 Esplanade Mayland Chelmsford Essex CM3 6AL
Received 15 Feb 202311 Acacia Drive Maldon Essex CM9 6AW
Received 15 Feb 2023Land East Of 29 Pippins Road Burnham-On-Crouch Essex
Received 15 Feb 20239 Granger Avenue Maldon Essex CM9 6AL
Received 15 Feb 2023Land Adjacent Falcon Hall Little Totham Road Goldhanger Essex
Received 15 Feb 2023The Old Rectory Bradwell Road St Lawrence Southminster Essex CM0 7LW
Received 16 Feb 2023Vaulty Manor Goldhanger Road Heybridge Maldon Essex CM9 8BQ
Received 16 Feb 2023Vaulty Manor Goldhanger Road Heybridge Maldon Essex CM9 8BQ
Received 16 Feb 2023Hillcroft The Hythe Maldon Essex
Received 16 Feb 2023Land At Asheldham Grange Barn Rushes Lane Asheldham Essex
Received 17 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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