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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.
2,353 approved · 790 refused · 110 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
8 Westerings Purleigh Chelmsford Essex CM3 6PG
Received 17 Feb 2023Hall Farm Land At 583941 203977 Hazeleigh Hall Lane Hazeleigh Essex
Received 17 Feb 202344 - 48 High Street Maldon Essex CM9 5PN
Received 13 Feb 2023Lofts Farmhouse Broad Street Green Road Great Totham Maldon Essex CM9 8NZ
Received 20 Feb 2023Lofts Farmhouse Broad Street Green Road Great Totham Maldon Essex CM9 8NZ
Received 20 Feb 202323 Orchard Road Southminster Essex CM0 7DQ
Received 20 Feb 2023Land At Former Maldon Fencing Co Burnham Road Althorne Essex
Received 15 Feb 2023Creeksea Place Events Limited Creeksea Place Manor House Ferry Road Burnham-On-Crouch Essex CM0 8PJ
Received 13 Feb 202337 Viking Road Maldon Essex CM9 6JR
Received 20 Feb 2023Land At 11 Coombe Road Southminster Essex
Received 20 Feb 2023Alma Cottage 1 The Chase Tollesbury Maldon Essex CM9 8QH
Received 13 Feb 2023Land West A414 And South Of London Road Maldon Essex
Received 16 Feb 2023Harbour Antiques 7 High Street Burnham-On-Crouch Essex CM0 8AG
Received 20 Feb 202363 Kelvedon Road Wickham Bishops Witham Essex CM8 3NA
Received 17 Feb 2023Plots 81 To 84 Smugglers Club Ground Bridgemarsh Lane Althorne Chelmsford Essex CM3 6DQ
Received 20 Feb 202311 Orchard Close Tollesbury Maldon Essex CM9 8TD
Received 21 Feb 20231 Blue Mills Cottages Blue Mills Hill Wickham Bishops Witham Essex CM8 3FB
Received 21 Feb 2023Hall Farm Land At 583941 203977 Hazeleigh Hall Lane Hazeleigh Essex
Received 21 Feb 2023Plume Library Market Hill Maldon Essex CM9 4PZ
Received 15 Feb 2023Karingal Chelmsford Road Purleigh Chelmsford Essex CM3 6PL
Received 21 Feb 2023Woodland View Maldon Road Woodham Mortimer Maldon Essex CM9 6SN
Received 21 Feb 2023Land South Of Wycke Hill And Limebrook Way Maldon Essex
Received 21 Feb 2023138A High Street Maldon Essex
Received 22 Feb 2023Land Adjacent 23 Rectory Road North Fambridge Essex
Received 22 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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