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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.
2,355 approved · 793 refused · 110 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Outbuilding At The Orchards 2A Lea Lane Great Braxted Essex
Received 22 Feb 202310A King Georges Place High Street Maldon Essex CM9 5BZ
Received 22 Feb 202318 Eaton Way Great Totham Maldon Essex CM9 8EE
Received 22 Feb 202319 The Cobbins Burnham-On-Crouch Essex CM0 8QL
Received 23 Feb 202333A Beeleigh Road Maldon Essex CM9 5QH
Received 23 Feb 2023Annexe 1 Station Cottages Station Road Wickham Bishops Witham Essex CM8 3JD
Received 23 Feb 202324 King Street Maldon Essex CM9 5DY
Received 23 Feb 2023Land West Of Willows End Stephenson Road North Fambridge Essex
Received 23 Feb 202319 North Road Tollesbury Maldon Essex CM9 8RQ
Received 23 Feb 2023Land At Broad Street Green Road And Langford Road And Maypole Road Great Totham Essex
Received 24 Feb 2023Whistlers The Street Purleigh Chelmsford Essex CM3 6QJ
Received 24 Feb 2023Fiddlers Rest 1 Mill Road Mayland Chelmsford Essex CM3 6EQ
Received 24 Feb 2023Land North Of Latchingdon Bowls Club Burnham Road Latchingdon Essex
Received 24 Feb 20234 George Cardnell Way Mayland Chelmsford Essex CM3 6AT
Received 27 Feb 20232 Church Street Maldon Essex CM9 5HP
Received 27 Feb 2023Whitelands Langford Road Wickham Bishops Witham Essex CM8 3JG
Received 27 Feb 2023Inglenook 52 Maldon Road Goldhanger Maldon Essex CM9 8BG
Received 27 Feb 2023Claremont 47 Mill Road Burnham-On-Crouch Essex CM0 8PZ
Received 27 Feb 20233 Blackwater Road North Fambridge Chelmsford Essex CM3 6FX
Received 22 Feb 2023Land At St Peters Church Church Road Great Totham Essex
Received 27 Feb 2023Land At Howells Lake Poplar Grove Chase Great Totham Essex
Received 27 Feb 20234 Anchor Way North Fambridge Chelmsford Essex CM3 6FY
Received 28 Feb 2023The Elms Dental Practice 27 Butt Lane Maldon Essex CM9 5HD
Received 28 Feb 202327 Butt Lane Maldon Essex
Received 28 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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