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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.
2,357 approved · 797 refused · 110 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Land At Broad Street Green Road And Langford Road And Maypole Road Great Totham Essex
Received 8 Mar 2023Land At Mapledean Pig Farm Mapledean Chase Latchingdon Essex
Received 8 Mar 2023Land Between 26 & 28 Tiptree Road Wickham Bishops Essex
Received 7 Mar 202341 Byron Drive Wickham Bishops Witham Essex CM8 3ND
Received 8 Mar 2023Land West Of David Fisher Way David Fisher Way Southminster Essex
Received 8 Mar 2023Saffron Cottage Witham Road Tolleshunt Major Maldon Essex CM9 8JT
Received 9 Mar 202347A Western Road Burnham-On-Crouch Essex CM0 8JG
Received 9 Mar 2023St Andrews Bungalow Maldon Road Latchingdon Chelmsford Essex CM3 6LG
Received 10 Mar 2023Estate Office Stokes Hall Burnham Road Althorne Essex
Received 10 Mar 2023Hall Farm Land At 583941 203977 Hazeleigh Hall Lane Hazeleigh Essex
Received 10 Mar 2023Hobbs Cottage 5 Station Approach North Fambridge Chelmsford Essex CM3 6NE
Received 13 Mar 20231 & 2 Stokes Hall Farm Cottages Burnham Road Althorne Essex
Received 13 Mar 20232 Stokes Hall Farm Cottages Burnham Road Althorne Chelmsford Essex CM3 6DS
Received 13 Mar 2023Langford Hall Witham Road Langford Maldon Essex CM9 4ST
Received 13 Mar 2023Langford Hall Witham Road Langford Maldon Essex CM9 4ST
Received 13 Mar 20238 Tenterfield Road Maldon Essex CM9 5EW
Received 13 Mar 20231 John Thresh Way Langford Maldon Essex CM9 6FR
Received 13 Mar 20237 Orchard Road Burnham-On-Crouch Essex CM0 8JQ
Received 13 Mar 202311 Leigh Drive Wickham Bishops Witham Essex CM8 3JS
Received 9 Mar 2023Maldon Wycke Barn Spital Road Maldon Essex CM9 6SQ
Received 10 Mar 2023Blackwater Croft 8A West Avenue Mayland Chelmsford Essex CM3 6AF
Received 13 Mar 2023Units 1 And 2 Old Hall Farm Old Hall Lane Tolleshunt D'Arcy Essex
Received 13 Mar 2023Paton Place Nipsells Chase Mayland Chelmsford Essex CM3 6EJ
Received 13 Mar 2023Land At Broad Street Green Road And Langford Road And Maypole Road Great Totham Essex
Received 8 Mar 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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