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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.
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Explore collected planning applications and decisions for Maldon District Council. Search an address, application reference or proposal to find a record.
2,363 approved · 799 refused · 110 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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 Promenade Mayland Chelmsford Essex CM3 6AR
Received 14 Mar 2023Langford Hall Witham Road Langford Maldon Essex CM9 4ST
Received 14 Mar 202384 Highlands Drive Maldon Essex CM9 6HY
Received 14 Mar 2023Cedar House Crouchmans Farm Road Ulting Maldon Essex CM9 6QS
Received 14 Mar 2023Land Adjacent To Old Hall Farm Old Hall Lane Tolleshunt D'Arcy Essex
Received 14 Mar 2023British Red Cross Society 49A Mill Road Maldon Essex CM9 5HY
Received 14 Mar 2023Building 5 Adjacent Norton Hall Cottages St Stephens Road Cold Norton Essex
Received 14 Mar 2023Shrub Hill Farm Maldon Road Tiptree Colchester Essex CO5 0QA
Received 15 Mar 2023Land Adjacent Rickerby Fambridge Road Hazeleigh Essex
Received 15 Mar 2023Florence Cottage 8 Riverside Road Burnham-On-Crouch Essex CM0 8JY
Received 15 Mar 202316 High Street Tollesbury Maldon Essex CM9 8RG
Received 15 Mar 2023Kestrels Cottage Lodge Road Woodham Mortimer Maldon Essex CM9 6SJ
Received 15 Mar 2023Old Steine 16 Witham Road Wickham Bishops Witham Essex CM8 3NQ
Received 15 Mar 2023Hall Farm Land At 583941 203977 Hazeleigh Hall Lane Hazeleigh Essex
Received 15 Mar 2023Hall Farm Land At 583941 203977 Hazeleigh Hall Lane Hazeleigh Essex
Received 15 Mar 20231 Church Cottages Witham Road Langford Maldon Essex CM9 4ST
Received 15 Mar 202320 Meadow Way Latchingdon Chelmsford Essex CM3 6LH
Received 15 Mar 202331 North Street Tillingham Southminster Essex CM0 7TR
Received 14 Mar 2023Anchor Guest House 7 Church Street Maldon Essex CM9 5HW
Received 16 Mar 2023High Trees Spital Road Maldon Essex CM9 6SQ
Received 16 Mar 2023All Saints Church Of England Primary School Highlands Drive Maldon Essex CM9 6HY
Received 16 Mar 202326 Station Crescent Cold Norton Chelmsford Essex CM3 6HY
Received 16 Mar 202374 High Street Burnham-On-Crouch Essex CM0 8AA
Received 17 Mar 202374 High Street Burnham-On-Crouch Essex CM0 8AA
Received 17 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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