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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.
2,366 approved · 799 refused · 110 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Darcy Stores 17 North Street Tolleshunt D'arcy Maldon Essex CM9 8TF
Received 17 Mar 2023Land At Osea Leisure Park Goldhanger Road Heybridge Essex
Received 20 Mar 202330 St Stephens Road Cold Norton Chelmsford Essex CM3 6JE
Received 20 Mar 2023Barn At Old Mill House Vineyard Hazeleigh Hall Lane Woodham Mortimer Essex
Received 20 Mar 2023Stockmans Lodge Stokes Hall Farm Burnham Road Althorne Chelmsford Essex CM3 6DS
Received 20 Mar 2023Ramble House 9 High Street Bradwell-on-sea Southminster Essex CM0 7QL
Received 20 Mar 2023Bacons Farm Barn Bacons Chase Bradwell-on-sea Essex
Received 16 Mar 2023Bacons Farm Barn Bacons Chase Bradwell-on-sea Essex
Received 16 Mar 2023The Gallop 1 Poney Chase Wickham Bishops Witham Essex CM8 3NX
Received 20 Mar 2023Baxters 46 Victoria Road Maldon Essex CM9 5HF
Received 20 Mar 2023Dairy Farm Dairy Farm Road Althorne Chelmsford Essex CM3 6ED
Received 21 Mar 2023Mill House Maldon Road Langford Maldon Essex CM9 4SS
Received 21 Mar 202338 Market Hill Maldon Essex CM9 4QA
Received 20 Mar 2023ASE Insurance Agency UK Limited 2 Mill Road Maldon Essex CM9 5HZ
Received 16 Mar 2023Winterdale Manor Enterprise Centre Southminster Road Althorne Essex
Received 16 Mar 2023Land Adjacent 2 Grange Road Wickham Bishops Essex
Received 21 Mar 2023Gravel Pit Stoney Hills Burnham-On-Crouch Essex
Received 17 Mar 2023The Rookery Lodge Farm Old London Road Woodham Walter Maldon Essex CM9 6RL
Received 21 Mar 2023Land At Homelands Southminster Road Asheldham Essex
Received 22 Mar 2023Fieldway Station Road Wickham Bishops Witham Essex CM8 3JN
Received 22 Mar 2023Woodpeckers 15 Mangapp Chase Burnham-On-Crouch Essex CM0 8QQ
Received 22 Mar 2023Ancillary Annexe At Orchard View Goat House Lane Hazeleigh Essex
Received 22 Mar 202349 Burnham Road Southminster Essex CM0 7ES
Received 23 Mar 2023Dabblers Little Baddow Road Woodham Walter Maldon Essex CM9 6RP
Received 23 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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