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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.
2,369 approved · 799 refused · 110 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
The Gray House Hackmans Lane Purleigh Chelmsford Essex CM3 6RJ
Received 23 Mar 202338 Market Hill Maldon Essex CM9 4QA
Received 23 Mar 202338 Market Hill Maldon Essex CM9 4QA
Received 23 Mar 2023Grain Drying Unit Approximately 60 Metres South East Of Barn Listed QV 8 129 Hall Farm Hall Road Southminster Essex
Received 20 Mar 2023Grain Drying Unit Approximately 60 Metres South East Of Barn Listed QV 8 129 Hall Farm Hall Road Southminster Essex
Received 20 Mar 2023Land At Willie Almshouse School Road Great Totham Essex
Received 23 Mar 2023Land At Willie Almshouse School Road Great Totham Essex
Received 23 Mar 20234 The Aspens Southminster Essex CM0 7FJ
Received 23 Mar 20231 Church Cottages Witham Road Langford Maldon Essex CM9 4ST
Received 23 Mar 2023Land West Of Maypole Road Heybridge Essex
Received 23 Mar 2023The Maldon Garden Centre Limited Claremont Garden Centre Bryants Lane Woodham Mortimer Maldon Essex CM9 6TF
Received 24 Mar 2023Land Rear Of 63 High Street Maldon Essex
Received 24 Mar 202323 Tollesbury Road Tolleshunt D'arcy Maldon Essex CM9 8UB
Received 24 Mar 20238 Regents Court Kings Road Burnham-On-Crouch Essex CM0 8PP
Received 24 Mar 2023Museum Of Power Steam Pumping Station Hatfield Road Langford Maldon Essex CM9 6QA
Received 24 Mar 2023Der A Lea Main Road Mundon Maldon Essex CM9 6NU
Received 27 Mar 20232 Steeple Meadows Southminster Essex CM0 7UY
Received 27 Mar 2023Little Walnuts 67 Broad Street Green Road Great Totham Maldon Essex CM9 8NX
Received 27 Mar 2023Land Rear Of 38 Maldon Road Burnham-On-Crouch Essex
Received 27 Mar 2023Wycke View Farm Main Road Mundon Maldon Essex CM9 6PB
Received 27 Mar 2023Land Rear Of 148 Station Road Burnham-On-Crouch Essex
Received 27 Mar 2023Land Adjacent To Honeywood Farm Honeypot Lane Purleigh Essex
Received 27 Mar 2023Willow House High View St Lawrence Southminster Essex CM0 7NP
Received 21 Mar 2023Land At Lyncroft Bakers Lane Tolleshunt Major Essex
Received 27 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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