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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.
2,370 approved · 799 refused · 110 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Community Of St John The Baptist The Old Rectory Rectory Road Tolleshunt Knights Maldon Essex CM9 8EZ
Received 31 Mar 20232 Church Close Wickham Bishops Witham Essex CM8 3LN
Received 31 Mar 20233 Calm Patch Burnham-On-Crouch Essex CM0 8GZ
Received 31 Mar 2023Hall Farm Land At 583941 203977 Hazeleigh Hall Lane Hazeleigh Essex
Received 31 Mar 2023Land East Of Birch Road Tillingham Essex
Received 31 Mar 2023New Site At Former Mill Beach Goldhanger Road Heybridge Essex
Received 31 Mar 2023Land At Willowbrook Farm The Street Little Totham Essex
Received 31 Mar 2023Land West Of Witham Road Witham Road Tolleshunt Major Essex
Received 31 Mar 2023The Maldon Garden Centre Limited Claremont Garden Centre Bryants Lane Woodham Mortimer Maldon Essex CM9 6TF
Received 31 Mar 2023Oak Farm Barn Old London Road Woodham Walter Essex
Received 31 Mar 2023Wrington 27 Imperial Avenue Mayland Chelmsford Essex CM3 6AH
Received 3 Apr 20239 Cherry Blossom Lane Cold Norton Chelmsford Essex CM3 6JQ
Received 4 Apr 2023Land South Of 97 South Street Tillingham Essex
Received 4 Apr 2023Bridgewick Farmhouse North Bridge Wick Lane Dengie Southminster Essex CM0 7JG
Received 4 Apr 20232 Appleberry Place Burnham-On-Crouch Essex CM0 8QN
Received 4 Apr 20231 Gate Street Mews Maldon Essex CM9 5EF
Received 4 Apr 2023OS Field 6251 Colchester Road Great Totham Essex
Received 4 Apr 202339 Spital Road Maldon Essex CM9 6DZ
Received 4 Apr 2023Land At 100 The Street Latchingdon Essex
Received 4 Apr 202364 Maldon Road Burnham-On-Crouch Essex CM0 8NR
Received 4 Apr 2023East Barn Hall Road Great Totham Maldon Essex CM9 8NN
Received 5 Apr 2023East Barn Hall Road Great Totham Maldon Essex CM9 8NN
Received 5 Apr 2023Land At Langford Hall Witham Road Langford Essex
Received 5 Apr 2023Unit 19 Mapledean Works Maldon Road Mundon Essex
Received 5 Apr 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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