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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.
2,381 approved · 805 refused · 110 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Little House 8 Witham Road Wickham Bishops Witham Essex CM8 3NQ
Received 20 Apr 20232 Springwood Close Latchingdon Chelmsford Essex CM3 6YJ
Received 24 Apr 202341A & 39 D'arcy Way Tolleshunt D'arcy Maldon Essex CM9 8UD
Received 24 Apr 2023Land East Of Kelvedon Road Great Totham Essex
Received 24 Apr 2023Land Adjacent 7 Granger Avenue Maldon Essex
Received 24 Apr 2023Frensham House Witham Road Wickham Bishops Maldon Essex CM8 3LQ
Received 25 Apr 2023Darcy House 1 South Street Tolleshunt D'arcy Maldon Essex CM9 8TR
Received 25 Apr 2023The Malt House Maldon Road Steeple Southminster Essex CM0 7RN
Received 25 Apr 2023May Cottage Waterworks Road Tollesbury Maldon Essex CM9 8RF
Received 26 Apr 2023Land West Of 73 North Road Tollesbury Essex
Received 26 Apr 2023Land At Fairfield Old Heath Road Southminster Essex
Received 26 Apr 2023St Nicholas Church Of England Primary School South Street Tillingham Southminster Essex CM0 7TJ
Received 26 Apr 2023Land Rear Of 148 Station Road Burnham-On-Crouch Essex
Received 26 Apr 2023Honeywood Farm Honeypot Lane Purleigh Chelmsford Essex CM3 6RT
Received 26 Apr 20233 Horton Close Maldon Essex CM9 5QA
Received 27 Apr 2023Land North Of Willow Grove Maldon Road Mundon Essex
Received 27 Apr 2023Land East Of Ferry Road Burnham-On-Crouch Essex
Received 27 Apr 202321 Alexandra Road Burnham-On-Crouch Essex CM0 8BW
Received 27 Apr 202320 Butt Lane Maldon Essex CM9 5HD
Received 27 Apr 2023Tolcraft 104 Basin Road Heybridge Basin Maldon Essex CM9 4RS
Received 27 Apr 2023St Nicholas Church Of England Primary School South Street Tillingham Southminster Essex CM0 7TJ
Received 28 Apr 2023Land At Broad Street Green Road And Langford Road And Maypole Road Great Totham Essex
Received 28 Apr 202321 The Paddocks Great Totham Maldon Essex CM9 8PF
Received 28 Apr 2023Leanna House Lock Hill Heybridge Basin Essex
Received 28 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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