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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.
2,384 approved · 808 refused · 110 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Ridge End 6 Church Road Wickham Bishops Witham Essex CM8 3LA
Received 9 May 2023Ridge End 6 Church Road Wickham Bishops Witham Essex CM8 3LA
Received 9 May 2023Ridge End 6 Church Road Wickham Bishops Witham Essex CM8 3LA
Received 9 May 2023Mill Cottage Maldon Road Langford Maldon Essex CM9 4SS
Received 9 May 202353 Spital Road Maldon Essex CM9 6DZ
Received 9 May 2023Poundstretcher 67 High Street Maldon Essex CM9 5EP
Received 9 May 2023Land Rear Of Primley Lodge Grange Road Tillingham Essex
Received 9 May 202311 Market Hill Maldon Essex CM9 4PZ
Received 9 May 2023Highfields Bassetts Lane Woodham Walter Chelmsford Essex CM3 4BZ
Received 10 May 2023Limebrook Trade Centre Wycke Hill Business Park Maldon Essex
Received 10 May 2023Land At Broad Street Green Road And Langford Road And Maypole Road Great Totham Essex
Received 10 May 2023Langford Waterworks Hatfield Road Langford Essex
Received 11 May 2023Land Adjacent To Oaklands Kelvedon Road Great Totham Essex
Received 11 May 2023Headland Barn Maldon Hall Farm Spital Road Maldon Essex CM9 6SQ
Received 11 May 20231 Brook Close Tiptree Colchester Essex CO5 0RY
Received 12 May 2023White Lodge 50 Beeleigh Road Maldon Essex CM9 5QJ
Received 12 May 2023Bridgemarsh Marine Bridgemarsh Lane Althorne Essex
Received 12 May 2023Scrap Metal Yard The Brambles Southminster Road Asheldham Essex
Received 9 May 2023Land Adjacent To 31 Woodrolfe Road Tollesbury Essex
Received 11 May 2023The Malt House Maldon Road Steeple Southminster Essex CM0 7RN
Received 12 May 2023The Kings Head Centre 38 High Street Maldon Essex
Received 12 May 2023Land Adjacent Thornfields Purleigh Grove Cold Norton Essex
Received 12 May 2023Wrekin Farm Shop Burnham Road Althorne Chelmsford Essex CM3 6DT
Received 12 May 20234 St Pauls Mews Heybridge Maldon Essex CM9 4QZ
Received 15 May 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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