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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2,384 approved · 808 refused · 110 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Rosemead Franklin Road North Fambridge Chelmsford Essex CM3 6NF
Received 15 May 2023St Peters Court Spital Road Maldon Essex CM9 6LF
Received 15 May 202368 Dorset Road Maldon Essex CM9 6JY
Received 15 May 2023Land North Of Captains Wood Road Great Totham Essex
Received 15 May 20232 Wellington Road Maldon Essex CM9 6HL
Received 9 May 202333 Victoria Road Maldon Essex CM9 5HE
Received 16 May 2023Land Bounded By Maldon Road And Creeksea Lane Burnham-On-Crouch Essex
Received 16 May 2023Land Adjacent Ivydene Scalby Road Southminster Essex
Received 17 May 2023Conifers Beacon Hill Wickham Bishops Witham Essex CM8 3EA
Received 17 May 2023Bella Vista 38 Maldon Road Goldhanger Maldon Essex CM9 8BG
Received 17 May 2023Land At 61 Station Road Southminster Essex
Received 17 May 2023Josua 4 Silver Street Maldon Essex CM9 4QE
Received 17 May 2023Horse Trough The Street Heybridge Essex
Received 17 May 2023Land West Of Bridgemans Green Latchingdon Essex
Received 18 May 2023Land Rear Of 148 Station Road Burnham-On-Crouch Essex
Received 18 May 2023Malone Cottage Maypole Road Wickham Bishops Witham Essex CM8 3NW
Received 19 May 2023The Gallop 1 Poney Chase Wickham Bishops Witham Essex CM8 3NX
Received 19 May 202337 Victoria Road Maldon Essex CM9 5HE
Received 16 May 2023The Horse Barn Latchingdon Road Purleigh Chelmsford Essex CM3 6HR
Received 16 May 2023Tollesbury Sailing Club Woodrolfe Road Tollesbury Maldon Essex CM9 8SE
Received 22 May 2023Building 5 Adjacent Norton Hall Cottages St Stephens Road Cold Norton Essex
Received 22 May 2023Ashwillows 31 Beeleigh Road Maldon Essex CM9 5QH
Received 22 May 202337D London Road Maldon Essex CM9 6HG
Received 22 May 202337D London Road Maldon Essex CM9 6HG
Received 22 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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