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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.
2,387 approved · 808 refused · 110 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Supreme Installations South East Limited Unit 2 New Farm Stow Road Stow Maries Chelmsford Essex CM3 6RS
Received 1 Jun 20238A Mill Road Mayland Essex
Received 2 Jun 2023Land South Of Poplar Grove Farm Poplar Grove Chase Great Totham Essex
Received 2 Jun 2023Chase House Maldon Road Latchingdon Chelmsford Essex CM3 6LG
Received 2 Jun 2023Marsh Bungalow Old Hall Lane Tolleshunt D'Arcy Maldon Essex CM9 8TP
Received 2 Jun 2023Land Opposite Prentice Hall Farm Prentice Hall Lane Tollesbury Essex
Received 2 Jun 2023High House Old Heath Road Althorne Chelmsford Essex CM3 6EW
Received 5 Jun 2023High House Old Heath Road Althorne Chelmsford Essex CM3 6EW
Received 5 Jun 202337 Fambridge Road Maldon Essex CM9 6AE
Received 5 Jun 2023The Old Rectory Church Hill Purleigh Chelmsford Essex CM3 6QH
Received 5 Jun 20231 Grouts Farm Cottage Kelvedon Road Tolleshunt D'arcy Maldon Essex CM9 8EL
Received 5 Jun 20239 Glebe Way Burnham-On-Crouch Essex CM0 8QJ
Received 5 Jun 2023Land Opposite Prentice Hall Farm Prentice Hall Lane Tollesbury Essex
Received 31 May 2023Barns At Middle Farm Blind Lane Tolleshunt Knights Essex
Received 31 May 2023Golf Driving Range Burnham Road Woodham Mortimer Maldon Essex CM9 6SR
Received 5 Jun 2023Ancillary Annexe Heath House Braxted Road Little Braxted Essex
Received 2 Jun 2023Heath House Braxted Road Little Braxted Witham Essex CM8 3JY
Received 2 Jun 202326 Worcester Road Burnham-On-Crouch Essex CM0 8RA
Received 2 Jun 202344 - 48 High Street Maldon Essex CM9 5PN
Received 6 Jun 20233 Church Street Maldon Essex CM9 5HW
Received 5 Jun 2023Tillingham Hall North Street Tillingham Essex
Received 6 Jun 2023Paton Place Nipsells Chase Mayland Chelmsford Essex CM3 6EJ
Received 6 Jun 2023Plots 90 And 92 Riverton Drive St Lawrence Southminster Essex CM0 7NG
Received 6 Jun 2023Land South Of Wycke Hill And Limebrook Way Maldon Essex
Received 6 Jun 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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