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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.
2,396 approved · 814 refused · 110 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
The Stables East Street Tollesbury Maldon Essex CM9 8QD
Received 19 Jun 20236 Grebe Close Mayland Chelmsford Essex CM3 6TZ
Received 19 Jun 2023Goings Wharf Colchester Road Heybridge Essex
Received 20 Jun 2023Three Ways Birchwood Road Purleigh Chelmsford Essex CM3 6PR
Received 20 Jun 2023Long View 2 Grange Road Wickham Bishops Witham Essex CM8 3LT
Received 20 Jun 2023Land Adjacent To 55 Kings Road Southminster Essex
Received 20 Jun 2023Mulholland Station Road Wickham Bishops Witham Essex CM8 3JN
Received 20 Jun 2023Maldon Court Preparatory School 8 And 10 Silver Street Maldon Essex CM9 4QE
Received 20 Jun 2023Hylands Rectory Road Tolleshunt Knights Maldon Essex CM9 8EZ
Received 21 Jun 20231 Alamein Road Burnham-On-Crouch Essex CM0 8JH
Received 21 Jun 20238 Westerings Purleigh Chelmsford Essex CM3 6PG
Received 22 Jun 2023Southminster Church Of England Primary School Burnham Road Southminster Essex CM0 7ES
Received 22 Jun 2023Wycke View Farm Main Road Mundon Maldon Essex CM9 6PB
Received 22 Jun 2023Land South Of Charwood And East Of Orchard House Stoney Hills Burnham-On-Crouch Essex
Received 22 Jun 2023Evangelical Church 27 Fullbridge Maldon Essex CM9 4LE
Received 22 Jun 202385 Cedar Chase Heybridge Maldon Essex CM9 4NR
Received 22 Jun 2023Land Adjacent 20 Chapel Lane Tillingham Essex
Received 23 Jun 2023Purleigh Wash Farm Fambridge Road Purleigh Essex
Received 23 Jun 2023Land West Of Cemetery Chapel Southminster Road Burnham-On-Crouch Essex
Received 23 Jun 202346 Highfield Rise Althorne Chelmsford Essex CM3 6DN
Received 26 Jun 2023Hall Farm Land At 583941 203977 Hazeleigh Hall Lane Hazeleigh Essex
Received 26 Jun 2023Allotment Gardens South Street Bradwell-on-sea Essex
Received 26 Jun 2023Land At Lower And Middle Farm Blind Lane Tolleshunt Knights Essex
Received 23 Jun 20231 St Giles Close Maldon Essex CM9 6HU
Received 26 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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