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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.
2,398 approved · 815 refused · 110 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Eight Acre Farm Birchwood Road Cock Clarks Chelmsford Essex CM3 6RF
Received 3 Jul 2023Barn A Lofts Farmhouse Broad Street Green Road Great Totham Essex
Received 3 Jul 20236 Towers Road Heybridge Maldon Essex CM9 4AP
Received 4 Jul 20236 Towers Road Heybridge Maldon Essex CM9 4AP
Received 4 Jul 2023Land West Of Bridgemans Green Latchingdon Essex
Received 4 Jul 2023Land West Of Bridgemans Green Latchingdon Essex
Received 4 Jul 202354 Maple Way Burnham-On-Crouch Essex CM0 8DW
Received 5 Jul 2023Land At 22 Steeple Road Mayland Essex
Received 4 Jul 2023Tyndales Farm Southend Road Woodham Mortimer Essex
Received 5 Jul 202343 - 45 High Street Maldon Essex CM9 5PF
Received 5 Jul 202343 - 45 High Street Maldon Essex CM9 5PF
Received 5 Jul 2023Land South Of Wycke Hill And Limebrook Way Maldon Essex
Received 5 Jul 2023Solar Farm At 596892 196989 Marsh Road Burnham-On-Crouch Essex
Received 4 Jul 2023Land North Of Latchingdon Bowls Club Burnham Road Latchingdon Essex
Received 6 Jul 2023Land North Of Latchingdon Bowls Club Burnham Road Latchingdon Essex
Received 6 Jul 2023Harbour Antiques 7 High Street Burnham-On-Crouch Essex CM0 8AG
Received 6 Jul 2023Plantation Hall Colchester Road Heybridge Maldon Essex CM9 4AL
Received 6 Jul 2023Corner Cottage The Quay Burnham-On-Crouch Essex CM0 8AS
Received 6 Jul 202340 Repertor Drive Maldon Essex CM9 6FQ
Received 7 Jul 2023The Lodge Pale Pitt Farm Latchingdon Road Purleigh Essex
Received 7 Jul 2023Land Opposite St Nicholas Village Hall Witham Road Tolleshunt Major Essex
Received 7 Jul 2023Mandalay Post Office Road Woodham Mortimer Essex CM9 6ST
Received 10 Jul 2023The Vault 12C Station Road Southminster Essex CM0 7EW
Received 10 Jul 2023Grass Verge Corner Of Church Street Tolleshunt D'Arcy Essex
Received 6 Jul 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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