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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2,398 approved · 815 refused · 110 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
47 Festival Gardens Tolleshunt D'Arcy Maldon Essex CM9 8TX
Received 17 Jul 2023Barclays 18 High Street Burnham-On-Crouch Essex CM0 8AA
Received 17 Jul 202338 Market Hill Maldon Essex CM9 4QA
Received 17 Jul 2023Unit 3 The Old Ironworks Fullbridge Maldon Essex CM9 4LE
Received 17 Jul 2023Poundstretcher 67 High Street Maldon Essex CM9 5EP
Received 18 Jul 2023Grass Verge Corner Of Vicarage Close Tolleshunt D'Arcy Essex
Received 6 Jul 2023St Francis Roman Catholic Primary School West Chase Maldon Essex CM9 6HN
Received 18 Jul 2023Pigeon Dock 1A Mill Road Mayland Chelmsford Essex CM3 6EQ
Received 18 Jul 2023Smugglers Cove 17 High Street Maldon Essex CM9 5PE
Received 19 Jul 2023Land At Broad Street Green Road And Langford Road And Maypole Road Great Totham Essex
Received 19 Jul 2023Wellington House 14A Wellington Road Maldon Essex CM9 6HL
Received 19 Jul 2023122 Nipsells Chase Mayland Chelmsford Essex CM3 6EJ
Received 19 Jul 2023Land North Of 48 Woodrolfe Road Tollesbury Essex
Received 19 Jul 2023Langford Old School House Maldon Road Langford Maldon Essex CM9 4SS
Received 17 Jul 2023Josua 4 Silver Street Maldon Essex CM9 4QE
Received 19 Jul 202322 Park Road Burnham-On-Crouch Essex CM0 8ES
Received 19 Jul 202322 Sceptre Close Tollesbury Maldon Essex CM9 8XB
Received 20 Jul 2023The Firs 178 Goldhanger Road Heybridge Maldon Essex CM9 4QU
Received 20 Jul 2023Great Canney Court Hackmans Lane Cold Norton Essex
Received 17 Jul 2023Heath Cottage Old Heath Road Southminster Essex CM0 7BN
Received 20 Jul 2023High View Fambridge Road Althorne Chelmsford Essex CM3 6DB
Received 21 Jul 2023Rathscar 1 North Street Tillingham Southminster Essex CM0 7TR
Received 21 Jul 202343 - 45 High Street Maldon Essex CM9 5PF
Received 21 Jul 2023Former Whistlers The Street Purleigh Chelmsford Essex CM3 6QJ
Received 21 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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