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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2,398 approved · 815 refused · 110 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
The Old Pump House 6 Head Street Goldhanger Maldon Essex CM9 8AY
Received 24 Jul 20237 East Street Tollesbury Maldon Essex CM9 8QD
Received 24 Jul 2023Former Garage High Dean 42 Colchester Road Great Totham Essex
Received 24 Jul 202343 - 45 High Street Maldon Essex CM9 5PF
Received 24 Jul 202333A Beeleigh Road Maldon Essex CM9 5QH
Received 18 Jul 2023Land North Of Homefield Southminster Essex
Received 19 Jul 2023Heybridge Wood Wood Lane Heybridge Essex
Received 20 Jul 2023Outbuildings At Wrekin Farm Burnham Road Althorne Essex
Received 24 Jul 20239 Norfolk Close Maldon Essex CM9 6BA
Received 24 Jul 2023Bairstow Eves 20 High Street Maldon Essex CM9 5PJ
Received 24 Jul 2023Mayhaven Scalby Road Southminster Essex CM0 7BP
Received 24 Jul 2023New Brunswick Scientific England Limited Court Langley House Quayside Industrial Estate Bates Road Maldon Essex CM9 5FA
Received 24 Jul 2023Tollesbury Congregational Church East Street Tollesbury Maldon Essex CM9 8QD
Received 25 Jul 2023Proposed Church Hall Rectory Road Tolleshunt Knights Essex
Received 25 Jul 2023Land At Broad Street Green Road And Langford Road And Maypole Road Great Totham Essex
Received 25 Jul 2023Bairstow Eves 20 High Street Maldon Essex CM9 5PJ
Received 24 Jul 2023Red Lyons Farm Burnham Road Latchingdon Essex
Received 25 Jul 2023The Farm Office Residency Tyndales Farm Southend Road Woodham Mortimer Maldon Essex CM9 6TQ
Received 25 Jul 2023D'arcy Court Maldon Essex
Received 26 Jul 2023Courtyard Clinic 1 The Old Cutting Rooms Church Walk Maldon Essex CM9 4PY
Received 27 Jul 2023Courtyard Clinic 1 The Old Cutting Rooms Church Walk Maldon Essex CM9 4PY
Received 27 Jul 2023Heath Cottage Old Heath Road Southminster Essex CM0 7BN
Received 27 Jul 2023Mapledean Poultry Farm Mapledean Chase Mundon Essex
Received 27 Jul 2023Pigeon Dock 1A Mill Road Mayland Chelmsford Essex CM3 6EQ
Received 27 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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