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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.
2,408 approved · 823 refused · 111 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
3 Rectory Road North Fambridge Chelmsford Essex CM3 6NG
Received 27 Jul 202336 Hall Estate Goldhanger Maldon Essex CM9 8BB
Received 28 Jul 2023Paton Place Nipsells Chase Mayland Chelmsford Essex CM3 6EJ
Received 28 Jul 2023Infinity Cottage 8 Goat Lodge Road Great Totham Maldon Essex CM9 8BT
Received 31 Jul 202320 Devonshire Road Burnham-On-Crouch Essex CM0 8DR
Received 31 Jul 20235 Cromwell Hill Maldon Essex CM9 4QD
Received 31 Jul 2023High Hall Cottage 30 Church Road Wickham Bishops Witham Essex CM8 3JZ
Received 31 Jul 2023High Hall Cottage 30 Church Road Wickham Bishops Witham Essex CM8 3JZ
Received 31 Jul 202330 Spital Road Maldon Essex CM9 6EB
Received 31 Jul 2023Land At Homefield House Witham Road Little Braxted Essex
Received 31 Jul 2023Mycenae School Road Great Totham Maldon Essex CM9 8PT
Received 31 Jul 2023Ockleys Maypole Road Wickham Bishops Witham Essex CM8 3NW
Received 31 Jul 202320 Beeleigh Road Maldon Essex CM9 5QH
Received 31 Jul 2023Woodham Walter Church Of England Primary School The Street Woodham Walter Maldon Essex CM9 6RF
Received 1 Aug 2023Land South Of Charwood And East Of Orchard House Stoney Hills Burnham-On-Crouch Essex
Received 2 Aug 2023Friary House Carmelite Way Maldon Essex CM9 5FJ
Received 2 Aug 2023Down Westwick Waterside Road Bradwell-On-Sea Southminster Essex CM0 7QZ
Received 2 Aug 2023Down Westwick Waterside Road Bradwell-On-Sea Southminster Essex CM0 7QZ
Received 2 Aug 2023Hallfield Gate Barnhall Road Tolleshunt Knights Maldon Essex CM9 8HE
Received 2 Aug 2023Manythings 165 Station Road Burnham-On-Crouch Essex CM0 8HJ
Received 2 Aug 2023Land At Willie Almshouse School Road Great Totham Essex
Received 2 Aug 2023Land Adjacent Riverside Cottages Ferry Road North Fambridge Essex
Received 3 Aug 2023Agricultural Barn Purleigh Wash Farm Fambridge Road Purleigh Essex
Received 3 Aug 202333 Wentworth Meadows Maldon Essex CM9 6EH
Received 4 Aug 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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