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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.
2,411 approved · 826 refused · 111 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
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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.
Agricultural Building At Wraywick Farm The Marshes Southminster Essex
Received 4 Aug 2023Great Canney Farm Hackmans Lane Cold Norton Essex
Received 4 Aug 2023Land At Old Wheatsheaf The Street Stow Maries Essex
Received 4 Aug 20237 Cripplegate Southminster Essex CM0 7DW
Received 4 Aug 2023Roundbush Farm Colchester Road Great Totham Maldon Essex CM9 8BZ
Received 7 Aug 2023Land At Broad Street Green Road And Langford Road And Maypole Road Great Totham Essex
Received 7 Aug 2023St Nicholas Church Of England Primary School South Street Tillingham Southminster Essex CM0 7TJ
Received 8 Aug 2023Workshop Forrester Park Golf And Tennis Club Beckingham Road Great Totham Essex
Received 8 Aug 202340 Beeleigh Road Maldon Essex CM9 5QH
Received 8 Aug 2023Home Farm Maypole Road Langford Maldon Essex CM9 4TA
Received 9 Aug 2023Home Farm Maypole Road Langford Maldon Essex CM9 4TA
Received 9 Aug 2023Heybridge Co-Operative Academy Colchester Road Heybridge Essex
Received 9 Aug 2023Bryden House Witham Road Wickham Bishops Witham Essex CM8 3LQ
Received 9 Aug 2023Land South East Of 34 Hall Road Great Totham Essex
Received 9 Aug 202331 Hillside Road Burnham-On-Crouch Essex CM0 8EY
Received 10 Aug 2023Grasmere 16 Fish Street Goldhanger Maldon Essex CM9 8AT
Received 10 Aug 2023Land Adjacent To Norton Hall St Stephens Road Cold Norton Essex
Received 10 Aug 2023Kestrels Cottage Lodge Road Woodham Mortimer Maldon Essex CM9 6SJ
Received 10 Aug 2023Weetwood Summerhill Althorne Chelmsford Essex CM3 6BY
Received 10 Aug 2023Sunnyside Stoney Hills Burnham-On-Crouch Essex CM0 8QA
Received 10 Aug 2023The Chapel Providence Burnham-On-Crouch Essex CM0 8JU
Received 10 Aug 2023M P Body Works Rear Repair Centre Brunel Garage Woodrolfe Road Tollesbury Maldon Essex CM9 8SE
Received 10 Aug 2023The Augers High Street Burnham-On-Crouch Essex
Received 10 Aug 2023Land North West Of Riversleigh Nipsells Chase Mayland Essex
Received 11 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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