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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.
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Explore collected planning applications and decisions for Maldon District Council. Search an address, application reference or proposal to find a record.
2,419 approved · 837 refused · 112 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
14 Roots Lane Wickham Bishops Witham Essex CM8 3LS
Received 14 Aug 2023Brelades Burnham Road Woodham Mortimer Maldon Essex CM9 6SS
Received 14 Aug 2023Brelades Burnham Road Woodham Mortimer Maldon Essex CM9 6SS
Received 14 Aug 2023Xtreme Fitness Gym Limited Unit 19 West Station Yard Spital Road Maldon Essex CM9 6TR
Received 14 Aug 2023Tumbrils 14 Tiptree Road Wickham Bishops Witham Essex CM8 3NB
Received 14 Aug 2023Forrester Park Golf And Tennis Club Beckingham Road Great Totham Maldon Essex CM9 8EA
Received 14 Aug 2023Land At 27 Spital Road Maldon Essex
Received 14 Aug 2023Land At Mayflower Nursery Mill Road Mayland Essex
Received 15 Aug 2023Land At The Old Mill House Mill End Bradwell-On-Sea Essex
Received 15 Aug 2023Land South West Of The Warren Hackmans Lane Purleigh Essex
Received 15 Aug 2023Toucan Rest Beckingham Street Tolleshunt Major Maldon Essex CM9 8LL
Received 15 Aug 20236 Cobbins Chase Burnham-On-Crouch Essex CM0 8QF
Received 15 Aug 2023Land At Southlands Bryants Lane Woodham Mortimer Essex
Received 15 Aug 202320 Devonshire Road Burnham-On-Crouch Essex CM0 8DR
Received 16 Aug 2023112 Maldon Road Burnham-On-Crouch Essex CM0 8DB
Received 16 Aug 2023Sycamores Chelmer Lane Heybridge Maldon Essex CM9 4TD
Received 16 Aug 2023St Nicholas Church The Square Tillingham Southminster Essex CM0 7SU
Received 14 Aug 2023Victory Recreation Ground Elysian Gardens Tollesbury Essex
Received 16 Aug 2023Woodpeckers 15 Mangapp Chase Burnham-On-Crouch Essex CM0 8QQ
Received 16 Aug 2023Land Adjacent The Owls Woodham Road Stow Maries Essex
Received 16 Aug 2023C C Leisure Parks Eastland Meadows Country Park East End Road Bradwell-on-sea Southminster Essex CM0 7PP
Received 17 Aug 2023May Cottage Waterworks Road Tollesbury Maldon Essex CM9 8RF
Received 17 Aug 2023Land At Broad Street Green Road And Langford Road And Maypole Road Great Totham Essex
Received 21 Aug 202337 Fambridge Road Maldon Essex CM9 6AE
Received 21 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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