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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.
2,437 approved · 853 refused · 117 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 6 Apr 2021 to 8 Oct 2026. Most recent record check: 12 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Land Between 19 And 23 Wharf Road Heybridge Essex
Received 13 Nov 2023East Essex Adult Community College The Friary Carmelite Way Maldon Essex CM9 5FJ
Received 13 Nov 202314 Southminster Road Tillingham Southminster Essex CM0 7UF
Received 14 Nov 2023Unit 3A The Old Ironworks Fullbridge Maldon Essex CM9 4LE
Received 20 Oct 20231 The Chase Great Totham Maldon Essex CM9 8UU
Received 13 Nov 2023Blackwater Sailing Club Basin Road Heybridge Basin Maldon Essex CM9 4SD
Received 14 Nov 202319 Church Green Wickham Bishops Witham Essex CM8 3JX
Received 14 Nov 202316 London Road Maldon Essex CM9 6HD
Received 10 Nov 2023The Manor Bungalow 1 Station Road Southminster Essex CM0 7EW
Received 15 Nov 2023G B Jones And Smith Motor Engineering Unit 12H West Station Yard Spital Road Maldon Essex CM9 6TR
Received 15 Nov 2023Unit 3A The Old Ironworks Fullbridge Maldon Essex CM9 4LE
Received 20 Oct 2023Land Adjacent Riptide Maldon Road Latchingdon Essex
Received 15 Nov 2023Site Adjacent Sovereign House Hackmans Lane Purleigh Essex
Received 15 Nov 2023Land Adjacent 31 Plains Road Great Totham Essex
Received 15 Nov 2023Land North East Of Honeywood Farm Honeypot Lane Purleigh Essex
Received 15 Nov 2023Land Rear Of Ancora South Street Bradwell-On-Sea Essex
Received 15 Nov 20235 Larch Walk Heybridge Maldon Essex CM9 4TS
Received 15 Nov 2023Deed House 21 London Road Maldon Essex CM9 6HD
Received 16 Nov 2023197 - 199 High Street Maldon Essex CM9 5BU
Received 16 Nov 2023The Bower House Bower Gardens Maldon Essex CM9 6HJ
Received 16 Nov 2023Howden Joinery Properties Limited Unit F Riverside Industrial Estate Mill Lane Maldon Essex CM9 4LD
Received 16 Nov 202328 Virley Close Heybridge Maldon Essex CM9 4YS
Received 17 Nov 2023Parsonage Wood Farm Rectory Lane Woodham Mortimer Maldon Essex CM9 6SW
Received 17 Nov 2023Land North West Of 2 Maldon Road Burnham-On-Crouch Essex
Received 17 Nov 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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