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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.
2,442 approved · 857 refused · 117 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Curry Farm Mill End Bradwell-On-Sea Southminster Essex CM0 7HL
Received 23 Nov 202320 Essex Road Maldon Essex CM9 6JG
Received 24 Nov 2023Chase House Maldon Road Latchingdon Chelmsford Essex CM3 6LG
Received 24 Nov 2023Land Opposite St Margaret's Church Maldon Road Woodham Mortimer Maldon Essex CM9 6SN
Received 24 Nov 2023Land Adjacent To 3 Rookery Lane Great Totham Essex
Received 27 Nov 2023Penny House Tolleshunt D'arcy Road Tolleshunt Major Maldon Essex CM9 8LN
Received 27 Nov 2023Totham Hill House 1 Totham Hill Green Great Totham Maldon Essex CM9 8DX
Received 21 Nov 2023The Homestead Maldon Road Langford Maldon Essex CM9 4SS
Received 27 Nov 2023The Homestead Maldon Road Langford Maldon Essex CM9 4SS
Received 27 Nov 2023G And B Finch Limited Asheldham Quarry Tillingham Road Asheldham Southminster Essex CM0 7NX
Received 19 Jan 2023Birs Lodge Lower Burnham Road Latchingdon Chelmsford Essex CM3 6HF
Received 27 Nov 20233 Freshwater Crescent Heybridge Maldon Essex CM9 4PA
Received 27 Nov 202316 Volwycke Avenue Maldon Essex CM9 6DL
Received 28 Nov 2023Marsh House Farm Lower Burnham Road Purleigh Essex
Received 28 Nov 2023Marsh House Farm Lower Burnham Road Purleigh Essex
Received 28 Nov 2023Agricultural Barn Marsh House Farm Lower Burnham Road Purleigh Essex
Received 28 Nov 2023Land At St Peters Church Church Road Great Totham Essex
Received 29 Nov 2023Land Adjacent Field View Cottage Tolleshunt D'arcy Road Tolleshunt Major Essex
Received 29 Nov 2023Outbuilding Manor House 20 Kelvedon Road Tolleshunt D'Arcy Essex
Received 29 Nov 2023Willow End Franklin Road North Fambridge Chelmsford Essex CM3 6NF
Received 29 Nov 202321 Gate Street Mews Maldon Essex CM9 5EF
Received 29 Nov 2023Land North Of West Street Tollesbury Essex
Received 29 Nov 2023Kimberley Franklin Road North Fambridge Chelmsford Essex CM3 6NF
Received 30 Nov 2023Roundbush Farm Colchester Road Great Totham Maldon Essex CM9 8BZ
Received 30 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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