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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.
2,443 approved · 857 refused · 117 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Roundbush Farm Colchester Road Great Totham Maldon Essex CM9 8BZ
Received 30 Nov 2023Roundbush Farm Colchester Road Great Totham Maldon Essex CM9 8BZ
Received 30 Nov 2023Down Westwick Waterside Road Bradwell-On-Sea Southminster Essex CM0 7QZ
Received 30 Nov 2023Land Adjacent To Oaklands Kelvedon Road Great Totham Essex
Received 30 Nov 2023East Gables Roberts Road North Fambridge Chelmsford Essex CM3 6LT
Received 30 Nov 202310 South Street Tillingham Southminster Essex CM0 7TJ
Received 1 Dec 2023Rohan House Broadoak Chase Mill Road Great Totham Maldon Essex CM9 8BR
Received 1 Dec 2023Roundbush Farm Colchester Road Great Totham Maldon Essex CM9 8BZ
Received 30 Nov 2023Great Canney Farm Hackmans Lane Cold Norton Essex
Received 1 Dec 2023Lea Lane Wood Lea Lane Great Braxted Witham Essex CM8 3EP
Received 1 Dec 2023The Lodge 53 Church Road Wickham Bishops Witham Essex CM8 3JZ
Received 4 Dec 2023Carpenters Nook Fambridge Road North Fambridge Chelmsford Essex CM3 6NB
Received 4 Dec 2023Land Adjacent To Fieldway Station Road Wickham Bishops Essex
Received 4 Dec 20238 Westerings Purleigh Chelmsford Essex CM3 6PG
Received 4 Dec 202336 Park Drive Maldon Essex CM9 5JQ
Received 4 Dec 20232 South Street Tillingham Southminster Essex CM0 7TJ
Received 4 Dec 2023Apple Barn Maldon Road Tiptree Colchester Essex CO5 0QA
Received 4 Dec 202335 Tennyson Road Maldon Essex CM9 6BE
Received 30 Nov 2023Heybridge Wood Wood Lane Heybridge Essex
Received 4 Dec 2023Supreme Installations South East Limited Unit 2 New Farm Stow Road Stow Maries Chelmsford Essex CM3 6RS
Received 4 Dec 2023Barn At Hatch House Farm Burnham Road Hazeleigh Essex
Received 5 Dec 2023Kismet Kebabs Limited Adjacent Milton House Maldon Road Latchingdon Chelmsford Essex CM3 6LF
Received 5 Dec 2023Bassetts Lodge Bassetts Lane Little Baddow Chelmsford Essex CM3 4BZ
Received 5 Dec 2023NatWest 36 High Street Maldon Essex CM9 5PW
Received 5 Dec 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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