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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.
2,446 approved · 862 refused · 117 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
NatWest 36 High Street Maldon Essex CM9 5PW
Received 5 Dec 2023Greenfield 45 Main Road St Lawrence Essex
Received 5 Dec 2023Land Adjacent To 55 Kings Road Southminster Essex
Received 5 Dec 202314 Aveley Way Maldon Essex CM9 6YQ
Received 5 Dec 2023Ockleys Maypole Road Wickham Bishops Witham Essex CM8 3NW
Received 5 Dec 20237 Cripplegate Southminster Essex CM0 7DW
Received 6 Dec 20239 Norfolk Close Maldon Essex CM9 6BA
Received 6 Dec 2023New Brunswick Scientific England Limited Court Langley House Quayside Industrial Estate Bates Road Maldon Essex CM9 5FA
Received 6 Dec 2023Temme English Ltd 14 High Street Maldon Essex CM9 5PJ
Received 6 Dec 2023Land Adjacent And Land West Of 6 Captains Wood Road Great Totham Essex
Received 5 Dec 2023Langford Hall Witham Road Langford Maldon Essex CM9 4ST
Received 7 Dec 2023Langford Hall Witham Road Langford Maldon Essex CM9 4ST
Received 7 Dec 2023Langford Hall Witham Road Langford Maldon Essex CM9 4ST
Received 7 Dec 2023Beverley 28 Main Road St Lawrence Southminster Essex CM0 7NA
Received 7 Dec 2023Birchwood The Chase Southminster Essex CM0 7EY
Received 7 Dec 20234 Coates Close Heybridge Maldon Essex CM9 4PB
Received 8 Dec 202378 Highlands Drive Maldon Essex CM9 6HY
Received 11 Dec 2023Great Ruffins Beacon Hill Wickham Bishops Witham Essex CM8 3EA
Received 11 Dec 2023Great Ruffins Beacon Hill Wickham Bishops Witham Essex CM8 3EA
Received 11 Dec 2023Building C Bourchiers Barn Back Road Tolleshunt D'Arcy Essex
Received 11 Dec 2023Land Adjacent To Norton Hall St Stephens Road Cold Norton Essex
Received 11 Dec 2023Bacons Farm Barn Bacons Chase Bradwell-On-Sea Essex
Received 11 Dec 2023Land Rear Of Mill Farm Stoney Hills Burnham-On-Crouch Essex
Received 11 Dec 2023Warehouse Rear Of Bridge House Hall Road Heybridge Essex
Received 12 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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