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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.
2,448 approved · 870 refused · 117 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Walnut Cottage 16 Totham Hill Green Great Totham Maldon Essex CM9 8DX
Received 19 Dec 2023Walnut Cottage 16 Totham Hill Green Great Totham Maldon Essex CM9 8DX
Received 19 Dec 202324 Broad Street Green Road Heybridge Maldon Essex CM9 8PD
Received 19 Dec 2023Willowburn Post Office Road Woodham Mortimer Maldon Essex CM9 6ST
Received 21 Dec 2023Klaxons Balmoral Road Mayland Chelmsford Essex CM3 6TE
Received 21 Dec 2023Land North West Of 2 Maldon Road Burnham-On-Crouch Essex
Received 20 Dec 2023Land North Of Orchard Way Mope Lane Wickham Bishops Essex
Received 21 Dec 2023Granville Hall Hop Garden Lane Woodham Walter Maldon Essex CM9 6LP
Received 21 Dec 2023Land To The South Of Keelings Road Dengie Essex
Received 21 Dec 202331 Hillside Road Burnham-On-Crouch Essex CM0 8EY
Received 21 Dec 2023Land At Tideways 9 Basin Road Heybridge Basin Essex
Received 22 Dec 2023Toad Hall Station Road Cold Norton Chelmsford Essex CM3 6HX
Received 22 Dec 2023Land West Of South Bank Cromwell Lane Maldon Essex
Received 22 Dec 2023Land Adjacent Eagle Lodge Plains Road Little Totham Essex
Received 27 Dec 2023Langford Hall Witham Road Langford Maldon Essex CM9 4ST
Received 27 Dec 2023Langford Hall Witham Road Langford Maldon Essex CM9 4ST
Received 27 Dec 2023Langford Hall Witham Road Langford Maldon Essex CM9 4ST
Received 27 Dec 2023Langford Hall Witham Road Langford Maldon Essex CM9 4ST
Received 27 Dec 2023Purleigh Wash Farm Fambridge Road Purleigh Essex
Received 27 Dec 2023Land North Of Homefield Southminster Essex
Received 27 Dec 2023Land At Broad Street Green Road And Langford Road And Maypole Road Great Totham Essex
Received 27 Dec 2023Land South Of Wycke Hill And Limebrook Way Maldon Essex
Received 27 Dec 2023Land South Of Wycke Hill And Limebrook Way Maldon Essex
Received 27 Dec 2023The Village Barn The Chase Osea Island Essex
Received 27 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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