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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.
2,454 approved · 878 refused · 117 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
40 Market Hill Maldon Essex CM9 4QA
Received 22 Jan 2024Marine Lake The Promenade Park Park Drive Maldon Essex
Received 22 Jan 202421 Mount Pleasant Maldon Essex CM9 6EQ
Received 19 Jan 2024Maypole Health Unit 3 Howells Farm Maypole Road Maldon Essex CM9 4SY
Received 22 Jan 2024Chesterton Maldon Road Langford Maldon Essex CM9 4SS
Received 19 Jan 2024The General Stores Maldon Road Langford Maldon Essex CM9 4SS
Received 22 Jan 202421 St Stephens Road Cold Norton Chelmsford Essex CM3 6JE
Received 22 Jan 202416A Mill Road Burnham-On-Crouch Essex CM0 8PZ
Received 18 Jan 2024Land South Of Wycke Hill And Limebrook Way Maldon Essex
Received 22 Jan 2024Tonnawanda Pump Lane Purleigh Chelmsford Essex CM3 6PJ
Received 23 Jan 2024East Essex Adult Community College The Friary Carmelite Way Maldon Essex CM9 5FJ
Received 23 Jan 2024Highlands Burnham Road Woodham Mortimer Maldon Essex CM9 6SP
Received 23 Jan 202421 Wycke Lane Tollesbury Maldon Essex CM9 8ST
Received 24 Jan 2024Land Between Kings Road And Burnham Road Southminster Essex
Received 24 Jan 2024The General Stores Maldon Road Langford Maldon Essex CM9 4SS
Received 24 Jan 2024The Granary Chigborough Farm Chigborough Road Little Totham Essex
Received 24 Jan 2024Burvi 38 Beeleigh Road Maldon Essex CM9 5QH
Received 24 Jan 2024Oak Trees Crouchmans Farm Road Ulting Maldon Essex CM9 6QU
Received 23 Jan 2024Offices Beckingham Business Park Beckingham Street Tolleshunt Major Essex
Received 25 Jan 2024Brelades Burnham Road Woodham Mortimer Maldon Essex CM9 6SS
Received 25 Jan 202484 Fambridge Road Maldon Essex CM9 6AF
Received 25 Jan 202420 Essex Road Maldon Essex CM9 6JG
Received 26 Jan 2024Pale Pitt Farm Latchingdon Road Purleigh Essex
Received 26 Jan 2024Wrekin Lodge Burnham Road Althorne Chelmsford Essex CM3 6DT
Received 29 Jan 2024Records 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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