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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.
2,455 approved · 879 refused · 117 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Glendale Franklin Road North Fambridge Chelmsford Essex CM3 6NF
Received 29 Jan 2024162 Goldhanger Road Heybridge Maldon Essex CM9 4QS
Received 29 Jan 2024Land Adjacent To Oaklands Kelvedon Road Great Totham Essex
Received 29 Jan 2024Land Rear Of Red Lyons Farm Burnham Road Latchingdon Essex
Received 29 Jan 2024The Barn Braxted Park Road Tiptree Colchester Essex CO5 0QB
Received 29 Jan 2024Bentalls Shopping Centre Colchester Road Heybridge Essex
Received 30 Jan 2024Unit F Riverside Industrial Estate Mill Lane Maldon Essex CM9 4LD
Received 30 Jan 202453 South Street Tillingham Southminster Essex CM0 7TH
Received 30 Jan 2024Land Rear Of Red Lyons Farm Burnham Road Latchingdon Essex
Received 30 Jan 2024Land Rear Of Red Lyons Farm Burnham Road Latchingdon Essex
Received 30 Jan 2024Land Rear Of Red Lyons Farm Burnham Road Latchingdon Essex
Received 30 Jan 2024DWB Anglia Limited Mapledean Works Maldon Road Mundon Essex
Received 31 Jan 2024Norton Hall St Stephens Road Cold Norton Chelmsford Essex CM3 6NP
Received 31 Jan 2024Stables Langford Hall Witham Road Langford Essex
Received 31 Jan 2024Stables Langford Hall Witham Road Langford Essex
Received 31 Jan 2024143 Heywood Way Heybridge Maldon Essex CM9 4BJ
Received 1 Feb 2024Village Hall Tiptree Road Great Braxted Witham Essex CM8 3EJ
Received 1 Feb 2024Two Jays Green Lane Little Totham Maldon Essex CM9 8LA
Received 1 Feb 20243 Henney Close Cold Norton Chelmsford Essex CM3 6SY
Received 1 Feb 2024Halcyon 10 Tenterfield Road Maldon Essex CM9 5EN
Received 1 Feb 2024Retreat Cottage 106 Fambridge Road Maldon Essex CM9 6BG
Received 2 Feb 2024The Bell Public House The Street Purleigh Chelmsford Essex CM3 6QJ
Received 2 Feb 2024Land Rear Of 47 High Street Maldon Essex
Received 2 Feb 2024The Homestead Maldon Road Langford Maldon Essex CM9 4SS
Received 2 Feb 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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