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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.
2,458 approved · 879 refused · 117 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
East Essex Adult Community College The Friary Carmelite Way Maldon Essex CM9 5FJ
Received 2 Feb 2024East Essex Adult Community College The Friary Carmelite Way Maldon Essex CM9 5FJ
Received 2 Feb 2024Agricultural Building At White Horse Farm School Road Little Totham Essex
Received 2 Feb 2024New Hall High Street Bradwell-on-sea Southminster Essex CM0 7QL
Received 5 Feb 20249 Endway Cottages Southminster Road Asheldham Southminster Essex CM0 7DZ
Received 5 Feb 2024Longwick Farm Joyces Chase Goldhanger Maldon Essex CM9 8AQ
Received 31 Jan 2024Atherstone Lodge Fambridge Road Mundon Maldon Essex CM9 6NL
Received 5 Feb 2024Tylers Farm Grange Road Tillingham Southminster Essex CM0 7UR
Received 5 Feb 2024The Homestead Maldon Road Langford Maldon Essex CM9 4SS
Received 6 Feb 2024Brickworks House 1 Rookery Lane Great Totham Maldon Essex CM9 8DF
Received 6 Feb 2024Great Canney Court Hackmans Lane Cold Norton Essex
Received 5 Feb 20242 Spring Elms Cottages Spring Elms Lane Little Baddow Chelmsford Essex CM3 4SQ
Received 6 Feb 2024Land Adjacent To Rosedean Tudwick Road Tolleshunt D'Arcy Essex
Received 6 Feb 2024Caravan At Lower Barn Farm Lower Burnham Road North Fambridge Chelmsford Essex CM3 6HQ
Received 6 Feb 202493 Maple Way Burnham-On-Crouch Essex CM0 8TR
Received 7 Feb 2024Casa Mia The Street Steeple Southminster Essex CM0 7LF
Received 6 Feb 2024Land Rear Of 1 And 2 Warwick Close Maldon Essex
Received 7 Feb 2024Town Steps The Quay Burnham-On-Crouch Essex
Received 7 Feb 202415 Chapel Road Burnham-On-Crouch Essex CM0 8JB
Received 7 Feb 2024Queens House Chelmsford Road Purleigh Chelmsford Essex CM3 6QN
Received 8 Feb 2024136B Wantz Road Maldon Essex CM9 5DG
Received 8 Feb 2024Little House 8 Witham Road Wickham Bishops Witham Essex CM8 3NQ
Received 8 Feb 2024Roundbush Farm Colchester Road Great Totham Maldon Essex CM9 8BZ
Received 8 Feb 2024Land At Maldon Hall Spital Road Maldon Essex
Received 8 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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