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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.
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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2,458 approved · 879 refused · 117 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Cold Norton County Primary School 2 St Stephens Road Cold Norton Chelmsford Essex CM3 6JE
Received 9 Feb 2024Roundbush Farm Colchester Road Great Totham Maldon Essex CM9 8BZ
Received 8 Feb 20243 Wellington Road Maldon Essex CM9 6HL
Received 7 Feb 2024Land At Broad Street Green Road And Langford Road And Maypole Road Great Totham Essex
Received 9 Feb 2024Maldon Crystal Salt Company Limited Saltworks At Longwick Farm Joyces Chase Tolleshunt Major Maldon Essex CM9 8AQ
Received 9 Feb 2024Paynes Cottage Walden House Road Great Totham Maldon Essex CM9 8PN
Received 9 Feb 2024Sunnyview 164 Goldhanger Road Heybridge Maldon Essex CM9 4QS
Received 12 Feb 2024Offices Beckingham Business Park Beckingham Street Tolleshunt Major Essex
Received 12 Feb 202420 Spital Road Maldon Essex CM9 6EB
Received 13 Feb 2024Land At Old Wheatsheaf The Street Stow Maries Essex
Received 12 Feb 2024The Tollesbury Practice 25 High Street Tollesbury Maldon Essex CM9 8RG
Received 13 Feb 2024Land At The Quay Burnham-On-Crouch Essex
Received 13 Feb 2024Orchard House 61 Maldon Road Great Totham Maldon Essex CM9 8NL
Received 14 Feb 2024Land On South Side Maldon Road Woodham Mortimer Essex
Received 14 Feb 202439 Viking Road Maldon Essex CM9 6JR
Received 14 Feb 2024Woodham Walter Church Of England Primary School The Street Woodham Walter Maldon Essex CM9 6RF
Received 15 Feb 202416 D'Arcy Way Tolleshunt D'Arcy Maldon Essex CM9 8UD
Received 15 Feb 20244 Appleberry Place Burnham-On-Crouch Essex CM0 8QN
Received 15 Feb 2024Gracedale Farm Maldon Road Bradwell-On-Sea Southminster Essex CM0 7HU
Received 15 Feb 20243 Freshwater Crescent Heybridge Maldon Essex CM9 4PA
Received 15 Feb 2024Building At Junction Of Braxted Park Road Maldon Road Tiptree Colchester Essex CO5 0QA
Received 15 Feb 2024Weetwood Summerhill Althorne Chelmsford Essex CM3 6BY
Received 16 Feb 2024Langmere Maldon Road Langford Maldon Essex CM9 4SS
Received 16 Feb 2024Langmere Maldon Road Langford Maldon Essex CM9 4SS
Received 16 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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