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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.
2,461 approved · 882 refused · 118 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Blue Boar Hotel Silver Street Maldon Essex CM9 4QE
Received 23 Feb 2024Land Adjacent To Oaklands Kelvedon Road Great Totham Essex
Received 22 Feb 2024Land Adjacent 9 St Peters Court Bradwell-on-sea Essex
Received 23 Feb 2024Land Adjacent To Peacehaven Moorhen Avenue St Lawrence Essex
Received 23 Feb 2024Land South Of Wycke Hill And Limebrook Way Maldon Essex
Received 23 Feb 2024Roundbush Colchester Road Great Totham Maldon Essex CM9 8BZ
Received 23 Feb 2024Oak Cottage Howe Green Road Purleigh Chelmsford Essex CM3 6PZ
Received 23 Feb 2024Land At Station Industrial Estate Station Approach Burnham-On-Crouch Essex
Received 23 Feb 2024Wickham Place Station Road Wickham Bishops Witham Essex CM8 3JB
Received 26 Feb 2024Wickham Place Station Road Wickham Bishops Witham Essex CM8 3JB
Received 26 Feb 2024The Cottage 20 Chapel Road Great Totham Maldon Essex CM9 8DA
Received 26 Feb 2024Vaulty Manor Goldhanger Road Heybridge Maldon Essex CM9 8BQ
Received 26 Feb 2024Spital Farm Station Road Tolleshunt D'Arcy Maldon Essex CM9 8HR
Received 26 Feb 2024Land Rear Of 148 Station Road Burnham-On-Crouch Essex
Received 26 Feb 20249 Cherry Blossom Lane Cold Norton Chelmsford Essex CM3 6JQ
Received 26 Feb 2024Land Adjacent To 65 Queen Street Southminster Essex
Received 26 Feb 2024The Old Bakery 11 North Street Tolleshunt D'Arcy Maldon Essex CM9 8TF
Received 27 Feb 20241 Stammers Court Burnham Road Southminster Essex CM0 7HF
Received 27 Feb 2024The Scholars Southminster Road Mayland Chelmsford Essex CM3 6EB
Received 27 Feb 2024Bouncers Farm Wickham Hall Lane Wickham Bishops Witham Essex CM8 3JJ
Received 27 Feb 2024North Fambridge Hall Wood Lower Burnham Road North Fambridge Chelmsford Essex
Received 28 Feb 2024Leanna House Lock Hill Heybridge Basin Essex
Received 28 Feb 2024Maldon Wycke Spital Road Maldon Essex CM9 6SQ
Received 29 Feb 2024Maldon Wycke Spital Road Maldon Essex CM9 6SQ
Received 29 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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