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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.
2,424 approved · 841 refused · 114 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 17 Feb 2022 to 8 Oct 2026. Most recent record check: 11 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
The Old Ironworks Fullbridge Maldon Essex
Received 30 Aug 202332 London Road Maldon Essex CM9 6HD
Received 30 Aug 2023The Old Court House Maldon Road Latchingdon Chelmsford Essex CM3 6LF
Received 30 Aug 2023185 High Street Maldon Essex CM9 5BU
Received 30 Aug 20236 Anchorage Hill Maldon Essex CM9 4LG
Received 31 Aug 2023Grove Manor Herbage Park Road Woodham Walter Maldon Essex CM9 6RJ
Received 31 Aug 2023Sports Pavilion Vicarage Lane Tillingham Southminster Essex CM0 7TW
Received 31 Aug 2023Land North West Of 2 Maldon Road Burnham-On-Crouch Essex
Received 31 Aug 2023Brookview Plains Road Tolleshunt Major Essex
Received 31 Aug 2023Mount Cottage Howe Green Road Purleigh Chelmsford Essex CM3 6PZ
Received 1 Sept 20233 Woodrolfe Farm Lane Tollesbury Maldon Essex CM9 8SU
Received 1 Sept 2023Land At Great Hayes Business Park Lower Burnham Road Stow Maries Essex
Received 1 Sept 2023East Barn Hall Road Great Totham Maldon Essex CM9 8NN
Received 1 Sept 2023Warren Golf Club Old London Road Woodham Walter Maldon Essex CM9 6RW
Received 1 Sept 2023The Willows 7 Anchorage Hill Maldon Essex CM9 4LG
Received 4 Sept 2023Land At 2 East Hall Cottages East End Road Bradwell-On-Sea Essex
Received 4 Sept 2023Thorne House 31 Silver Road Burnham-On-Crouch Essex CM0 8LA
Received 4 Sept 202367 South Street Tillingham Southminster Essex CM0 7TH
Received 4 Sept 2023Land North Of Station Road Tolleshunt D'arcy Essex
Received 1 Sept 2023Boat Building Yard Lock Hill Heybridge Basin Essex
Received 4 Sept 2023St Lawrence 105 Imperial Avenue Mayland Chelmsford Essex CM3 6AJ
Received 4 Sept 20234 Anchorage Hill Maldon Essex CM9 4LG
Received 5 Sept 2023Retreat Cottage 106 Fambridge Road Maldon Essex CM9 6BG
Received 5 Sept 202353 The Glebe Purleigh Chelmsford Essex CM3 6PE
Received 5 Sept 2023Records 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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