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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.
2,434 approved · 846 refused · 114 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Lakeview Marlpits Road Purleigh Chelmsford Essex CM3 6RB
Received 20 Sept 20233 Appleberry Place Burnham-On-Crouch Essex CM0 8QN
Received 20 Sept 202334 Longship Way Maldon Essex CM9 6UJ
Received 20 Sept 20234 Appleberry Place Burnham-On-Crouch Essex CM0 8QN
Received 21 Sept 2023Purleigh Wash Farm Fambridge Road Purleigh Essex
Received 20 Sept 2023154 Fambridge Road Maldon Essex CM9 6BH
Received 21 Sept 2023Carr House Carters Lane Wickham Bishops Witham Essex CM8 3LF
Received 21 Sept 2023The Granary Chigborough Farm Chigborough Road Little Totham Essex
Received 22 Sept 202336 Prince Of Wales Road Great Totham Maldon Essex CM9 8PX
Received 22 Sept 2023Copse End 1 Bower Gardens Maldon Essex CM9 6HJ
Received 22 Sept 2023Maldon Coffee Company 30A High Street Maldon Essex CM9 5PJ
Received 22 Sept 2023Land Adjacent To Honeywood Farm Honeypot Lane Purleigh Essex
Received 21 Sept 2023Land To Rear Of Springwood Rectory Lane Latchingdon Essex
Received 22 Sept 2023Oval Park Northwest Plot Hatfield Road Langford Essex
Received 22 Sept 2023King Traditional Indian Curries 136 High Street Maldon Essex CM9 5BX
Received 25 Sept 2023Land Adjacent 39 Green Lane Burnham-On-Crouch Essex
Received 10 Aug 2023Campions Wood Tollesbury Road Tolleshunt D'Arcy Essex
Received 26 Sept 2023End Of Langford Waterpipe Hatfield Road Langford Essex
Received 26 Sept 2023Land South West Of Lower Farm Blind Lane Tolleshunt Knights Essex
Received 25 Sept 2023The Briars 3 Paxwood Church Road Wickham Bishops Witham Essex CM8 3PB
Received 26 Sept 2023The Homestead Maldon Road Langford Maldon Essex CM9 4SS
Received 26 Sept 20231 Rosedene Cottage The Street Steeple Southminster Essex CM0 7LF
Received 26 Sept 2023All Saints Vicarage Church Walk Maldon Essex CM9 4PY
Received 26 Sept 2023Brookside The Street Woodham Walter Maldon Essex CM9 6RF
Received 25 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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