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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.
2,436 approved · 848 refused · 115 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
7 Coronation Road Burnham-On-Crouch Essex CM0 8HW
Received 26 Sept 2023Land Adjacent To Thatch Cottage Burnham Road Latchingdon Chelmsford Essex
Received 27 Sept 2023Graces 40 Church Street Tollesbury Maldon Essex CM9 8QJ
Received 26 Sept 2023The Bank House 10 Station Road Southminster Essex CM0 7EW
Received 27 Sept 2023Woodyard Sunnymeade Braxted Park Road Great Braxted Witham Essex CM8 3EL
Received 27 Sept 2023Turnstone The Street Purleigh Chelmsford Essex CM3 6QL
Received 27 Sept 2023Penn Cottage Hackmans Lane Cock Clarks Chelmsford Essex CM3 6RE
Received 27 Sept 2023Penn Cottage Hackmans Lane Cock Clarks Chelmsford Essex CM3 6RE
Received 27 Sept 202343 - 45 High Street Maldon Essex CM9 5PF
Received 27 Sept 202343 - 45 High Street Maldon Essex CM9 5PF
Received 27 Sept 2023Wickham Hall Langford Road Wickham Bishops Witham Essex CM8 3JQ
Received 27 Sept 202343 - 45 High Street Maldon Essex CM9 5PF
Received 28 Sept 202343 - 45 High Street Maldon Essex CM9 5PF
Received 28 Sept 2023The Malt House Maldon Road Steeple Southminster Essex CM0 7RN
Received 28 Sept 2023Montrose Birchwood Road Cock Clarks Chelmsford Essex CM3 6RF
Received 28 Sept 2023Stows Farm 9 Vicarage Lane Tillingham Southminster Essex CM0 7TW
Received 28 Sept 2023Land At Springwood Rectory Lane Latchingdon Essex
Received 29 Sept 20239 Cherry Blossom Lane Cold Norton Chelmsford Essex CM3 6JQ
Received 29 Sept 202357 Chapel Road Burnham-On-Crouch Essex CM0 8JD
Received 29 Sept 2023G And B Finch Limited Asheldham Quarry Tillingham Road Asheldham Southminster Essex CM0 7NX
Received 28 Sept 2023Goodgrooms Waterside Road Bradwell-On-Sea Southminster Essex CM0 7QZ
Received 2 Oct 2023Heybridge Mill House Anchor Lane Heybridge Maldon Essex CM9 4LS
Received 2 Oct 2023Plantation Hall Colchester Road Heybridge Maldon Essex CM9 4AL
Received 2 Oct 2023Oak Trees Crouchmans Farm Road Ulting Maldon Essex CM9 6QU
Received 2 Oct 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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