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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2,436 approved · 852 refused · 116 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Agricultural Building At Purleigh Wash Farm Fambridge Road Purleigh Essex
Received 26 Oct 2023Church Of All Saints Crouchmans Farm Road Ulting Maldon Essex CM9 6QU
Received 26 Oct 2023Land East Of Tom Tit Lane Maldon Road Woodham Mortimer Essex
Received 25 Oct 2023Mill Cottage Maldon Road Langford Maldon Essex CM9 4SS
Received 26 Oct 2023Land West Of Bridgemans Green Latchingdon Essex
Received 26 Oct 2023Land At Coppingers Maldon Road Latchingdon Essex
Received 26 Oct 2023Little Braxted House Braxted Road Little Braxted Witham Essex CM8 3ED
Received 27 Oct 2023St Lawrence Caravans Limited St Lawrence Caravan Site 10 Main Road St Lawrence Southminster Essex CM0 7LY
Received 27 Oct 2023Land Rear Of Little Canneys Stow Road Cold Norton Essex
Received 27 Oct 2023Ashmans Farm Braxted Road Kelvedon Colchester Essex CO5 9BT
Received 27 Oct 2023Ashmans Farm Braxted Road Kelvedon Colchester Essex CO5 9BT
Received 27 Oct 2023Ancillary Annexe At Marsh House Farm Lower Burnham Road Purleigh Essex
Received 27 Oct 2023Summerfield Spring Elms Lane Little Baddow Chelmsford Essex CM3 4SQ
Received 27 Oct 2023Little Acres Barnhall Road Tolleshunt Knights Maldon Essex CM9 8HF
Received 30 Oct 202325 Chapel Road Tolleshunt D'Arcy Maldon Essex CM9 8TL
Received 30 Oct 2023Land At Spital Farm Station Road Tolleshunt D'Arcy Essex
Received 30 Oct 2023Workshop Goodhares Farm Burnham Road Latchingdon Chelmsford Essex CM3 6EY
Received 30 Oct 2023Land At The Stables Plains Road Great Totham Essex
Received 31 Oct 2023Meadow View Franklin Road North Fambridge Chelmsford Essex CM3 6NF
Received 31 Oct 202320 Devonshire Road Burnham-On-Crouch Essex CM0 8DR
Received 31 Oct 20236 Coronation Road Burnham-On-Crouch Essex CM0 8HW
Received 31 Oct 2023St Peters Hospital Spital Road Maldon Essex CM9 6EG
Received 31 Oct 2023The Old Rectory Church Hill Purleigh Chelmsford Essex CM3 6QH
Received 31 Oct 2023Fieldway The Downs Maldon Essex CM9 5HR
Received 31 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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