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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.
England · Local authority
Explore collected planning applications and decisions for Maldon District Council. Search an address, application reference or proposal to find a record.
2,471 approved · 891 refused · 118 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
3 Hall Estate Goldhanger Maldon Essex CM9 8BB
Received 15 Apr 202478 Highlands Drive Maldon Essex CM9 6HY
Received 16 Apr 2024Land Between Grenfell And Inglenook Birchwood Road Purleigh Essex
Received 16 Apr 2024St Lawrence 105 Imperial Avenue Mayland Chelmsford Essex CM3 6AJ
Received 16 Apr 2024Offices Beckingham Business Park Beckingham Street Tolleshunt Major Essex
Received 16 Apr 2024New Dwelling Sarell Nursery Captains Wood Road Great Totham Essex
Received 17 Apr 2024Workshop Formerly A Smithy With 2 Attached Cast Iron Advertisment Plaques High Street Bradwell-On-Sea Essex
Received 17 Apr 2024Land Rear Of 36 To 38 The Street Latchingdon Essex
Received 17 Apr 2024Warren Pit Herbage Park Road Woodham Walter Essex CM9 6RJ
Received 18 Apr 2024The Warren Lodge Park Herbage Park Herbage Park Road Woodham Walter Maldon Essex CM9 6RW
Received 18 Apr 2024The Warren Lodge Park Herbage Park Herbage Park Road Woodham Walter Maldon Essex CM9 6RW
Received 18 Apr 2024Frensham House Witham Road Wickham Bishops Maldon Essex CM8 3LQ
Received 18 Apr 2024Land East Of Kelvedon Road Great Totham Essex
Received 17 Apr 20243 Henney Close Cold Norton Chelmsford Essex CM3 6SY
Received 19 Apr 2024Land South West Of The Warren Hackmans Lane Purleigh Essex
Received 19 Apr 2024New Site At Former Mill Beach Goldhanger Road Heybridge Essex
Received 19 Apr 2024Syringa Chimney Lane Purleigh Chelmsford Essex CM3 6RQ
Received 16 Apr 2024Willow End Franklin Road North Fambridge Chelmsford Essex CM3 6NF
Received 19 Apr 2024Stone Sailing Club Tinnocks Lane St Lawrence Southminster Essex CM0 7NF
Received 22 Apr 2024Former Tonnawanda Pump Lane Purleigh Maldon Essex CM3 6PJ
Received 22 Apr 2024Proposed Annexe Paynes Cottage Walden House Road Great Totham Essex
Received 23 Apr 20248 St Peter's Close Goldhanger Maldon Essex CM9 8GB
Received 24 Apr 202491 Brook Road Tiptree Colchester Essex CO5 0RH
Received 24 Apr 2024Land Rear Of Alma Mundon Road Mundon Essex
Received 24 Apr 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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