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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.
2,475 approved · 894 refused · 118 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Land North And West Of Knowles Farm Wycke Hill Maldon Essex
Received 20 May 202419 Broad Street Green Road Heybridge Maldon Essex CM9 4BE
Received 21 May 2024The Folly Mope Lane Wickham Bishops Witham Essex CM8 3JP
Received 21 May 20245 John Thresh Way Langford Maldon Essex CM9 6FR
Received 21 May 202419 Ramsey Chase Latchingdon Chelmsford Essex CM3 6JT
Received 28 May 2024St Nicholas Cottage 15 Church Street Tolleshunt D'Arcy Maldon Essex CM9 8TS
Received 28 May 2024Oakwood 11 School Road Wickham Bishops Witham Essex CM8 3NU
Received 28 May 2024Fair Oaks 3 Maclarens Wickham Bishops Witham Essex CM8 3XE
Received 28 May 2024Cold Norton County Primary School 2 St Stephens Road Cold Norton Chelmsford Essex CM3 6JE
Received 24 May 2024Oakdean Main Road Mundon Maldon Essex CM9 6PB
Received 28 May 2024Land North Of 48 Woodrolfe Road Tollesbury Essex
Received 28 May 2024Land North Of 48 Woodrolfe Road Tollesbury Essex
Received 28 May 2024Land North Of 48 Woodrolfe Road Tollesbury Essex
Received 28 May 202414 North Street Maldon Essex CM9 5HL
Received 28 May 2024Agricultural Building At White Horse Farm School Road Little Totham Essex
Received 28 May 20241 Thatchers Croft Latchingdon Chelmsford Essex CM3 6UD
Received 28 May 2024Land North Of 48 Woodrolfe Road Tollesbury Essex
Received 28 May 2024Framdean 15 Roots Lane Wickham Bishops Witham Essex CM8 3LS
Received 29 May 2024Chestnuts 67 Latchingdon Road Cold Norton Chelmsford Essex CM3 6HT
Received 30 May 2024Heybridge Mill House Anchor Lane Heybridge Maldon Essex CM9 4LS
Received 30 May 2024Land At Maldon Hall Spital Road Maldon Essex
Received 30 May 202453 South Street Tillingham Southminster Essex CM0 7TH
Received 30 May 202436 Chapel Road Burnham-On-Crouch Essex CM0 8JA
Received 15 Apr 2024The Queen Victoria Spital Road Maldon Essex CM9 6ED
Received 30 May 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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