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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.
2,476 approved · 894 refused · 118 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Wickham Art Barn Station Road Wickham Bishops Witham Essex CM8 3JB
Received 20 Jun 2024McDonald's Fullbridge Maldon Essex CM9 4LE
Received 20 Jun 202461 Nipsells Chase Mayland Chelmsford Essex CM3 6EH
Received 21 Jun 2024Pasture Cottage Heath Lane Little Braxted Witham Essex CM8 3LL
Received 21 Jun 2024Walnut Cottage 16 Totham Hill Green Great Totham Maldon Essex CM9 8DX
Received 21 Jun 2024141 Heywood Way Heybridge Maldon Essex CM9 4BJ
Received 24 Jun 2024Warehouse Rear Of Bridge House Hall Road Heybridge Essex
Received 24 Jun 2024Land Between Koombora And Mansfield Victoria Road Cold Norton Essex
Received 24 Jun 202425 Chapel Road Tolleshunt D'Arcy Maldon Essex CM9 8TL
Received 25 Jun 202412 Kingston Chase Heybridge Maldon Essex CM9 4TB
Received 25 Jun 2024Middle Farm House Blind Lane Tolleshunt Knights Maldon Essex CM9 8EP
Received 21 Jun 2024Land Adjacent Broomfields Farm Lea Lane Great Braxted Essex
Received 25 Jun 2024Highfields Bassetts Lane Woodham Walter Chelmsford Essex CM3 4BZ
Received 26 Jun 202447A Western Road Burnham-On-Crouch Essex CM0 8JG
Received 26 Jun 202438 Wembley Avenue Mayland Chelmsford Essex CM3 6AY
Received 27 Jun 2024Barn Cottage Burnham Road Althorne Chelmsford Essex CM3 6BU
Received 27 Jun 2024Specsavers 65 High Street Maldon Essex CM9 5EP
Received 27 Jun 2024Osea Leisure Park Goldhanger Road Heybridge Maldon Essex CM9 4SA
Received 27 Jun 2024Osea Leisure Park Goldhanger Road Heybridge Maldon Essex CM9 4SA
Received 27 Jun 2024Osea Leisure Park Goldhanger Road Heybridge Maldon Essex CM9 4SA
Received 27 Jun 2024Land Adjacent To 55 Kings Road Southminster Essex
Received 27 Jun 2024Barn Approximately 25 Metres East Of New Hall Chelmsford Road Purleigh Essex
Received 28 Jun 2024Limbourne Park Farm Main Road Mundon Maldon Essex CM9 6NU
Received 28 Jun 2024Wickham Art Barn Station Road Wickham Bishops Witham Essex CM8 3JB
Received 28 Jun 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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