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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.
2,476 approved · 894 refused · 118 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Mill Cottage Maldon Road Langford Maldon Essex CM9 4SS
Received 28 Jun 2024River View 12 Darnet Road Tollesbury Maldon Essex CM9 8XG
Received 28 Jun 2024Sunrise High View St Lawrence Southminster Essex CM0 7NP
Received 1 Jul 2024Land At Birchwood Farm Birchwood Road Cock Clarks Essex
Received 1 Jul 2024Plot 9 To 10 Sunny Way St Lawrence Essex
Received 2 Jul 2024Tillingham Bowls Club Vicarage Lane Tillingham Southminster Essex CM0 7TW
Received 2 Jul 2024The Anchorage 13 Downs Road Maldon Essex
Received 2 Jul 2024The Grey House Chapel Road Tolleshunt D'Arcy Maldon Essex CM9 8TL
Received 2 Jul 2024Queens House Chelmsford Road Purleigh Chelmsford Essex CM3 6QN
Received 2 Jul 2024Pale Pitt Farm Latchingdon Road Purleigh Essex
Received 2 Jul 202480 Staplers Heath Great Totham Maldon Essex CM9 8PH
Received 2 Jul 2024The Old Ship Lock Hill Heybridge Basin Maldon Essex CM9 4RX
Received 2 Jul 2024Town Steps The Quay Burnham-On-Crouch Essex
Received 1 Jul 202417 Mundon Road Maldon Essex CM9 5JT
Received 1 Jul 20244 Queens Court Burnham-On-Crouch Essex CM0 8HW
Received 2 Jul 2024St Peters Court Spital Road Maldon Essex CM9 6LF
Received 3 Jul 2024Land At Broad Street Green Road And Langford Road And Maypole Road Great Totham Essex
Received 1 Jul 202425 Battle Rise Heybridge Maldon Essex CM9 4PF
Received 5 Jul 202414 Southminster Road Tillingham Southminster Essex CM0 7UF
Received 5 Jul 2024Land North Of 48 Woodrolfe Road Tollesbury Essex
Received 5 Jul 2024Little Canneys Stow Road Purleigh Chelmsford Essex CM3 6RS
Received 5 Jul 2024Land Adjacent Theedhams Farm Steeple Road Southminster Essex
Received 8 Jul 2024Land Adjacent Theedhams Farm Steeple Road Southminster Essex
Received 8 Jul 2024Redgate Bungalow Fambridge Road Mundon Maldon Essex CM9 6NL
Received 8 Jul 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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