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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.
2,481 approved · 899 refused · 119 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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 Of Latchingdon Bowls Club Burnham Road Latchingdon Essex
Received 2 Aug 202414 Barnhall Road Tolleshunt Knights Maldon Essex CM9 8HA
Received 2 Aug 2024Land Adjacent Crispins Roots Lane Wickham Bishops Essex
Received 2 Aug 202451 Maple Way Burnham-On-Crouch Essex CM0 8DN
Received 5 Aug 2024Land Adjacent 2 Grange Road Wickham Bishops Essex
Received 5 Aug 2024Keris House 18 Church Road Wickham Bishops Witham Essex CM8 3JZ
Received 5 Aug 2024Essex Breeding Centre Old Oak Farm Rectory Lane Latchingdon Chelmsford Essex CM3 6HB
Received 5 Aug 2024Annexe 84 South Street Tillingham Southminster Essex CM0 7TH
Received 5 Aug 20245 Lilian Road Burnham-On-Crouch Essex CM0 8DS
Received 6 Aug 2024Bassetts Lodge Bassetts Lane Little Baddow Chelmsford Essex CM3 4BZ
Received 6 Aug 2024Brewster House Oak Road Heybridge Maldon Essex CM9 4AX
Received 6 Aug 2024The Nook 29 Broad Street Green Road Great Totham Maldon Essex CM9 8NX
Received 7 Aug 2024Land At Karingal Chelmsford Road Purleigh Essex
Received 7 Aug 20244 Warrens Wickham Bishops Witham Essex CM8 3XH
Received 7 Aug 2024Unit 3A The Old Ironworks Fullbridge Maldon Essex CM9 4LE
Received 6 Aug 2024The Quest 10 Riverside Road Burnham-On-Crouch Essex CM0 8JY
Received 7 Aug 2024Maldon Salt 2 Oval Park Hatfield Road Langford Maldon Essex CM9 6WG
Received 7 Aug 2024Maldon Salt 2 Oval Park Hatfield Road Langford Maldon Essex CM9 6WG
Received 7 Aug 2024The Rise Bryants Lane Woodham Mortimer Maldon Essex CM9 6TB
Received 8 Aug 2024Oxley House Oxley Hill Tolleshunt D'Arcy Maldon Essex CM9 8EN
Received 5 Aug 2024Oxley House Oxley Hill Tolleshunt D'Arcy Maldon Essex CM9 8EN
Received 5 Aug 2024Oak Trees Crouchmans Farm Road Ulting Maldon Essex CM9 6QU
Received 8 Aug 202430 St Stephens Road Cold Norton Chelmsford Essex CM3 6JE
Received 8 Aug 2024Bentalls Shopping Centre Colchester Road Heybridge Essex
Received 8 Aug 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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