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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2,481 approved · 899 refused · 119 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
The Dell Beckingham Street Tolleshunt Major Maldon Essex CM9 8LL
Received 11 Sept 2024Heath Cottage Old Heath Road Southminster Essex CM0 7BN
Received 11 Sept 202438 Market Hill Maldon Essex CM9 4QA
Received 11 Sept 202438 Market Hill Maldon Essex CM9 4QA
Received 11 Sept 20242 Blackthorn Way Tolleshunt Knights Maldon Essex CM9 8WD
Received 12 Sept 2024Bakerson Maldon Road Great Braxted Essex CO5 0QA
Received 12 Sept 20243 East Ware Cottages Bridge Wick Lane Dengie Southminster Essex CM0 7UN
Received 12 Sept 2024Chesterton Maldon Road Langford Maldon Essex CM9 4SS
Received 13 Sept 2024QD 44 - 48 High Street Maldon Essex CM9 5PN
Received 13 Sept 202434 Washington Road Maldon Essex CM9 6BL
Received 16 Sept 2024Walnut Cottage 16 Totham Hill Green Great Totham Maldon Essex CM9 8DX
Received 16 Sept 2024Wickhams Cottage Wickhams Chase Danbury Chelmsford Essex CM3 4FG
Received 16 Sept 20241 Tudor Court High Street Maldon Essex CM9 5ZY
Received 17 Sept 2024New Hall Vineyards Chelmsford Road Purleigh Essex
Received 17 Sept 202431 Tenterfield Road Maldon Essex CM9 5EN
Received 17 Sept 2024Land Adjacent Eastholm Latchingdon Road Purleigh Essex
Received 17 Sept 2024Briar House Franklin Road North Fambridge Chelmsford Essex CM3 6NF
Received 17 Sept 2024Land Rear Of 148 Station Road Burnham-On-Crouch Essex
Received 18 Sept 2024Land Adjacent To Fieldway Station Road Wickham Bishops Essex
Received 19 Sept 2024Ashbourne Stephenson Road North Fambridge Chelmsford Essex CM3 6ND
Received 19 Sept 2024The Folly Mope Lane Wickham Bishops Witham Essex CM8 3JP
Received 19 Sept 202437 Viking Road Maldon Essex CM9 6JR
Received 20 Sept 2024Fairview House Back Lane Wickham Bishops Witham Essex CM8 3LU
Received 20 Sept 2024Langford Waterworks Hatfield Road Langford Essex
Received 20 Sept 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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