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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.
2,492 approved · 903 refused · 119 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
High House Old Heath Road Althorne Chelmsford Essex CM3 6EW
Received 25 Oct 202418 Crown Way Southminster Essex CM0 7AP
Received 25 Oct 2024Golf Driving Range Burnham Road Woodham Mortimer Maldon Essex CM9 6SR
Received 28 Oct 2024The Old Parsonage 12 Head Street Goldhanger Maldon Essex CM9 8AY
Received 28 Oct 202420 Fish Street Goldhanger Maldon Essex CM9 8AT
Received 28 Oct 2024Brook Hall Steeple Road Latchingdon Chelmsford Essex CM3 6LB
Received 28 Oct 2024Highgates 41 Imperial Avenue Mayland Chelmsford Essex CM3 6AH
Received 29 Oct 2024Oakwood House 22 Holloway Road Heybridge Maldon Essex CM9 4SG
Received 29 Oct 2024Land Between Back Lane And Maypole Road Great Totham Essex
Received 29 Oct 2024Church House Church Street Tolleshunt D'Arcy Maldon Essex CM9 8TS
Received 30 Oct 2024Former 62 New Road Tollesbury Maldon Essex CM9 8RE
Received 30 Oct 2024Long View 2 Grange Road Wickham Bishops Witham Essex CM8 3LT
Received 30 Oct 202431 Ship Road Burnham-On-Crouch Essex CM0 8JX
Received 31 Oct 2024Redgate Bungalow Fambridge Road Mundon Maldon Essex CM9 6NL
Received 31 Oct 2024Land Bounded By Maldon Road And Creeksea Lane Burnham-On-Crouch Essex
Received 31 Oct 2024Harmony Kennels Brook House Spar Lane Purleigh Chelmsford Essex CM3 6QW
Received 31 Oct 2024Bridge House Stephenson Road North Fambridge Chelmsford Essex CM3 6ND
Received 1 Nov 2024CVC Chelmer Valve Co Limited Workshop Scatterbrook Farm Rectory Lane Latchingdon Chelmsford Essex CM3 6HB
Received 1 Nov 2024Meadows Barn Bassetts Lane Little Baddow Chelmsford Essex CM3 4BZ
Received 1 Nov 2024Mundon Hall Vicarage Lane Mundon Maldon Essex CM9 6PA
Received 4 Nov 202437D London Road Maldon Essex CM9 6HG
Received 4 Nov 202426 Holloway Road Heybridge Maldon Essex CM9 4SG
Received 4 Nov 202429 Fieldfare Way Heybridge Maldon Essex CM9 4EH
Received 4 Nov 2024Land Adjoining Longfield Hyde Chase Purleigh Essex
Received 4 Nov 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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