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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.
2,495 approved · 905 refused · 119 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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 48 Woodrolfe Road Tollesbury Essex
Received 4 Nov 2024Ashlea Fambridge Road Mundon Maldon Essex CM9 6NL
Received 5 Nov 2024The Holt Bacons Chase Bradwell-on-sea Southminster Essex CM0 7PH
Received 5 Nov 2024Ashlea Fambridge Road Mundon Maldon Essex CM9 6NL
Received 6 Nov 202445 Steeple Road Mayland Chelmsford Essex CM3 6EG
Received 6 Nov 2024Hallfield Gate Barnhall Road Tolleshunt Knights Maldon Essex CM9 8HE
Received 6 Nov 2024The Former Timber Yard Basin Road Heybridge Basin Essex
Received 6 Nov 20249 Cherry Blossom Lane Cold Norton Chelmsford Essex CM3 6JQ
Received 6 Nov 2024High Trees Spital Road Maldon Essex CM9 6SQ
Received 7 Nov 2024Land On South Side Maldon Road Woodham Mortimer Essex
Received 7 Nov 2024The Shrubbery Curling Tye Lane Woodham Walter Maldon Essex CM9 6LT
Received 7 Nov 2024The Shrubbery Curling Tye Lane Woodham Walter Maldon Essex CM9 6LT
Received 7 Nov 202437 Church Road Wickham Bishops Witham Essex CM8 3JZ
Received 8 Nov 202416A Victoria Road Maldon Essex CM9 5HF
Received 11 Nov 2024Land At 41 Woodrolfe Road Tollesbury Essex
Received 11 Nov 2024Land Adjacent The Hangar Maldon Road Goldhanger Essex
Received 11 Nov 2024Warren Golf Club Old London Road Woodham Walter Maldon Essex CM9 6RW
Received 11 Nov 202418 Mildmay Road Burnham-On-Crouch Essex CM0 8ED
Received 11 Nov 2024Land South Of Brent Way And Off Of Endeavour Way Burnham-On-Crouch Essex
Received 11 Nov 2024Land At Old House Farm Kelvedon Road Great Braxted Essex
Received 11 Nov 2024The Oaks Paddock Chase Wickham Bishops Witham Essex CM8 3FF
Received 11 Nov 2024Old Lower Barn Roundbush Road Mundon Maldon Essex CM9 6NN
Received 12 Nov 2024Southburn The Chase Southminster Essex CM0 7EY
Received 14 Nov 20244 Mount Lodge Chase Great Totham Maldon Essex CM9 8DU
Received 14 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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