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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.
2,505 approved · 911 refused · 119 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Two Jays Green Lane Little Totham Maldon Essex CM9 8LA
Received 20 Nov 2024Shrub Hill Farm Maldon Road Tiptree Colchester Essex CO5 0QA
Received 20 Nov 2024Land North Of The Groves Burnham Road Latchingdon Essex
Received 20 Nov 2024New Commercial Building At Great Hayes Business Park Lower Burnham Road Stow Maries Essex
Received 20 Nov 2024New Dwelling Sarell Nursery Captains Wood Road Great Totham Essex
Received 21 Nov 2024Land Between Coney Hall And Holliwell Farmhouse Marsh Road Burnham-On-Crouch Essex
Received 12 Nov 2024CVC Chelmer Valve Co Limited Workshop Scatterbrook Farm Rectory Lane Latchingdon Chelmsford Essex CM3 6HB
Received 22 Nov 2024Land Rear Of 148 Station Road Burnham-On-Crouch Essex
Received 22 Nov 20247 Glendale Road Burnham-On-Crouch Essex CM0 8LY
Received 22 Nov 2024Land At Broad Street Green Road And Langford Road And Maypole Road Great Totham Essex
Received 22 Nov 2024Land At Broadfield Farm Braxted Park Road Great Braxted Essex
Received 22 Nov 2024Land Adjacent The Old Forge And Thornley Cottage Burnham Road Althorne Essex
Received 25 Nov 2024Friends Meeting House Butt Lane Maldon Essex CM9 5HD
Received 25 Nov 2024Friends Meeting House Butt Lane Maldon Essex CM9 5HD
Received 25 Nov 2024Land North Of 48 Woodrolfe Road Tollesbury Essex
Received 25 Nov 202424 Gate Street Mews Maldon Essex CM9 5EF
Received 26 Nov 202462 High Street Burnham-On-Crouch Essex CM0 8AA
Received 26 Nov 20243 Stones Park Burnham-On-Crouch Essex CM0 8FS
Received 26 Nov 2024Former Southminster Library Queenborough Road Southminster Essex
Received 26 Nov 2024Barn A At The Barn Braxted Park Road Great Braxted Essex
Received 26 Nov 2024The Old Rectory Church Street Tolleshunt D'Arcy Maldon Essex CM9 8TS
Received 27 Nov 2024Land Adjacent Theedhams Farm Steeple Road Southminster Essex
Received 27 Nov 2024Mackmurdos Beacon Hill Wickham Bishops Witham Essex CM8 3EA
Received 27 Nov 2024The Kings Head Centre 38 High Street Maldon Essex
Received 27 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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