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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.
2,507 approved · 911 refused · 122 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Mapledean Poultry Farm Mapledean Chase Mundon Essex
Received 13 Dec 2024The Homestead Maldon Road Langford Maldon Essex CM9 4SS
Received 16 Dec 2024The Homestead Maldon Road Langford Maldon Essex CM9 4SS
Received 16 Dec 2024Former Southminster Library Queenborough Road Southminster Essex
Received 12 Dec 202454 Glebe Way Burnham-On-Crouch Essex CM0 8QJ
Received 16 Dec 2024Workshop Goodhares Farm Burnham Road Latchingdon Chelmsford Essex CM3 6EY
Received 16 Dec 202418 Pump Mead Close Southminster Essex CM0 7AE
Received 17 Dec 2024Agricultural Barns Adjacent 31 Plains Road Great Totham Essex
Received 17 Dec 2024Viking Junior Academy Viking Road Maldon Essex CM9 6JN
Received 18 Dec 202415 Viking Road Maldon Essex CM9 6JN
Received 18 Dec 2024Merrifields Steeple Road Latchingdon Chelmsford Essex CM3 6LD
Received 18 Dec 2024Land At Fairfield Old Heath Road Southminster Essex
Received 18 Dec 20244 Mount Lodge Chase Great Totham Maldon Essex CM9 8DU
Received 18 Dec 2024Proposed Church Hall Rectory Road Tolleshunt Knights Essex
Received 18 Dec 2024Land Adjacent To 65 Queen Street Southminster Essex
Received 17 Dec 2024The Barn 2C Gate Street Maldon Essex CM9 5QF
Received 19 Dec 2024Mount Ash 1 Mell Road Tollesbury Maldon Essex CM9 8SW
Received 19 Dec 2024Naps End Bacons Chase Bradwell-on-sea Southminster Essex CM0 7PH
Received 19 Dec 2024Church Of All Saints Crouchmans Farm Road Ulting Maldon Essex CM9 6QU
Received 17 Dec 2024Howells Farm Cottages Maypole Road Great Totham Essex
Received 19 Dec 2024Land South Of Brent Way And Off Of Endeavour Way Burnham-On-Crouch Essex
Received 19 Dec 2024Land To The South Of Keelings Road Dengie Essex
Received 19 Dec 2024Hylands Rectory Road Tolleshunt Knights Maldon Essex CM9 8EZ
Received 18 Dec 2024Land Rear Of Sparrows Chelmsford Road Purleigh Essex
Received 20 Dec 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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