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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.
2,512 approved · 914 refused · 122 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 6 Apr 2021 to 8 Oct 2026. Most recent record check: 13 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Chestnuts Burnham Road Purleigh Essex
Received 13 Jan 20257 High Street Tollesbury Maldon Essex CM9 8RG
Received 13 Jan 2025Badnocks Farm Badnocks Chase Asheldham Essex
Received 13 Jan 2025Ormiston Rivers Academy Southminster Road Burnham-On-Crouch Essex CM0 8QB
Received 13 Jan 2025Belvedere House Belvedere Road Burnham-On-Crouch Essex CM0 8AJ
Received 13 Jan 2025Land Rear Of 1 To 3 Gate Street Maldon Essex
Received 14 Jan 20251A Alexandra Road Burnham-On-Crouch Essex CM0 8BW
Received 13 Jan 2025Land At Heathgate Wickham Bishops Essex
Received 15 Jan 20252 Hawkins Farm Cottages Little Baddow Road Woodham Walter Maldon Essex CM9 6RU
Received 15 Jan 2025Building At Junction Of Braxted Park Road Maldon Road Tiptree Colchester Essex CO5 0QA
Received 15 Jan 2025St Peters Court Spital Road Maldon Essex CM9 6LF
Received 15 Jan 202527 Holt Drive Wickham Bishops Witham Essex CM8 3JR
Received 15 Jan 20257 Arbour Lane Wickham Bishops Witham Essex CM8 3NT
Received 15 Jan 2025Land At Broad Street Green Road And Langford Road And Maypole Road Great Totham Essex
Received 15 Jan 2025Scatterbrook Farm Rectory Lane Latchingdon Chelmsford Essex CM3 6HB
Received 16 Jan 2025Melita Witham Road Langford Maldon Essex CM9 4ST
Received 13 Jan 2025Royal Burnham Yacht Club The Quay Burnham-On-Crouch Essex CM0 8AU
Received 16 Jan 2025Lakeview Marlpits Road Purleigh Chelmsford Essex CM3 6RB
Received 17 Jan 2025Highway Verge Outside 65 To 67 Cedar Chase Heybridge Essex
Received 17 Jan 2025High House Old Heath Road Althorne Chelmsford Essex CM3 6EW
Received 17 Jan 202514 Southminster Road Tillingham Southminster Essex CM0 7UF
Received 17 Jan 2025Roundbush Colchester Road Great Totham Maldon Essex CM9 8BZ
Received 17 Jan 2025Beacon Hill House Latchingdon Road Cold Norton Chelmsford Essex CM3 6JG
Received 17 Jan 2025The Lilacs Hackmans Lane Cock Clarks Chelmsford Essex CM3 6RE
Received 20 Jan 2025Records 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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