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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.
2,516 approved · 915 refused · 123 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Tillingham Hall Farm North Street Tillingham Essex
Received 28 Jan 2025Berwick House Maypole Road Wickham Bishops Witham Essex CM8 3NW
Received 28 Jan 2025Milton Grange Post Office Road Woodham Mortimer Maldon Essex CM9 6SX
Received 28 Jan 2025Warren Golf Club Old London Road Woodham Walter Maldon Essex CM9 6RW
Received 29 Jan 20253 Volwycke Avenue Maldon Essex CM9 6DL
Received 30 Jan 20259 Broad Street Green Road Heybridge Maldon Essex CM9 4BN
Received 30 Jan 2025Tiptoes Lower Burnham Road Latchingdon Chelmsford Essex CM3 6HE
Received 31 Jan 2025Manythings 165 Station Road Burnham-On-Crouch Essex CM0 8HJ
Received 31 Jan 2025Ivy Fields Chelmsford Road Purleigh Chelmsford Essex CM3 6QP
Received 3 Feb 2025Mrs Salisburys Of Wickham Bishops 2 The Street Wickham Bishops Witham Essex CM8 3NN
Received 3 Feb 2025Bracken House The Avenue North Fambridge Chelmsford Essex CM3 6LZ
Received 3 Feb 2025Land North And West Of Knowles Farm Wycke Hill Maldon Essex
Received 3 Feb 2025Land Rear Of 148 Station Road Burnham-On-Crouch Essex
Received 4 Feb 2025Land Rear Of 148 Station Road Burnham-On-Crouch Essex
Received 4 Feb 2025Templeton Hunts Farm Close Tollesbury Maldon Essex CM9 8QX
Received 4 Feb 202518 Grange Road Wickham Bishops Witham Essex CM8 3LT
Received 4 Feb 2025Site Rear Of 10 High Street Southminster Essex
Received 5 Feb 2025Moorhill Kennels Tillingham Road Southminster Essex CM0 7DT
Received 5 Feb 2025Moorhill Kennels Tillingham Road Southminster Essex CM0 7DT
Received 5 Feb 2025Land Adjacent Thornfields Purleigh Grove Cold Norton Essex
Received 5 Feb 2025Beeleigh Abbey Cottage Abbey Turning Maldon Essex CM9 6LL
Received 5 Feb 2025Oak View 1A Mill Road Mayland Chelmsford Essex CM3 6EQ
Received 6 Feb 2025Keeston Chelmsford Road Woodham Mortimer Maldon Essex CM9 6TH
Received 5 Feb 2025Mapledean Poultry Farm Mapledean Chase Mundon Essex
Received 7 Feb 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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