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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.
2,517 approved · 920 refused · 123 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Outbuildings Stock Hall Farm Hatfield Road Ulting Essex
Received 3 Mar 2025The Cannons 19 North Drive Mayland Chelmsford Essex CM3 6AG
Received 28 Feb 2025Land At 23 Steeple Road Mayland Essex
Received 3 Mar 2025Retail Unit At Flamingo Lower Burnham Road Latchingdon Essex
Received 4 Mar 2025Purlieau Franklin Road North Fambridge Chelmsford Essex CM3 6NF
Received 4 Mar 2025Land At Maldon Hall Spital Road Maldon Essex
Received 4 Mar 2025Land At Maldon Hall Spital Road Maldon Essex
Received 4 Mar 2025The Cornmill South Street Tillingham Southminster Essex CM0 7TH
Received 4 Mar 20254 Hurndall Avenue North Fambridge Chelmsford Essex CM3 6FS
Received 28 Feb 2025Former Southminster Library Queenborough Road Southminster Essex
Received 5 Mar 2025Land At Homefield House Witham Road Little Braxted Essex
Received 5 Mar 2025Flat 1 47 High Street Maldon Essex CM9 5PF
Received 5 Mar 2025Copse End 1 Bower Gardens Maldon Essex CM9 6HJ
Received 5 Mar 2025Land At Broad Street Green Road And Langford Road And Maypole Road Great Totham Essex
Received 5 Mar 2025Site Rear Of 10 High Street Southminster Essex
Received 5 Mar 2025Beeleigh Abbey Abbey Turning Maldon Essex CM9 6LL
Received 5 Mar 2025Land At Broad Street Green Road And Langford Road And Maypole Road Great Totham Essex
Received 6 Mar 2025Land At Broad Street Green Road And Langford Road And Maypole Road Great Totham Essex
Received 6 Mar 2025Land At Broad Street Green Road And Langford Road And Maypole Road Great Totham Essex
Received 6 Mar 2025Land At Broad Street Green Road And Langford Road And Maypole Road Great Totham Essex
Received 6 Mar 2025Holmfield Pantile Hill Southminster Essex CM0 7BA
Received 6 Mar 2025Land West Of Spratts Farm Queenborough Road Southminster Essex
Received 6 Mar 2025Warren Golf Club Old London Road Woodham Walter Maldon Essex CM9 6RW
Received 6 Mar 2025Land West Of St Nicholas Churchyard Beckingham Road Tolleshunt D'Arcy Essex
Received 6 Mar 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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