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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2,517 approved · 920 refused · 123 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
2 Hawkins Farm Cottages Little Baddow Road Woodham Walter Maldon Essex CM9 6RU
Received 14 Mar 2025Land At Broad Street Green Road And Langford Road And Maypole Road Great Totham Essex
Received 14 Mar 20253 Victoria Road Maldon Essex CM9 5HE
Received 17 Mar 2025Land On South Side Maldon Road Woodham Mortimer Essex
Received 17 Mar 2025Lakeview Marlpits Road Purleigh Chelmsford Essex CM3 6RB
Received 17 Mar 20254 High Street Burnham-On-Crouch Essex CM0 8AA
Received 17 Mar 2025Hillyfield Dykes Chase Maldon Essex CM9 6HP
Received 17 Mar 20251 Perryfields Kelvedon Road Little Braxted Witham Essex CM8 3ES
Received 17 Mar 2025Sunnyview 164 Goldhanger Road Heybridge Maldon Essex CM9 4QS
Received 17 Mar 2025Orchard Cottage Scotts Hill Southminster Essex CM0 7BE
Received 17 Mar 2025Palmers Farm 3 Top Road Tolleshunt Knights Maldon Essex CM9 8EU
Received 17 Mar 2025Offices Beckingham Business Park Beckingham Street Tolleshunt Major Essex
Received 17 Mar 2025The Cotswolds Roundbush Road Mundon Maldon Essex CM9 6NN
Received 17 Mar 2025Former Southminster Library Queenborough Road Southminster Essex
Received 17 Mar 2025Fairnatal 42 Acacia Drive Maldon Essex CM9 6AP
Received 18 Mar 2025Mildmay House Foundry Lane Burnham-On-Crouch Essex
Received 18 Mar 2025Land At Three Willows Old Heath Road Southminster Essex
Received 18 Mar 2025Darcy Stores 17 North Street Tolleshunt D'Arcy Maldon Essex CM9 8TF
Received 17 Mar 20252 Wooldridge Place Wickham Bishops Witham Essex CM8 3LW
Received 19 Mar 2025The Old Bakery The Street Purleigh Chelmsford Essex CM3 6QL
Received 19 Mar 20255 Downs Road Maldon Essex CM9 5HG
Received 19 Mar 2025Dunroamin 6 Arcadia Road Burnham-On-Crouch Essex CM0 8EF
Received 20 Mar 202569 Orchard Road Maldon Essex CM9 6EW
Received 20 Mar 2025Buffer Strip Church Hill Woodham Walter Essex
Received 20 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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