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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.
2,523 approved · 921 refused · 123 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Building At The Old Dairy Broad Street Green Road Great Totham Essex
Received 26 Mar 202532 London Road Maldon Essex CM9 6HD
Received 1 Apr 20259 Hall Road Southminster Essex CM0 7EH
Received 2 Apr 2025Brooks Farm Grange Road Tillingham Essex
Received 3 Apr 20255 Mayland Close Heybridge Maldon Essex CM9 4YR
Received 3 Apr 20258 Head Street Goldhanger Maldon Essex CM9 8AY
Received 4 Apr 2025Clarks Farm Greyhound Rescue Centre Clarks Farm Wash Lane Little Totham Maldon Essex CM9 8LX
Received 4 Apr 2025Lower Farm Blind Lane Tolleshunt Knights Maldon Essex CM9 8EP
Received 18 Mar 2025Land North Of West Street Tollesbury Essex
Received 4 Apr 2025Gulls Way 89 Imperial Avenue Mayland Chelmsford Essex CM3 6AJ
Received 7 Apr 2025St Michael's Church Church Hill Woodham Walter Maldon Essex CM9 6TT
Received 7 Apr 20255 Dammerwick Cottages Marsh Road Burnham-On-Crouch Essex CM0 8NB
Received 7 Apr 2025Oakville 176 Goldhanger Road Heybridge Maldon Essex CM9 4QS
Received 7 Apr 2025Tillingham Hall Farm North Street Tillingham Essex
Received 7 Apr 202544 Mayflower Drive Maldon Essex CM9 6XX
Received 7 Apr 2025Great Canney Court Hackmans Lane Cold Norton Essex
Received 7 Apr 2025Land Rear Of 53 And 55 Broad Street Green Road Great Totham Essex
Received 7 Apr 2025NatWest 36 High Street Maldon Essex CM9 5PW
Received 8 Apr 20259 Prince Of Wales Road Great Totham Maldon Essex CM9 8PX
Received 8 Apr 202516 Spital Road Maldon Essex CM9 6EB
Received 9 Apr 202526 Station Crescent Cold Norton Chelmsford Essex CM3 6HY
Received 9 Apr 2025Tollesbury Hall 15 Church Street Tollesbury Maldon Essex CM9 8QJ
Received 9 Apr 2025The Cottage Tillingham Road Asheldham Southminster Essex CM0 7NX
Received 9 Apr 2025Warren Golf Club Old London Road Woodham Walter Maldon Essex CM9 6RW
Received 9 Apr 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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