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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.
2,528 approved · 923 refused · 123 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Agricultural Barn At Andrews Farm Burnham Road Althorne Essex
Received 9 May 202525 The Drive Mayland Chelmsford Essex CM3 6AB
Received 9 May 2025Mount Ash 1 Mell Road Tollesbury Maldon Essex CM9 8SW
Received 12 May 2025Dormer Cottage Main Road Mundon Maldon Essex CM9 6PB
Received 12 May 2025Dormer Cottage Main Road Mundon Maldon Essex CM9 6PB
Received 12 May 20251A Acacia Drive Maldon Essex CM9 6AW
Received 12 May 2025Land Adjacent Purleigh Wash Farm Fambridge Road Purleigh Essex
Received 2 May 2025G And B Finch Limited Asheldham Quarry Tillingham Road Asheldham Southminster Essex CM0 7NX
Received 28 Apr 2025Rosemead Bumfords Lane Ulting Maldon Essex CM9 6QT
Received 12 May 2025Land Adjacent Westerings Purleigh Essex
Received 12 May 2025Land Adjacent Westerings Purleigh Essex
Received 12 May 202518 The Colliers Heybridge Basin Maldon Essex CM9 4SE
Received 12 May 202511 Fish Street Goldhanger Maldon Essex CM9 8AT
Received 14 May 20258 Cedar Grove Burnham-On-Crouch Essex CM0 8DQ
Received 14 May 2025Land Adjacent Eastholm Latchingdon Road Purleigh Essex
Received 14 May 2025Land Adjacent 4 Hillcrest Mayland Chelmsford Essex
Received 14 May 2025Land South Of Wycke Hill And Limebrook Way Maldon Essex
Received 15 May 2025Land South Of Wycke Hill And Limebrook Way Maldon Essex
Received 15 May 2025Burnham Waters Medical Centre 4 Waters Avenue Burnham-On-Crouch Essex CM0 8RN
Received 15 May 2025Cherry Grove Station Road Southminster Essex CM0 7EW
Received 19 May 2025Agricultural Building At Oak Nursery Hackmans Lane Purleigh Essex
Received 19 May 2025Treetops 11 Barnhall Road Tolleshunt Knights Maldon Essex CM9 8HA
Received 19 May 2025Beekeepers Cottage Fambridge Road Mundon Maldon Essex CM9 6NJ
Received 19 May 2025Land Adjacent Southminster Road Althorne Essex
Received 16 May 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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