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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.
2,530 approved · 925 refused · 124 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
11 Ferris Avenue Cold Norton Chelmsford Essex CM3 6HZ
Received 19 May 2025Land At 35 Church Road Wickham Bishops Essex
Received 20 May 2025Land North East Of Woodham Mortimer Lodge Lodge Road Woodham Mortimer Essex
Received 20 May 2025Meadow Nursery Park Lane Tolleshunt Knights Maldon Essex CM9 8HB
Received 21 May 2025Land 100M East Of 53 Seagers Great Totham Essex
Received 21 May 2025Land Adjacent 13 Mill Road Tillingham Essex
Received 21 May 2025Happy Days Caravan Park Goldhanger Road Heybridge Maldon Essex CM9 4QX
Received 22 May 2025At Basecamp 7 Riverside Road Burnham-On-Crouch Essex CM0 8JY
Received 20 May 2025At Basecamp 7 Riverside Road Burnham-On-Crouch Essex CM0 8JY
Received 20 May 2025Mountview West Chase Maldon Essex CM9 6HN
Received 23 May 2025Dooleys Carters Lane Wickham Bishops Witham Essex CM8 3LF
Received 23 May 2025Dooleys Carters Lane Wickham Bishops Witham Essex CM8 3LF
Received 23 May 2025Land To The South Of Keelings Road Dengie Essex
Received 23 May 2025Southminster Church Of England Primary School Burnham Road Southminster Essex CM0 7ES
Received 23 May 2025Glenrosa Stephenson Road North Fambridge Chelmsford Essex CM3 6ND
Received 27 May 2025Great Ruffins Beacon Hill Wickham Bishops Witham Essex CM8 3EA
Received 27 May 2025Heybridge Mill House Anchor Lane Heybridge Maldon Essex CM9 4LS
Received 27 May 2025Land At 18 Pump Mead Close Southminster Essex
Received 27 May 2025Guisnes Lodge Back Road Tolleshunt D'Arcy Maldon Essex CM9 8TW
Received 27 May 2025Bradwell Power Station Downhall Beach Bradwell-on-sea Southminster Essex CM0 7HP
Received 27 May 2025WHSmith 70A High Street Maldon Essex CM9 5ET
Received 28 May 2025The Waffle Bar 144 High Street Maldon Essex CM9 5BX
Received 28 May 2025Pond House 26 Maldon Road Great Totham Maldon Essex CM9 8PR
Received 28 May 202526 Tern Close Mayland Chelmsford Essex CM3 6TW
Received 23 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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