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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.
2,538 approved · 933 refused · 124 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Brook Meadows 22 Brook Road Tolleshunt Knights Maldon Essex CM9 8EX
Received 9 Jul 2025Lower Farm Blind Lane Tolleshunt Knights Maldon Essex CM9 8EP
Received 2 Jul 2025Glenrosa Stephenson Road North Fambridge Chelmsford Essex CM3 6ND
Received 10 Jul 2025Little Braxted House Braxted Road Little Braxted Witham Essex CM8 3ED
Received 10 Jul 20254-Front Research 32 High Street Maldon Essex CM9 5PN
Received 11 Jul 20254-Front Research 32 High Street Maldon Essex CM9 5PN
Received 11 Jul 202526 Station Crescent Cold Norton Chelmsford Essex CM3 6HY
Received 11 Jul 2025Former Southminster Library Queenborough Road Southminster Essex
Received 11 Jul 2025Well Cottage High Street Bradwell-on-sea Southminster Essex CM0 7QL
Received 11 Jul 2025Land Adjacent 3 Norfolk Road Maldon Essex
Received 14 Jul 2025Flamingo Lower Burnham Road Latchingdon Chelmsford Essex CM3 6HF
Received 14 Jul 2025Flamingo Lower Burnham Road Latchingdon Chelmsford Essex CM3 6HF
Received 14 Jul 2025Bentalls Complex Colchester Road Heybridge Essex
Received 14 Jul 2025Friars Lawn 12 Witham Road Wickham Bishops Witham Essex CM8 3NQ
Received 14 Jul 2025Land Fall Roberts Road North Fambridge Chelmsford Essex CM3 6LT
Received 14 Jul 20253 Church Street Maldon Essex CM9 5HW
Received 14 Jul 2025Land At 15 Latchingdon Road Cold Norton Essex
Received 7 Jul 2025Willowbrook Farm The Street Little Totham Maldon Essex CM9 8JQ
Received 14 Jul 2025Land South Of Wycke Hill And Limebrook Way Maldon Essex
Received 14 Jul 2025Land At Great Hayes Business Park Lower Burnham Road Stow Maries Essex
Received 16 Jul 2025Waverley 39 Wycke Lane Tollesbury Maldon Essex CM9 8ST
Received 16 Jul 2025Little Wood 37 Colchester Road Great Totham Maldon Essex CM9 8DG
Received 16 Jul 2025Bell Meadow Playing Field Church Hill Woodham Walter Essex
Received 16 Jul 20251 Wellington Road Maldon Essex CM9 6HL
Received 16 Jul 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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