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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.
2,682 approved · 1,028 refused · 133 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 14 May 2020 to 8 Oct 2026. Most recent record check: 14 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Westholme 20 Totham Hill Green Great Totham Maldon Essex CM9 8DX
Received 10 Dec 2025Former Southminster Library Queenborough Road Southminster Essex
Received 27 Nov 2025Cheadle 37 Conduit Lane Woodham Mortimer Maldon Essex CM9 6SZ
Received 11 Dec 20257 - 9 South Street Tillingham Southminster Essex CM0 7TB
Received 11 Dec 2025Bunsay Downs Golf Club Little Baddow Road Woodham Walter Maldon Essex CM9 6RU
Received 11 Dec 2025Land At Three Rivers Golf And Country Club Stow Road Cold Norton Essex
Received 11 Dec 2025The Node 6 Barnhall Road Tolleshunt Knights Maldon Essex CM9 8HA
Received 11 Dec 2025Bradwell Marina Waterside Road Bradwell-On-Sea Southminster Essex CM0 7RB
Received 11 Dec 2025Land South Of Wycke Hill And Limebrook Way Maldon Essex
Received 11 Dec 2025Land South Of Wycke Hill And Limebrook Way Maldon Essex
Received 11 Dec 2025Tillingham Hall Farm North Street Tillingham Essex
Received 11 Dec 2025Curtis O'Boyle 18 High Street Maldon Essex CM9 5PJ
Received 11 Dec 2025Tillingham Hall Farm North Street Tillingham Essex
Received 11 Dec 2025Queens House Chelmsford Road Purleigh Chelmsford Essex CM3 6QN
Received 11 Dec 2025Clarendon Lodge Goldhanger Road Heybridge Maldon Essex CM9 4QU
Received 12 Dec 2025Swingfield Family Golf Centre Golf Centre Steeple Road Latchingdon Chelmsford Essex CM3 6LD
Received 12 Dec 2025Colour Naturally Lofts Farm Broad Street Green Road Great Totham Maldon Essex CM9 8NZ
Received 12 Dec 2025Land South Of Wycke Hill And Limebrook Way Maldon Essex
Received 15 Dec 2025Land At Purleigh Hall The Street Purleigh Essex
Received 15 Dec 202523 Heathgate Wickham Bishops Witham Essex CM8 3NZ
Received 15 Dec 2025The Limes Bradwell Road Tillingham Southminster Essex CM0 7SS
Received 15 Dec 202510 Playle Chase Great Totham Maldon Essex CM9 8UT
Received 15 Dec 2025The Old Forge Chelmsford Road Woodham Mortimer Maldon Essex CM9 6TH
Received 16 Dec 2025The Old Forge Chelmsford Road Woodham Mortimer Maldon Essex CM9 6TH
Received 16 Dec 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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