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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.
2,686 approved · 1,030 refused · 134 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Great Totham Primary School Walden House Road Great Totham Maldon Essex CM9 8PN
Received 9 Jan 2026Land West Of Edmond Street And Newman Drive And Benson Close Burnham-On-Crouch Essex
Received 9 Jan 2026Harroldene Fambridge Road North Fambridge Chelmsford Essex CM3 6NB
Received 12 Jan 2026Stondon The Avenue North Fambridge Chelmsford Essex CM3 6LZ
Received 12 Jan 20264 King Edward Avenue Burnham-On-Crouch Essex CM0 8PA
Received 12 Jan 2026Ankerdine Lodge Esplanade Mayland Chelmsford Essex CM3 6AW
Received 13 Jan 2026Creg Na Baa Brook Road Tillingham Southminster Essex CM0 7SG
Received 13 Jan 202614 Southminster Road Tillingham Southminster Essex CM0 7UF
Received 13 Jan 2026The Hedgerows Chelmsford Road Purleigh Chelmsford Essex CM3 6PL
Received 13 Jan 2026Land Adjacent Pump House Catchpole Lane Great Totham Essex
Received 12 Jan 2026Land Adjacent Heybridge House Industrial Estate Bates Road Maldon Essex
Received 13 Jan 2026Salero Lounge 43 - 45 High Street Maldon Essex CM9 5PF
Received 9 Jan 2026St Peters Court Spital Road Maldon Essex CM9 6LF
Received 8 Jan 2026Greno House Post Office Road Woodham Mortimer Maldon Essex CM9 6SX
Received 15 Jan 2026St Marys Church Church Street Maldon Essex CM9 5HW
Received 15 Jan 2026Commercial Section Opposite Carter Avenue Limebrook Way Maldon Essex
Received 16 Jan 202621 St Nicholas Road Tillingham Southminster Essex CM0 7SQ
Received 16 Jan 2026Land Rear Of Sparrows Chelmsford Road Purleigh Essex
Received 16 Jan 2026The Paddocks Grange Road Tillingham Southminster Essex CM0 7UR
Received 19 Jan 2026Land Adjacent 15 Fish Street Goldhanger Essex
Received 19 Jan 2026Black Cottage Hatfield Road Langford Maldon Essex CM9 6QE
Received 19 Jan 2026Blackwater View 13 Fish Street Goldhanger Maldon Essex CM9 8AT
Received 19 Jan 202614 West Street Tollesbury Maldon Essex CM9 8RJ
Received 19 Jan 20261 High Street Burnham-On-Crouch Essex CM0 8AG
Received 20 Jan 2026Records 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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