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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.
2,689 approved · 1,031 refused · 134 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
53 The Leas Burnham-On-Crouch Essex CM0 8NH
Received 20 Jan 202621 Grange Road Wickham Bishops Witham Essex CM8 3LT
Received 20 Jan 2026Land Between Kings Road And Burnham Road Southminster Essex
Received 20 Jan 2026Wickham Engineering Units 1 To 4 Station Road Industrial Estate Station Road Tolleshunt D'Arcy Maldon Essex CM9 8TY
Received 20 Jan 2026Hainault Cottage Hainault Road North Fambridge Chelmsford Essex CM3 6YR
Received 20 Jan 2026Lares The Street Woodham Walter Maldon Essex CM9 6RF
Received 21 Jan 2026Lloret 42 Chapel Road Great Totham Maldon Essex CM9 8DA
Received 22 Jan 2026Clay Pigeon Shoot Steeple Road Latchingdon Essex
Received 22 Jan 2026Belvedere 30 Witham Road Wickham Bishops Witham Essex CM8 3NQ
Received 22 Jan 2026Clay Pigeon Shoot Steeple Road Latchingdon Essex
Received 22 Jan 2026Land At Crossways Kelvedon Road Great Totham Essex
Received 22 Jan 2026Land Adjacent Eastholm Latchingdon Road Purleigh Essex
Received 22 Jan 202631 Victoria Road Maldon Essex CM9 5HE
Received 22 Jan 2026The Essex Wildlife Trust Nature Reserve Blue House Farm Blue House Farm Chase North Fambridge Chelmsford Essex CM3 6GU
Received 22 Jan 2026The Quest 10 Riverside Road Burnham-On-Crouch Essex CM0 8JY
Received 23 Jan 2026Land North West Of Riversleigh Nipsells Chase Mayland Essex
Received 26 Jan 2026Skate Park The Promenade Park Park Drive Maldon Essex
Received 26 Jan 2026Building At The Old Dairy Broad Street Green Road Great Totham Essex
Received 27 Jan 2026Land At Great Hayes Business Park Lower Burnham Road Stow Maries Essex
Received 27 Jan 202618 Beacon Hill Maldon Essex CM9 6HR
Received 28 Jan 2026J P Tackle 159 High Street Maldon Essex CM9 5BS
Received 29 Jan 2026J P Tackle 159 High Street Maldon Essex CM9 5BS
Received 29 Jan 2026Land Rear Of Hawthorns Braxted Park Road Great Braxted Essex
Received 29 Jan 2026Land Adjacent Maple Cottage Tudwick Road Tolleshunt D'Arcy Essex
Received 29 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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