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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2,689 approved · 1,031 refused · 134 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Office 2 And 5 The Kings Head Centre 38 High Street Maldon Essex
Received 30 Jan 202616 Market Hill Maldon Essex CM9 4PZ
Received 30 Jan 2026Grouts Farm Kelvedon Road Tolleshunt D'Arcy Maldon Essex CM9 8EL
Received 30 Jan 202634 Eastern Road And Entrance To Blackwater Close Burnham-On-Crouch Essex CM0 8BT
Received 30 Jan 2026Land Rear Of 6 To 108 Mell Road Tollesbury Essex
Received 30 Jan 2026Land At Woodstock Farm St Stephens Road Cold Norton Essex
Received 2 Feb 202621 Wellands Wickham Bishops Witham Essex CM8 3NF
Received 2 Feb 2026Saints And Sinners 43 Main Road St Lawrence Southminster Essex CM0 7LY
Received 2 Feb 202641 Fish Street Goldhanger Maldon Essex CM9 8AT
Received 3 Feb 2026Stonybrook 19 Basin Road Heybridge Basin Maldon Essex CM9 4RQ
Received 3 Feb 2026Long View 2 Grange Road Wickham Bishops Witham Essex CM8 3LT
Received 3 Feb 2026Elite Farm Lower Burnham Road Latchingdon Chelmsford Essex CM3 6HF
Received 3 Feb 2026QD 44 - 48 High Street Maldon Essex CM9 5PN
Received 3 Feb 20264 The Chase Great Totham Maldon Essex CM9 8UU
Received 3 Feb 202619 North Road Tollesbury Maldon Essex CM9 8RQ
Received 4 Feb 2026Hill Broad House Braxted Park Road Great Braxted Witham Essex CM8 3EW
Received 4 Feb 2026Land Rear Of 1 To 3 Gate Street Maldon Essex
Received 4 Feb 2026Timber Cottage Goldsands Road Southminster Essex CM0 7JR
Received 4 Feb 2026Reeve And Son 126 High Street Maldon Essex CM9 5HB
Received 4 Feb 202619 St Peters Avenue Maldon Essex CM9 6EL
Received 4 Feb 2026Land At Birchwood Farm Birchwood Road Cock Clarks Essex
Received 5 Feb 2026Land At Birchwood Farm Birchwood Road Cock Clarks Essex
Received 5 Feb 2026North View Burnham Road Woodham Mortimer Maldon Essex CM9 6SP
Received 5 Feb 2026Land North Of The Groves Burnham Road Latchingdon Essex
Received 5 Feb 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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