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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.
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Explore collected planning applications and decisions for Maldon District Council. Search an address, application reference or proposal to find a record.
2,544 approved · 933 refused · 124 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Redbrick Cottage The Street Woodham Walter Maldon Essex CM9 6RF
Received 29 Aug 2025Land North And West Of Knowles Farm Wycke Hill Maldon Essex
Received 29 Aug 2025The Laurels Office Lane Little Totham Maldon Essex CM9 8JE
Received 29 Aug 2025Brick House Farm Brick House Road Tolleshunt Major Maldon Essex CM9 8JZ
Received 29 Aug 2025Brick House Farm Brick House Road Tolleshunt Major Maldon Essex CM9 8JZ
Received 29 Aug 202514 St Peters Field Burnham-On-Crouch Essex CM0 8NX
Received 1 Sept 202548 Maldon Road Great Totham Maldon Essex CM9 8NL
Received 1 Sept 202516 Rectory Road North Fambridge Chelmsford Essex CM3 6NG
Received 1 Sept 2025Maldon Housing Association Fairfield House 33 Fambridge Road Maldon Essex CM9 6AD
Received 1 Sept 2025Land Bounded By Maldon Road And Creeksea Lane Burnham-On-Crouch Essex
Received 1 Sept 2025Cartlodge Outbuilding Range Attached To South East Of Barn QV 5 227 Reddings Farm Reddings Lane Tillingham Essex
Received 1 Sept 202569 Orchard Road Maldon Essex CM9 6EW
Received 1 Sept 2025Land At On The Latch Tearooms At Annley House Burnham Road Latchingdon Essex
Received 1 Sept 2025Land At Nairobi Old Heath Road Southminster Essex
Received 1 Sept 202545 Steeple Road Mayland Chelmsford Essex CM3 6EG
Received 2 Sept 2025Southern Plot Oval Park Hatfield Road Langford Essex
Received 2 Sept 2025Bakerson Maldon Road Great Braxted Essex CO5 0QA
Received 2 Sept 2025Land South Of Wycke Hill And Limebrook Way Maldon Essex
Received 2 Sept 2025Land North Of The Groves Burnham Road Latchingdon Essex
Received 3 Sept 2025Land At 4 Brights Path Almshouses High Street Maldon Essex
Received 3 Sept 202519 North Road Tollesbury Maldon Essex CM9 8RQ
Received 3 Sept 202535 Ramsey Chase Latchingdon Chelmsford Essex CM3 6JT
Received 4 Sept 2025Leys Manor Langford Road Wickham Bishops Witham Essex CM8 3JQ
Received 4 Sept 2025Rohan House Broadoak Chase Mill Road Great Totham Maldon Essex CM9 8BR
Received 4 Sept 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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