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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2,544 approved · 933 refused · 124 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Land Opposite 34 Hall Road Great Totham Essex
Received 5 Sept 202548 Dorset Road Maldon Essex CM9 6JX
Received 5 Sept 2025Skerries Summerhill Althorne Chelmsford Essex CM3 6BY
Received 8 Sept 2025Mapledean Pig Farm Mapledean Chase Latchingdon Chelmsford Essex CM3 6LG
Received 8 Sept 2025Land At Oxley House Tiptree Colchester Essex
Received 8 Sept 202511 D'Arcy Way Tolleshunt D'Arcy Maldon Essex CM9 8UD
Received 8 Sept 2025Leanna House Lock Hill Heybridge Basin Essex
Received 8 Sept 2025Agricultural Building At Great Beeleigh Farm London Road Maldon Essex
Received 8 Sept 2025Maldon Salt 2 Oval Park Hatfield Road Langford Maldon Essex CM9 6WG
Received 9 Sept 2025Unit 3A The Old Ironworks Fullbridge Maldon Essex CM9 4LE
Received 3 Sept 2025Mapledean Poultry Farm Mapledean Chase Mundon Essex
Received 9 Sept 2025Maythorne The Endway Althorne Essex
Received 9 Sept 20258 The Cobbins Burnham-On-Crouch Essex CM0 8QL
Received 2 Sept 2025Land At Five Corners Maypole Road Great Totham Essex
Received 10 Sept 2025Dammerwick Farm Marsh Road Burnham-On-Crouch Essex CM0 8NB
Received 10 Sept 2025Land Rear Of 7 To 9 King Edward Avenue Burnham-On-Crouch Essex
Received 11 Sept 202531 Victoria Road Maldon Essex CM9 5HE
Received 11 Sept 2025Melita Witham Road Langford Maldon Essex CM9 4ST
Received 11 Sept 2025Stone Haven Tinnocks Lane St Lawrence Southminster Essex CM0 7NF
Received 12 Sept 20251 Kirk Mews Althorne Chelmsford Essex CM3 6GL
Received 15 Sept 2025P F Michael And Co 69 East Street Tollesbury Maldon Essex CM9 8QE
Received 15 Sept 202524 Park Drive Maldon Essex CM9 5JQ
Received 15 Sept 2025The Bell Public House The Street Woodham Walter Maldon Essex CM9 6RF
Received 15 Sept 2025Marlpits Wood Marlpits Road Purleigh Essex
Received 15 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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