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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.
2,544 approved · 933 refused · 124 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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 Adjacent Thornfields Purleigh Grove Cold Norton Essex
Received 15 Sept 2025East Gables Roberts Road North Fambridge Chelmsford Essex CM3 6LT
Received 15 Sept 2025Captains Wood Barn The Lodge Captains Wood Road Great Totham Essex
Received 15 Sept 202529 Gate Street Maldon Essex CM9 5QF
Received 16 Sept 2025Edgewood Veterinary Group 161 - 161A Station Road Burnham-On-Crouch Essex CM0 8HJ
Received 16 Sept 2025Land South Of Museum Of Power Steam Pumping Station Hatfield Road Langford Essex
Received 1 Sept 2025Cherith The Street Little Totham Maldon Essex CM9 8JQ
Received 16 Sept 202514 Wellington Road Maldon Essex CM9 6HL
Received 5 Sept 2025Cowslip Cottage Dairy Farm Road Althorne Chelmsford Essex CM3 6ED
Received 17 Sept 2025Friends Meeting House Butt Lane Maldon Essex CM9 5HD
Received 10 Sept 2025Land Adjacent Romans Farm Chase And Mill Road Burnham-On-Crouch Essex
Received 17 Sept 20255 Mount Lodge Chase Great Totham Maldon Essex CM9 8DU
Received 17 Sept 2025Orchard Cottage 11 Handleys Lane Wickham Bishops Witham Essex CM8 3NJ
Received 17 Sept 2025Melita York Road Burnham-On-Crouch Essex CM0 8HP
Received 17 Sept 2025Land South Of Wycke Hill And Limebrook Way Maldon Essex
Received 17 Sept 2025Hawthorns Brabant Road North Fambridge Chelmsford Essex CM3 6LY
Received 18 Sept 2025G And B Finch Limited Asheldham Quarry Tillingham Road Asheldham Southminster Essex CM0 7NX
Received 18 Sept 2025Maldon Salt 2 Oval Park Hatfield Road Langford Maldon Essex CM9 6WG
Received 18 Sept 2025Mandalay Post Office Lane Little Totham Maldon Essex CM9 8JL
Received 19 Sept 2025G And B Finch Limited Asheldham Quarry Tillingham Road Asheldham Southminster Essex CM0 7NX
Received 18 Sept 2025G And B Finch Limited Asheldham Quarry Tillingham Road Asheldham Southminster Essex CM0 7NX
Received 18 Sept 2025Fairfield Burnham Road Latchingdon Chelmsford Essex CM3 6HA
Received 19 Sept 2025Carters Station Road Wickham Bishops Witham Essex CM8 3JB
Received 19 Sept 2025Westholme 20 Totham Hill Green Great Totham Maldon Essex CM9 8DX
Received 19 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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