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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.
2,692 approved · 1,033 refused · 134 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Land At 12 And 13 Granville Terrace Burnham-On-Crouch Essex
Received 12 Feb 2026Evesfield Chelmsford Road Purleigh Chelmsford Essex CM3 6QN
Received 12 Feb 2026Land South Of Wycke Hill And Limebrook Way Maldon Essex
Received 12 Feb 2026Walnut Tree Cottage 44 Beeleigh Road Maldon Essex CM9 5QJ
Received 13 Feb 2026Greenfield 45 Main Road St Lawrence Essex
Received 13 Feb 2026Holyrood Lodge Green Lane Burnham-On-Crouch Essex CM0 8PU
Received 13 Feb 20264 Hillcrest Mayland Chelmsford Essex CM3 6AZ
Received 13 Feb 2026Land At 12 And 13 Granville Terrace Burnham-On-Crouch Essex
Received 13 Feb 2026Land East Of Broad Street Green Road Heybridge Essex
Received 16 Feb 2026Fieldview 61 The Street Latchingdon Chelmsford Essex CM3 6JR
Received 10 Feb 2026Land West Of Scripps Farm Goat Lodge Road Great Totham Essex
Received 11 Feb 2026Friends Meeting House Butt Lane Maldon Essex CM9 5HD
Received 13 Feb 202610 Blacksmiths Lane Wickham Bishops Witham Essex CM8 3NR
Received 17 Feb 2026Land Adjacent Maldon Road Bradwell-On-Sea Essex
Received 12 Feb 2026Burnham Library Station Road Burnham-On-Crouch Essex CM0 8HQ
Received 13 Jan 20261 The Hawthorns Southminster Essex CM0 7FF
Received 18 Feb 20269 Whitley Place Maldon Essex CM9 6GR
Received 18 Feb 2026Whitegate Farm Vicarage Lane Mundon Maldon Essex CM9 6PA
Received 19 Feb 2026Merry Trees Burnham Road Woodham Mortimer Maldon Essex CM9 6SS
Received 19 Feb 2026136 Imperial Avenue Mayland Chelmsford Essex CM3 6AJ
Received 19 Feb 2026Dammerwick Farm Marsh Road Burnham-On-Crouch Essex CM0 8NB
Received 20 Feb 2026Oakwood 11 School Road Wickham Bishops Witham Essex CM8 3NU
Received 20 Feb 2026Baytree House High Street Bradwell-on-sea Southminster Essex CM0 7QN
Received 20 Feb 2026The Elms 66 The Drive Mayland Chelmsford Essex CM3 6AB
Received 20 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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