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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2,692 approved · 1,035 refused · 134 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
22 Wellington Road Maldon Essex CM9 6HL
Received 23 Feb 2026Down Westwick Waterside Road Bradwell-On-Sea Southminster Essex CM0 7QZ
Received 23 Feb 2026Agricultural Building Goodhares Farm Burnham Road Latchingdon Essex
Received 19 Feb 2026Former Sun And Anchor The Street Steeple Essex
Received 23 Feb 2026St Peters Court Spital Road Maldon Essex CM9 6LF
Received 23 Feb 2026Burnham Library Station Road Burnham-On-Crouch Essex CM0 8HQ
Received 23 Feb 2026Land Adjacent 1 Eastern Road Burnham-On-Crouch Essex
Received 23 Feb 2026Agricultural Building At Gunhill Farm Stivvys Road Woodham Walter Essex
Received 23 Feb 2026Agricultural Building At Little Grange Farm Marlpits Road Woodham Mortimer Essex
Received 23 Feb 2026Agricultural Barn Maldon Hall Farm Spital Road Maldon Essex
Received 23 Feb 2026Land Adjacent The Owls Woodham Road Stow Maries Essex
Received 24 Feb 2026Land Adjacent The Owls Woodham Road Stow Maries Essex
Received 24 Feb 2026Hartswood 15 Arbour Lane Wickham Bishops Witham Essex CM8 3NS
Received 24 Feb 2026Land South Of Threeways And 45 The Street Latchingdon Essex
Received 24 Feb 2026St Francis Roman Catholic Primary School West Chase Maldon Essex CM9 6HN
Received 25 Feb 202610 Belvedere Road Burnham-On-Crouch Essex CM0 8AJ
Received 25 Feb 2026Tyle Hall Lower Burnham Road Latchingdon Chelmsford Essex CM3 6HE
Received 26 Feb 2026Land North Of Heybridge Swifts Football Club Scraley Road Great Totham Essex
Received 26 Feb 202614 Kingston Chase Heybridge Maldon Essex CM9 4TB
Received 26 Feb 2026Land At Broad Street Green Road And Langford Road And Maypole Road Great Totham Essex
Received 26 Feb 202624 Birch Road Tillingham Southminster Essex CM0 7SX
Received 26 Feb 2026Collingwood House 37 South Street Tillingham Southminster Essex CM0 7TJ
Received 27 Feb 2026Land North Of The Groves Burnham Road Latchingdon Essex
Received 27 Feb 2026Melita Witham Road Langford Maldon Essex CM9 4ST
Received 2 Mar 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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