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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2,692 approved · 1,035 refused · 135 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Ridge End 6 Church Road Wickham Bishops Witham Essex CM8 3LA
Received 2 Mar 202621 Kings Farm Meadow Tillingham Southminster Essex CM0 7GY
Received 3 Mar 2026Unit 8 Purleigh Wash Farm Fambridge Road Mundon Maldon Essex CM9 6PG
Received 3 Mar 20261 Purleigh Hall Cottages The Street Purleigh Chelmsford Essex CM3 6QJ
Received 3 Mar 2026Flincove 42 Crescent Road Heybridge Maldon Essex CM9 4SN
Received 4 Mar 2026Kingfisher House Fambridge Road North Fambridge Chelmsford Essex CM3 6NB
Received 5 Mar 202628 Freshwater Crescent Heybridge Maldon Essex CM9 4PA
Received 5 Mar 2026Land South West Of The Warren Hackmans Lane Purleigh Essex
Received 5 Mar 2026Endeavour Cottage 16A School Road Wickham Bishops Witham Essex CM8 3NU
Received 6 Mar 2026Endeavour Cottage 16A School Road Wickham Bishops Witham Essex CM8 3NU
Received 6 Mar 2026St Marys Church Church Street Maldon Essex CM9 5HW
Received 6 Mar 2026Land At Broad Street Green Road And Langford Road And Maypole Road Great Totham Essex
Received 6 Mar 2026Land At Heathgate Wickham Bishops Essex
Received 6 Mar 2026Caravan At Toad Hall Station Road Cold Norton Essex
Received 9 Mar 2026Redbrick Cottage The Street Woodham Walter Maldon Essex CM9 6RF
Received 9 Mar 2026East Essex Adult Community College The Friary Carmelite Way Maldon Essex CM9 5FJ
Received 9 Mar 2026Bairstow Eves 20 High Street Maldon Essex CM9 5PJ
Received 9 Mar 2026Tillingham Hall Farm North Street Tillingham Essex
Received 9 Mar 2026Land At North Road Tollesbury Essex
Received 10 Mar 2026BP Londis Latchingdon 14 The Street Latchingdon Chelmsford Essex CM3 6JP
Received 10 Mar 2026Land South East Of Dengie Crops Hall Road Asheldham Essex
Received 10 Mar 2026Sun Kissed Maldon Limited 173 - 175 High Street Maldon Essex CM9 5BS
Received 10 Mar 2026Smugglers Cottage Fambridge Road North Fambridge Chelmsford Essex CM3 6NA
Received 11 Mar 2026Tillingham Hall Farm North Street Tillingham Essex
Received 11 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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